Hey, try these out:
If it's your only PC of course you can try to ensure it's not down to faulty hw, sw, corruption, viruses etc. Having the latest OFFICIAL drivers and BIOS' is always a good idea (be sure to check manu and chipset websites).
Check your BIOS settings, disabling 'PCI Master Read Cache' is VERY waise as it kills your L2 cache to give the PCI a 1% boost! Esp bad for Celerons and Durons. Be careful to note any changes you make in the BIOS settings, if they don't help, change them back. Setting AGP1x (ie disabling AGP4x in BIOS) will hit perf, but not as badly as it sounds. The gfx card will continue to run at full speed it just limits the speed out of the AGP slot to 66mhz instead of 266mhz, not too bad in the short term.
If you're running an older OS ensure you have DX8.1. You may need to run DXDIAG, Diplay Tab, DISABLE Direct3D Accel & CLOSE the app. RERUN DXDIAG & ENABLE Direct3D Accel. A click of the TEST button will show if this solves your partic prob.
Leave the PCI slot next to the AGP alone, maybe try swapping your PCI devices through different slots, it's a good idea to have the PCI blanking plates at the back removed for ventilation anyway.
You could try disabling 'PnP OS' from the BIOS
if you're using WinXP, apparently WinXP likes to do things itself. If you use any OS then perhaps setting PnP manually (reserving some resources) or resetting the PnP
may also help. If you do change any BIOS settings, do make a note so they can be changed back if it doesn't help.
Try downloading NVMax. It has the infinite loop fix and other things for nvidia cards.
http://www.nvmax.com/ http://www.charnleys.co.uk/NVmax4.exe
Try different driver versions, with some cards 21.83, 23.11, 27.xx, 29.xx can help.
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