Problems with my Geforce MX 400 64mb

[Namence]

Ok, it seems that whenever i try to run something 3d such as Quake III or streaming media or any type of video at all, my computer freezes. Here are my system specs, i hope you guys can help me out!


WIN 2k PRO SP 2
256 Mb crucial ram
Biostar m7mke mobo
Hercules prophet II mx 400 64mb driver version 21.81
Soundblaster live!
kingston NIC

 

[Willoughbyva]

Have you tried the Detonators from www.nvidia.com? 21.83 I think?

How about the latest direct X for win2k? Might need to reinstall it.

What is your video arpeture(sp) set at in your bios? Is your AGP set at 2X or 4X?

After reinstalling directX I would set the arpeture to 32 or you might try 64, also the agp at 2X.

Good Luck

Will

 

[Namence]

Thanks alot for the tips Will. Ill try them tomarrow and post my results.

 

[Mingon]

Try the latest motherboard agp drivers as well - also make sue the soundblaster is not sharing irq's

 

[MutoidMan]

I have found that GeForces, in general, don't like sharing an IRQ with anything else. The AGP slot shares an IRQ with the first PCI slot, so anything in the first PCI slot may be conflicting with your GFMX. You could try assigning IRQ 11 to PCI slot 1 in your BIOS, and move whatever card you may have in PCI slot 1 to another slot. This way, your GFMX is a happy IRQ miser and you should be good to go. The downside is that you effectively lose the use of a PCI slot.

NOTE: If anyone reading this knows how to regain the use of PCI slot 1, either via BIOS settings or perhaps knowledge of which cards a GeForce can live with, I would appreciate your input. I want my first PCI slot back!!!