NVidia MX400 GeForce 2 and XP problem

Solution #2

posted on Aug 10, 2005

Janice - usenet poster

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how can that be a solution? drop down your speed to make something work? ...
it seems to me that this XP upgrade is a rip off...

just my two cents

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Solution #3

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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Seems to be a rather common thing.

I'm running a Intel Pentium 4 with a NVIDIA TnT Ultra. Crashes all the time.
You can turn down the hardware acceleration to stop the crashing, although
any game using Directx will stop working. Some people have had luck updating
their drivers but to date I haven't found a cure for mine.

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Solution #4

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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Hi,

the problem can be fixed by turning your freq down on your ram in the bios,
somehow XP can't handle the fact that your memory works on 133, when the
processor is not. I have had the exact same problem, and have been looking
everywhere for a hint or a clue, and finaly I set the ram clock down to
100MHz and the problem is solved, never had a crash since.

Goog luck.

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Solution #5

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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One alternative is to decelerate the video acceleration.
Go to your Display Properties, then choose the Setting
tab. Click on "Advanced" and Troubleshoot tab. Reduce the
acceleration to the one that won't support Microsoft
DirectDraw. It should work!

I think the problem lies with the compability of
DirectDraw on the display card.

Anyone got a better solution?

Thanks.

file or if I sometimes
nv4_disp.dll crashed the
device, any help would

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Solution #6

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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Will "not supporting" direct draw inhibit the performance of games?  or
other video intensive work i.e. ULead Video Studio Pro?

Rog

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Solution #7

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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Go to  www.nvidia.com and download latest drivers for XP.
That should help.

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Solution #8

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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Windows XP Pro.
Athlon T-Bird  (266 Fsb)
Radeon 64DDR ViVo (4x Agp)
SB Live 5.1!
MIS Motherboard (Via Chipset)
384 Memory

Runs like a dream....

Might be something with the Nvidia chipset and the VIA chipset, but dont
push all the blame on VIA chipset, works fine over here....

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Microsoft Certified Professional
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Solution #9

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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Oh boy - this old chestnut.
This seems to be about the most common XP problem encountered and I hate to
say it but from preliminary research I did on behalf of a client - it looks
like the way Via chipsets handle ACPI.
I had the same problem until I switched to an Intel chipset.
Now all ok.
The 686A & 686B chipsets seem to be the most susceptible.

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Solution #10

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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The new via AGP driver does not do any updating to the motherboard, it only
updates the driver of the AGP controller which happens to be part of the
motherboard. . Only a bios upgrade from Asus will change or update anything
on the motherboard..

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Solution #11

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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Guy's Guy's  1st it is an Intel and 2nd it is an ASUS Mother board TUV4X
using the VIA chipset, I am certian the problem lies in VIA's 4in1 AGP
driver, I am just a little affraid to download from the VIA site to update
my ASUS MOBO.

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Solution #12

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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It is not AMD it is the Via chipset.

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Solution #13

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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I got a better solution.  Buy Intel because this is why
AMD still blows.
XP?  Not always, but
device, any help would be

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Solution #14

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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Roger,

We had many system "dead stops" using pre-release WXPP and various nVidia
drivers for our GeForce 2 MX 400 running on an ASUS A7M266 (Athlon/DDR)
motherboard.
The system has been absolutely stable with the combination of nVidia's 21.83
driver and WXPP release.
As with previous versions of Windows, WXP provides no protection against
errant drivers and little protection against miss-behaving application
programs.

Robbie

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Solution #15

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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Yeah alot of people are having problems with NVidia's
21.83 drivers, myself included. I've run the gamut with
settings tweaks and the VIA AGP fix recently made
available, all of which have eventually been found to do
nothing to prevent this from happening.

I'm convinced it's NVidia's drivers. There's something not
quite right about those 21.83 drivers. In fact the system
runs great with the drivers XP installed for my Geforce 2
Ultra so that's what I rolled back to. Like the saying
goes, if it aint broke don't fix it. Which is kind of hard
for someone used to tweaking everything, heheh.

XP?  Not always, but
...snip

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Solution #16

posted on Aug 10, 2005

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Is it an Athlon system?  If so, try the latest Via 4-in-1
drivers from www.viahardware.com. Worked for me!
XP?  Not always, but
device, any help would be

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