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Author Topic:   Ali-V & TNT 2 - Frequent lockups - Help anyone?
Mike
Follower of Athlon
posted September 26, 1999 20:34     Click Here to See the Profile for Mike     Edit/Delete Message
I've just upgraded my old ATi All-in-Wonder-Pro to a Guillemot Maxi Gamer Xentor (16mb TNT2 (vanilla, not ultra, but running as standard at 135/166)).
Although I like the improved performance, I now get frequent system lock-ups.
Is this a common problem? Anyone know how to fix it?

My system spec is:
Asus P5-A bios 1007 (AGP Miniport 1.60)
K6-2 450
128mb PC100 RAM
WD & Quantum ATA33 HDD's
Xentor TNT2 (With v2.08 drivers)
Pace TV/Radio card
Canopus Pure 3DII Voodoo2
SBLive! Value
PCI Network card
Diamond Supra-express PCI modem

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Postmand_Per
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posted September 27, 1999 15:46     Click Here to See the Profile for Postmand_Per     Edit/Delete Message
Have you installed all the latest drivers for your system. That usually fixes problems with the tnt2 and the ali-chipset.

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Armin
High Priest of Athlon
posted September 27, 1999 17:07     Click Here to See the Profile for Armin     Edit/Delete Message
That could possibly mean that the video card is drawing too much power from the mobo. Try downclocking it with Powerstrip to see if that might be the case - if yes you may want to trade it for a Leadtek WinFast TNT2 which has its own power regulator.

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Mike
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posted September 27, 1999 19:43     Click Here to See the Profile for Mike     Edit/Delete Message
I'm on the latest drivers for everything in the system including AGP, IDE and graphics.
Also on the latest BIOS (except for the latest beta release, which doesn't claim to address any problems I have).

As for the power thing, Guillemot have released a new Bios for their TNT2 Ultra board (which is known to draw too much power for the P5-A) to fix that, but they say it's only for the Ultra, not standard, so that suggests it shouldn't be an issue.
I'll probably try underclocking it anyway, to see if that helps.

Any other ideas anyone?
(Thanks for the suggestions so far....!)

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PsyKo
Follower of Athlon
posted September 28, 1999 01:27     Click Here to See the Profile for PsyKo     Edit/Delete Message
Ya know, I had the same problem when I got a Diamond Viper V770 (vanilla) on my P5A. I returned it and got a V3 3000, and I'm happier with that. *closes his eyes and waits for the flames*

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Akma
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posted September 28, 1999 15:42     Click Here to See the Profile for Akma     Edit/Delete Message
So, it seems it was a good for me to go with 'just' the good old TNT (Powercolor). I've got an Asus P5A-B, the latest drivers and no problems.

Maybe it's your Voodoo that does the nasty tricks!

PS. This is not an attack against the Voodoo users, please don't flame me! After all, it's your life. When I first saw some Voodoo (1) gfx 2 years ago, I was stunned. The 3D gfx looked much better than on my S3Trio64V+.

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Troodon
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posted September 28, 1999 17:59     Click Here to See the Profile for Troodon     Edit/Delete Message
I have a K6-2 400@504 on a P5A rev. 1.04 and bios 1007 with a Winfast S320-II (at 145/165).
I had temporary lockups (1-3min) with Direct3D and OpenGL games. After reinstalling W98 and using the 2.17 nVidia drivers (instead the Leadtek drivers), the problem was disapeared.
You can dowload the 2.17 drivers here: http://cauchy.informatik.fh-kl.de/~borsti/download/W9x-217_AGP_PCI.zip

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Mike
Follower of Athlon
posted September 28, 1999 18:05     Click Here to See the Profile for Mike     Edit/Delete Message
Huh? Aren't the current Nvidia Drivers only on 2.08?
Where has 2.17 appeared from?

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Troodon
Follower of Athlon
posted September 28, 1999 18:52     Click Here to See the Profile for Troodon     Edit/Delete Message
The 2.17 drivers are an unoficial release and they apeared in august at some webs. Try them, they work fine.

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Pieter
Follower of Athlon
posted September 29, 1999 07:37     Click Here to See the Profile for Pieter     Edit/Delete Message
The 2.17 drivers still are short of a bug fix for Myth2.

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Regards,

Pieter :*)

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