Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/ 2009-11-08T00:17:47-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/ /images/halogo.gif text/html 2006-06-22T09:36:48-05:00 Morten Borgesen http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=680#424171 Had the freezing with looping sound problem.<br /> <br /> Changed Grafic card: No effekt.<br /> Downgraded drivers: No effekt.<br /> Changed Ram: No effekt.<br /> Formated HD, reinstall: No effekt.<br /> Changed Mobo: Success:<br /> <br /> Old Mobo: K7SEM<br /> New: Gigabyte K7 Triton (Changed RAM again for new MB) text/html 2006-02-23T15:34:11-05:00 Kawa Taki http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=680#386717 Finally I find some people with the same problem as me! :'(<br /> <br /> My Specs are:<br /> Shuttle XPC Barebone SK41G<br /> Windows XP Pro <br /> Version 2002 <br /> SP 2 <br /> AMD Athlon(tm)XP 2000+ <br /> 1.67 GHz, 512 MB RAM <br /> <br /> And my graphics card (which I bought afterwards and installed): <br /> NVIDIA GeForce 6200 <br /> <br /> Im a bit of a driver newbie, so it mite be just that I have old or wrong drivers installed <img src="/images/smilies/smile16.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":/" title=":/"><br /> <br /> Last time I played I managed to play for 1 hour and 16min, then it crashed =&gt; black screen =&gt; reboot. Please help a fella out :'( text/html 2005-10-01T02:04:03-05:00 Poseidon http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=680#330624 With older Graphic Cards, like the GeForce 4 series, try older NVIDIA Drivers. The new ones seem to be trouble for some reason with the older cards.<br /> <br /> And, you should back up all your info which you need on a DVD then completely FORMAT &amp; instal Win XP fresh. Then start all over. Also, check your system fans for dust &amp; clean them.<br /> <br /> <br /> Good Luck text/html 2005-09-28T17:01:41-05:00 Jhing Oliver http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=680#329341 i have the same problem as almost everyone here. my pc totally freezes with looping sounds. all i can do is to reset the pc. i've done it so many times that my 80G has gotten some bad sector. the worst with XP is that when it does a scandisk there's a 50/50 chance of any file in your HD will be truncated. (i didn't even know the meaning of the word TRUNCATE until XP started truncating my files).<br /> <br /> i think the real problem here is not solely with GF4, it's drivers or DX9. my former specs were:<br /> <br /> proc: athlon 1700+<br /> mb: asusA7A266-E<br /> vcard: GF2 64mb (formerly using a GF2 32mb w/TV-out)<br /> <br /> i had the same problems as most of you guys here. i replaced almost everything on my pc. the vcard, ram, cpu fan, nothing work. it was only recently 3 weeks ago that i got to replace my board (ASUS A7V400-MX SE) and processor (sempron 2400+) and also my vcard to a GF4 128mb. m using XP pro with DX9c ryt nw. have been playing MechWarrior 4 Mercenaries and i haven't even experienced any freezing, hanging or any probs with my pc. i don't wanna sound pessemistic but i do believe it's more of an athlon problem. ... ... thought i may be wrong in my stand on this... text/html 2005-02-05T15:38:54-05:00 Jason Wright http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=680#237677 Hi<br /> <br /> I posted a few months ago with problems running the latest medal of honour games, i have now discovered that the Geforce 4MX simply isnt supported with many new games, including the latest Thief. The Geforce 4 is apparently fine but the MX is not compatible.<br /> <br /> Unfournately i dont know why this is as i have no techincal understanding. <br /> <br /> Sorry if everyone else new this and im just being dumb. text/html 2005-02-05T05:26:45-05:00 Kevin Johnston http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=680#237532 New to the thread but discovered something interesting with the following config:<br /> <br /> MSI Motherboard w/8X AGP Support<br /> 512MB Ram DDR333<br /> Nvidia 64MB MX440 AGP 8X<br /> AMD XP 2000+ CPU<br /> <br /> If I set the CPU Clock speed in the BIOS to 100, my CPU runs at 1250Mhz but all my games run fine.<br /> <br /> If I set the CPU Clock speed in the BIOS to 133, my CPU runs at 1.67ghz (as it should) and PC sees it as and AMD XP 2000+ properly but games crash my PC after ten minutes. No errors in event logs, just crashes hard and immediately reboots.<br /> <br /> I know PCALERT4 or any type of CPU monitoring software will interfere with games but I've uninstalled them all, no change.<br /> <br /> Memory and hard drive tests check out. Have tried other NVIDIA video cards, same problem. Have tried numerous drivers, no luck.<br /> <br /> MSI is stumped as well.<br /> <br /> Sounds like I'm not alone...<br /> text/html 2005-02-04T22:14:33-05:00 SuPeR Xp http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=680#237405 I don't think Windows will let you install it twice. When you Install Direct X, it only updates what you need updating to bring it up to DX9. <br /> <br /> R U running Windows XP SP1 or SP2 ? text/html 2005-02-04T20:03:23-05:00 Lazze Gurra http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=680#237361 Hello.<br /> I read earlier in this subject that installing directX 9c twice might cause problem.<br /> My question: Is there any way to see if I have installed directX 9c more than once.<br /> <br /> /Lazze Gurra text/html 2005-01-25T09:37:47-05:00 SuPeR Xp http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=680#232222 Use the onboard graphics. Go right ahead, but you cannot use the AGP &amp; onboard together. text/html 2005-01-25T07:19:34-05:00 mick n http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=680#232192 nah gforce mx440 cn hav direct x 9 i no cos my m8 has it with dx9 and it workz fine<br /> <br /> this ust be the 3rd time iv said I WANA USE THE ONBOARD GRAFIX NOT TURN IT OFF<br /> <br /> ok thx text/html 2005-01-25T06:26:16-05:00 SuPeR Xp http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=660#232170 The G4 440MX don't have DX 9 support, but this could not be the problem, because I have a laptop with a 8MB Rage 3-D Pro graphic's card with DX 9 installed with no problems at all. text/html 2005-01-24T22:00:58-05:00 James CKay http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=660#231924 This is getting way out of hand...<br /> <br /> I think the problem is DirectX 9<br /> <br /> Myself have G4 440MX-SE 128MB... P3 933Mhz... WinXP with crits updates but no SP<br /> <br /> all this while my system and directx was ok... then came Thief which installs DirectX 9.0 to my system... when i want to play it restarts my PC... WTF... so i check the net and found out that my card does not support pixel shading which thief 3 requires... so that was that... i thought it was the card not supporting the game thus the restart... <br /> <br /> but soon i find that lots of latest games fail to run too... !! including Half Life 2 which i am Sure can run...<br /> uuurghh... Is there a solution yet? i believe we need a way to revert to Direct X 8.... anyone know a good program for doing that?? text/html 2005-01-24T17:12:24-05:00 SuPeR Xp http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=660#231863 Can you turn it off? text/html 2005-01-24T09:59:35-05:00 mick n http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=660#231779 um.... no i want 2 use the onboard mx 440<br /> <br /> when i use it is when i have tha problem n mi games dont start and i hav randem lines etc<br /> thtz wat i wnt 2 fix text/html 2005-01-24T05:54:44-05:00 SuPeR Xp http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/3365/?o=660#231738 You want to take out the onboard graphics? <br /> Is that what you are saying?