Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/33880/ 2009-11-23T14:22:21-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/33880/ /images/halogo.gif text/html 2009-04-30T15:38:24-05:00 Meats_Of_Evil http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/33880/#557648 Did you tried different video card drivers? You can get them at <a class="ext" target="_blank" href="/action/r/http://nvidia.com">nvidia.com</a><br /> Also, search for a bios update, this may fix a lot of problems.<br /> <br /> Report back after you've tried these. text/html 2009-04-30T03:49:55-05:00 james o'sullivan http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/33880/#557637 im having the exact same problem with games like gta sa witch worked fine i even reformatted xp home still no luck,all my 3d game freeze constantly and they used to all work great <br /> <br /> my specs are a fujitzu seimens,,: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz<br /> system ram:511 MB<br /> NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 (GeForce FX 5500)<br /> with Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition sp 2 <br /> <br /> can anyone help me please <br /> text/html 2005-11-02T20:40:35-05:00 Juan Taboada http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/33880/#344618 hi, i am from argentina, first scuse my english<br /> this fx 5500 is going me crazy<br /> i have an athlon 2000 64 bits<br /> 768 ram<br /> this nvidia with 256 mb<br /> <br /> no one game runs fine, the GTA SA, the AGE of empires III, all the games freeze in some moment and then continue, and then again freeze, have some wrong graphics, and this with the worst resolution<br /> how can i do to solve this<br /> i dont know so much, but where is the problem, i have the last drivers<br /> the bios, wahttttttttttttt?<br /> thanks<br /> text/html 2005-09-09T16:55:27-05:00 desheutz des http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/33880/#321785 ive been gettin a lot of emails, but im not on to much. heres my system specs.<br /> windows xp sp2<br /> amd 1600+<br /> 768mb ram<br /> 80gb hd main<br /> 20gb hd second<br /> geforce fx 5500 256mb<br /> <br /> not the best pc, but ive had it for years and its still running fine.<br /> until i installed the fx 5500 card i had no problems with random hangs and blue screens.<br /> the msg i get was, error unable to draw somethin somethin somethin, i forgot wat it was cuz its not there any more. if you have had something like this u should try this, its wat i did to resolve this issue.<br /> <br /> remove the card and burn it....hehe no, jes remove the card<br /> upgrade winxp home to sp2<br /> reinstall the card<br /> bios setting best if agp aperture size is 32 or 64mb<br /> most important ' uncheck enable write combining' this seems to be where the big issue would be<br /> ive enabled write combining and the crashes were more frequent <br /> restart<br /> u do not have to upgrade to sp2 but i found it to be much more stable,<br /> also, if you just do this with out upgrading it may just reduce hangs and errors, if you definately do not want to upgrade, u may need to also lower your hardware acceleration to keep it stable.<br /> but if youre like me i get 'off da chainz' mad when im tryin to work and it just freezes.<br /> well after upgrading to sp2, and doin the rest of the steps i listed. ive had no problems with the card, im running it with full acceleration(no write combining of course), and even managed to o/c it to get the most out of it. issue resolved for me.<br /> <br /> if you have tried this and still have problems, i dunno if i can help but i would like to hear about it. same for if it fixed your problems. hope this helps. <br /> <br /> text/html 2005-04-22T02:43:29-05:00 desheutz des http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/33880/#267891 i may be able to help or give a suggestion email me <a class="ext" href="mailto:desheutz@yahoo.com">desheutz@yahoo.com</a>... i have geforce fx5500 256mb from mgspeed.. had some what same problem ... found a temp fix text/html 2004-11-03T18:33:04-05:00 Gary Turner http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/33880/#0 Anybody got any ideas.....<br /> <br /> I have purchased a game (Empires - Dawn Of The Modern World), but found it wouldn't run using my old Rage Fury AGP Card... So I went back and purchased a PNY Tech. Verto NVidia GeForce FX5500 card, as I thought this would solve the errors....<br /> <br /> Upon install, (as per guide).. I still had nothing...<br /> I tried running Castle Strike - but &quot;No Device Found&quot; error came up...<br /> I uninstalled &amp; then re-installed, both the game &amp; the cards...<br /> Still no joy.....<br /> I contacted the helpline and they told me the problem was that I needed to update the install drivers from Nvidia website....<br /> I updated the drivers &amp; installed DirectX 9.0b...<br /> Still nothing.... In fact, it was worse... The amount of times I have had to shutdown, or crashed, or ceased up is unbelieveable...<br /> <br /> Anybody that could help me with both settings in Windows &amp; the GeForce Card would be stopping the physical abuse of a PC happening, as it flies out of my window onto the hard tarmac drive.....<br /> Also - - - - I havent touched anything in BIOS.... Is that my problem....?????<br /> <br /> I've had 4 days of starting up, changing a setting, shutting down, scandisk, ceasing up before windows...etc<br /> I'm at my wits end....<br /> <br /> HELP...<br /> System....<br /> <br /> O/S = Windows 98 (4.10, Build 2222)<br /> Processor = Intel Pentium III - 800Mhz<br /> File System = 32 bit<br /> Memory = 256Mb (79% Free)<br /> Graphics Card = PNY Tech. Verto NVIDIA GeForce FX5500 128Mb<br /> Sound Card = AWE64 Sound Blaster Value<br /> Monitor = <a target="_blank" href="/action/r/http://www.dell.com/">Dell</a> D1028L<br /> DirectX Version = DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)<br />