Author Topic: Geforce 3 Ti 500 lockups in AH and.... (Read 2504 times)

gatt · « **Reply #30 on:** November 28, 2001, 02:36:00 AM »

Vati check here:
http://www.onlinekosten.de/hardware/artikel/?ID=106&P=1

Sancho · « **Reply #31 on:** November 28, 2001, 04:05:00 PM »

I just bought a PNY GeForce3 Ti500 this morning. As I was installing it on my Abit KT7A, I noticed this thread for the first time and was horrified that I might have the same problems. I was kicking myself for not following the board more closely.

But so far so good. I think the fix is VIA's latest AGP driver released only one week ago. My recipe for success:

Win2k SP2 with all the latest hotfixes
DirectX 8.1
VIA 4in1 drivers
VIA AGP driver 410
Detonator 21.83

No BIOS modifications were done... it's basically at the default "Optimized Settings" for the KT7A.

It's been running a couple hours now with no crashes. Ran Aces High for a bit, did the 3d Mark 2001 thing, played Il-2 a bit. Works great.

vatiAH · « **Reply #32 on:** November 28, 2001, 06:34:00 PM »

New update,

I now have 2 Geforce 3 cards sitting my shop. 1 is for retail sale the other is mine which I have run some test with. Both Are Abit Geforce 2 TI 500's. You have read the above problems I have had with the PNY. I have Installed the ABit and it runs fine with no hangups at all. I can't tell you what makes this one work when the PNY would not. All I can say is there seems to have been a capitablity issue of some sort. I'm willing to bet that if I could have gotten threw to PNY's tech support, they would have gotten me up and running.

Vati

Sancho · « **Reply #33 on:** November 28, 2001, 07:29:00 PM »

you very well coulda had a bad card.

vatiAH · « **Reply #34 on:** November 28, 2001, 09:14:00 PM »

2 of them ?

DmdBT · « **Reply #35 on:** December 07, 2001, 08:14:00 PM »

I found a thread at the VisionTek site on the incompatability of the GF3's and the "super socket 7" type motherboards. They use OLD AGP SOCKETS which do not support the increased power demands of the newer video cards.
I feel a little miffed... built my system directly off the recommendations of another player who was singing its praises on the combo he built, bragging about reliability and cost-effectiveness. Never heard a thing on any problems. the Asus A7M266 board evidently just can't cut it.
After spending too much money already and feeling like a total twit I'll be buying a new moboard this weekend. Research pays off, word of mouth bites.

Lonz

Sancho · « **Reply #36 on:** December 07, 2001, 08:43:00 PM »

super socket 7 is an OLD, old design (circa 1998 or 1999) for AMD K6-2 and K6-3 chips. Your A7M266 is NOT a super socket 7 board.

bloom25 · « **Reply #37 on:** December 08, 2001, 01:10:00 PM »

Look at my post below:

There is a serious bug in Windows XP that causes lockups in ALL direct x games with ALL video cards and ALL chipsets. (In other words a MAJOR bug.)

The fingerprint to look for is the actual stop message (if you can actually see it before the system reboots or locks) is "thread stuck in device driver."

mrsid2 · « **Reply #38 on:** December 08, 2001, 01:18:00 PM »

Thats why they named it Windows XP..

ExPerience lockups. Very appropriate.

bloom25 · « **Reply #39 on:** December 09, 2001, 07:43:00 PM »

The Asus A7M266 is NOT a "super socket 7" board. All socket athlons fit in what is known as "Socket A."

Socket 7 has been out of use for almost 2 years now.