SBA & FW problems

Discussion in 'RivaTuner Advanced Discussion forum' started by Beelzebub, Oct 29, 2001.

  1. Beelzebub

    Beelzebub Guest

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    Hi,<br>
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    I've been the happy user of RivaTuner for some time now (thx Unwinder, greatest util on earth!) First with my WinFast GeForce2 Pro and now with my new WinFast GeForce3 TDH.<br>
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    With the GeForce2 card I had no problems with forcing SBA and FW on, but on the new GeForce3 card there seems to be a problem with that. After booting Win2K, I can typically move the mouse around for about a second or two before the screen locks and I need to reboot?<br>
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    Anyone knows how to solve this? Could it be my AGP drive strength setting in the MB BIOS (it's set to Auto, which worked for my GeForce2)<br>
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    My specs:<br>
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    AMD Athlon-C 1.2GHz<br>
    Asus A7V133 (VIA KT133A chipset)<br>
    256Mb SDRAM (133MHz)<br>
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    The system is running very cool (AMD@45C VIA@30C GeForce@50) thanks to ten (yep, no less) fans total in my case <IMG SRC="smileys/smile.gif"> So this should not be it (when I had my GeForce2 I was running quite hot, AMD@70C and still had no problems!)<br>
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    Thanks for any help you might have!<br>
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    A-)
     
  2. Unwinder

    Unwinder Ancient Guru Staff Member

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    &gt; After booting Win2K, I can typically move the mouse around for about a second or two before the screen locks and I need to reboot?<br>
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    I'm afraid that I cannot help you. NVIDIA disable SBA and FW on some systems not only just for fun. They do it in order to improve stability. By enabling it you lower it.<br>
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  3. Beelzebub

    Beelzebub Guest

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    Ok, Thanks anyway Alexey!<br>
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    I got the FW to work by re-upgrading some VIA drivers and stuff, guess I'll live without the SBA then.<br>
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    Once again: Thanks for the BEST utility EVER!<br>
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    A-)<br>
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    P.S. As an avid user of the "PowerUser" tab, I've noticed that you have a help icon on the context-menu for each registry-setting, which states that help will be available in the final version! This sounds great, I can't wait to read any info you might have on all those undocumented settings. Meanwhile, is there anyplace I could go to get some info on those "mystery" settings (some of which sounds very promising and/or intrigueing) at this time? If not: When do you plan to release the offical version, and how much info do you expect to have the settings?
     

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