alrighty... This problem has been haunting me for 2 days straight... I installed Counter-strike:Source on friday... and played for a bit and everything was fine. So, I got some advice to try the omega drivers for my Leadtek Nvidia 5700... so I did... seemed the same to me... Then I got some advice on OCing my AMD 2800... so I went into the bios... and changed the multipliers... to 200 x 11 .... This locked up the comp (because my 2800 happens to be locked to OCing).... and then I had to get the bios back to default... so I took off the bios jumper and put it back on... (I had done this previously with no prob...)... by default it sets my proc to run at like 1250mhz.. so I changed it back to the 2800 default of 166 x 12.5/13 .... The comp works fine... starts runs like normal.... EXCEPT when I try to play ANY GAME. This lead me to try MANY MANY MANY different vid card drivers... using driver cleaner many times... going in and trying to manually delete some registry entries to do with nvidia ...... So... after 10 hours yesterday... 6 hours today..... I am stuck. I have NEVER had a problem before this... my card ran on leadtek's drivers fantastically. I have been playing city of heroes with this setup for 5 months... also tons of demos.... counter-strike/dod and such. NOW... I crash to desktop in EVERY GAME.... from 3 secs to 5 minutes of play.. I CRASH .. MY ram is good... tested it... I am leaning towards there being something wrong with my registry/bios.... Here are my specs.... Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030422-1633) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: MSI System Model: MS-6712 BIOS: Version 07.00T Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+, ~2.1GHz Memory: 768MB RAM Page File: 138MB used, 971MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode Card name: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 (Omega Q 1.5672a) Manufacturer: NVIDIA (Omega Q 1.5672a) Chip type: GeForce FX 5700 DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0342&SUBSYS_2982107D&REV_A1 Display Memory: 128.0 MB Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (100Hz) Monitor: Gateway VX920 Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200 Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0010.5672 (English) DDI Version: 9 (or higher) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 3/24/2004 06:04:00, 4274560 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: n/a VDD: n/a Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys Mini VDD Date: 3/24/2004 06:04:00, 1895648 bytes Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4002-11CF-E565-880900C2CB35} Vendor ID: 0x10DE Device ID: 0x0342 SubSys ID: 0x2982107D Revision ID: 0x00A1 Revision ID: 0x00A1 Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A Deinterlace Caps: {212DC722-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive {212DC723-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_MedianFiltering {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {212DC722-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive {212DC723-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_MedianFiltering {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {212DC722-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive {212DC723-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_MedianFiltering {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {212DC722-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive {212DC723-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_MedianFiltering {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch Registry: OK DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: Enabled DDraw Test Result: Not run D3D7 Test Result: Not run D3D8 Test Result: Not run D3D9 Test Result: Not run Description: SB Live! Wave Device Default Sound Playback: Yes Default Voice Playback: Yes Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80321102&REV_07 Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 100 Type: WDM Driver Name: emu10k1m.sys Driver Version: 5.12.0001.3300 (English) Driver Attributes: Final Retail WHQL Logo'd: Yes Date and Size: 8/17/2001 12:19:26, 283904 bytes Other Files: Driver Provider: Microsoft HW Accel Level: Basic Cap Flags: 0xF5F Min/Max Sample Rate: 5000, 100000 Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0 HW Memory: 0 Voice Management: No EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No Registry: OK Sound Test Result: Not run Name: VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_B198&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&61AAA01&0&08 Driver: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\VIAAGP1.SYS, 5.01.0000.3442 (English), 7/2/2003 04:42:00, 27904 bytes Name: VIA Standard Host Bridge Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3189&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_80\3&61AAA01&0&00 Driver: n/a Name: VIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3177&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&61AAA01&0&88 Driver: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\isapnp.sys, 5.01.2600.0000 (English), 8/17/2001 13:58:02, 35840 bytes Name: Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3104&SUBSYS_71201462&REV_82\3&61AAA01&0&83 Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\usbehci.sys, 5.01.2600.1106 (English), 8/29/2002 01:32:50, 19328 bytes Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\usbport.sys, 5.01.2600.1106 (English), 8/29/2002 01:32:52, 135552 bytes Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys, 5.01.2600.1106 (English), 8/29/2002 01:32:50, 51968 bytes Driver: C:\WINDOWS\System32\hccoin.dll, 5.01.2600.1106 (English), 8/29/2002 03:40:56, 5120 bytes Driver: C:\WINDOWS\System32\usbui.dll, 5.01.2600.0000 (English), 8/17/2001 15:36:34, 67072 bytes Name: VIA Compatable Fast Ethernet Adapter Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3065&SUBSYS_712C1462&REV_74\3&61AAA01&0&90 Driver: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\fetnd5.sys, 2.66.0000.0290 (English), 8/17/2001 05:13:08, 27165 bytes Name: Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_71201462&REV_50\3&61AAA01&0&8D Driver: n/a BIG THANKS TO ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME Then I started getting crash to desktop errors.
first, piss off those retarded drivers and install the latest whql forceware. second, go into your bios and make sure your video card is being assigned an IRQ third, check your ram timings and agp settings as well as all other bios settings. make sure vga pallette snoop is disabled.
First off... thanks for the response... 1-Where in my bios can I tell if my card has been assigned an IRQ? 2-"check your ram timings and agp settings as well as all other bios settings. make sure vga pallette snoop is disabled." I know nothing about ram timings and the like..... what should I look for? thanks
well... I changed in my pc1/pnp (think its called that)... the primary from PCI to AGP... didn't fix crash prob... going to check some other things in the bios
my agp settings are all on auto.... my agp ram size is 128... my ram spd stuff is all on auto... not sure what else to look for
I'm a technician, I dont have time to give you much help, but here are the most likely suspects from what you've said. Reinstalling windows wont help you, that isn't the issue. Go in the bios, make sure that AGP fast writes is OFF. Check your ram timings, try cas latency of 2.5 or 3, if it is 2 that may be your porblem. Then go over here to see what all the other settings in the bios control; http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=9
ibn thanks for the help! Works perfectly now... it sure was the ram timing... set it to 2.5.. and BAM .. back to normal.. THANKS ALOT FOR THE HELP... I now have to grow back the hair that I was pullling out
Glad I could help When you have a minute, scribble down your bios settings just in case you do something like this again