I read an interesting article about Epox mb
and GF4 ti 4400/4600 cards,the capacitors are
in the way,there's 1 big capacitor that can be removed from the card,without screwing up
the video card,check their web site out..

When you get a lock up with the card , do you have a constant beep coming out of your computer speakers?

Yes! I'm a different person.

My specs:

Athlon XP 1900+
ABIT KG7-RAID Mobo
256MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (266Mhz)
80GB IBM HDD
Toshiba 16x DVD-ROM (48x CD)
Leadtek Winfast A250 Ultra TD (GeForce4 Ti 4600)
Philips 107X2 Monitor
Microsoft Internet KB + Intelli-mouse
Creative Audigy DE Soundcard
Creative Inspire 5.1 5300 Speakers
1.44MB FDD
Creative Int 56k
SmartNIC2 USB 1.0 Network Adapter (for my cable)


Did I miss anything? D3D sux a$$... When I run OpenGL programs, it locks up too.


About the beep,...

I run DroneZ and when I play, halfway through, beeps come out of no where. I had to go to the main menu, click on sound options or whatever, to restart the sound. (BTW DroneZ is OpenGL game) It will freeze after around 10-30 minutes.


When I run Max Payne (D3D game), it's worse. The system would lock up after around 30 sec. of game play. Then corrupted sound would come out.


When I play HL, the game used to freeze after 30 sec. or so, but for some magical reason, it stopped, and now it would freeze after 10-30 minutes.

DivX codecs worked fine.


I've tried a few Via 4in1 Drivers, now the current one is 4.38(2)v(a). For NVIDIA Detonators, I had the Detonator XP 27.50 which comes with my Leadtek CD-ROM. Then I downloaded 28.32 from the NVIDIA website. Then I tried some unofficial ones. Right now, I'm reverting to the 28.32.




For those interested, here's a copy of C:\WINDOWS\LogFiles\Watchdog logfiles...




//
// Watchdog Event Log File
//

LogType: Watchdog
Created: 2002-04-03 15:22:51
TimeZone: 480 - Pacific Standard Time
WindowsVersion: XP
EventType: 0xEA - Thread Stuck in Device Driver

//
// The driver for the display device got stuck in an infinite loop. This
// usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device
// driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your
// display device vendor for any driver updates.
//

ShutdownCount: 67
Shutdown: 0
EventFlag: 1
EventCount: 1
BreakCount: 1
BugcheckTriggered: 1
DebuggerNotPresent: 1
DriverName: nv4_disp
DeviceClass: Display
DeviceDescription: WinFast® A250 Display Adapter
HardwareID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0250&SUBSYS_2890107D&REV_A2
Manufacturer: Leadtek Research Inc.
DriverFixedFileInfo: FEEF04BD 00010000 0006000D 000A0ABE 0006000D 000A0ABE 0000003F 00000008 00040004 00000003 00000004 00000000 00000000
DriverCompanyName: NVIDIA Corporation
DriverFileDescription: NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 27.50
DriverFileVersion: 6.13.10.2750
DriverInternalName: nv_disp.dll
DriverLegalCopyright: © NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
DriverOriginalFilename: nv_disp.dll
DriverProductName: NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 27.50
DriverProductVersion: 6.13.10.2750

Can you see? "Infinite Loop"?