[plug] 3d problem

[Christian Müller]

Ben,

My specs:

Full Tower w/ 300 Watt PS
Abit KT7A-Raid Mobo
384 MB PC133 SDRam
SB Live Value
Geforce 2 MX 400
2 Hdds,
CD-writer
Pioneer DVD
3Com Soho Network Card,
Athlon XP 1600+

I read something about the GF 2MX having some problems with the via 
chipset. I might just borrow a card from a computer store to see if that 
fixes the problem. I did not have time in the last year to get to the 
bottom of the problem. It does not affect any of the other computer stuff, 
just gaming. I don't do much of that anyway, just an hour or two on the 
weekends. SO it is not really a great loss, just very annoying.

I never had any problems due to the CPU overheating, I sometimes run things 
on this box over night with 100% CPU utilisation and yet have to experience 
a lock up!.

Christian

At 15:20 27/12/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>Well my T-Bird 1.2 box has an MSI K7T Pro 2 motherboard based on the VIA
>chipset and I've got a 64Mb DDR Geforce 2 GTS graphics card that I used
>with the T-Bird 1.2 and I've never had a problem like you guys are
>describing?
>
>My main box is now the Athlon XP 1600+ with an MSI K7T266 Pro 2 (VIA
>KT266A) chipset motherboard still with the same graphics card above.  I
>used to run Win98SE perfectly with that setup (now run Win XP Pro).
>
>I know that at first when I had my T-Bird 1.2 box, I had a few lockups
>due to it overheating during games (high CPU utilization), but after I
>got some better cooling for it, it ran 100% properly.  For comparison,
>my XP 1600+ (1.4Ghz) is currently running at 46 degrees idle, and before
>that, it was at 49 degrees whilst I was playing Counter-Strike online a
>short time ago.  Now thats in my fairly warm room in Broome, I do have
>some fairly extreme cooling though for it (no, not peltier extreme :p).
>
>I personally think that anything over 50 degrees when idle is a tad hot
>for an Athlon (or probably a Duron), unless you're in some pretty damn
>hot ambient temperatures.
>
>Whats the specs on the box that you are running Christian?
>
>
>/ Ben
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christian Müller [mailto:mullerc at iinet.net.au]
>Sent: Thursday, 27 December 2001 2:43 PM
>To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
>Subject: Re: [plug] 3d problem
>
>
>I have exactly the same problem and still have not found a solution for
>it!
>I went through everything; updating bioses, drivers, exchanging
>hardware,
>the same thing always happens. The problem is that the computer freezes
>at
>random times during 3d games, sometimes after a few minutes, sometimes I
>
>can go for more than an hour or so.
>
>Christian
>
>At 12:04 27/12/2001 +0800, you wrote:
> >Hi Guys
> >Sory this isnt a linux related question but this has been bothering me
> >for months. The problem is that I have a geforce2 MX 400, and when I
> >play 3d games such as quake3, hitman, unreal, .etc it locks up halfway
> >through gameplay, Ive tried this with Winme and 2000. I originally
> >thought this could be a cooling problem as the heatsink was quite
> >small, so I got a blue orb, but alas it still crashes.I have all the
> >updated drivers for the card and my Motherboard. Below is my system
> >specs, If anyone has anything that could help it would be appreciated.
> >
> >Aopen AK33 Mobo
> >Palit Daytona Geforce 22 MX 400 w blue orb
> >256mb PC133 SDRAM
> >Duron 950 w Coolermaster dp5-6h51
> >250W psu
> >Pioneer DVD
> >Running Win2k SP2
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Aaron W