[plug] 3d problem

[Ben Jensz]

You haven't got ACPI enabled in the BIOS have you?

Because ACPI can wreak havoc with SB Live! sound cards, causes all sorts
of problems.  It might be fine normally with ACPI on in Windows and
that, but when you go into games, its probably using EAX (3D directional
sound) and that might be where it dies...


/ Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Müller [mailto:mullerc at iinet.net.au] 
Sent: Thursday, 27 December 2001 3:34 PM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: RE: [plug] 3d problem


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