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geforce 4 mx440 problem HELP!

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September 19, 2002 7:18:15 PM

Hi Y'all,
Firstly, thanks already for checking out this post. Wonder if anyone can help, I recently got myself an XFX geforce 4 mx440. I installed it with the drivers provided and attempted to use it. Only problem is that it either crashes as a game (or demanding program) loads up, or a few seconds into it. It even occasionally does it when just listening to music and other non-demanding tasks. When I say crash, I mean restarts the computer. What could the problem be?

I'm using the card on an AMD K6 mainboard with 352 meg ram. My processor is a 500. Could the problem be cooling?

Thanks in advance, I appreciate it.

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September 21, 2002 3:41:21 AM

The problem could be POWER. Is it an AT system with an AT power supply? Or a system with a small ATX power supply?

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September 22, 2002 7:35:52 PM

It's a 230V pro-v power system. I've never heard of it being a power problem, could it be? Thanks for your help!
Regards,
Ben
September 22, 2002 9:05:41 PM

You've never heard of it being a power problem simply because your system is so old nobody talks about it anymore. The power issue first appeared with the first Socket 7 AGP boards and the TNT2 video card.

You still didn't answer my question as to weather you were using an AT style or ATX sytle power supply. If you don't know what the difference is, you won't understand my answer from this point.

Most AT boards with an AGP slot also included an ATX power connector so you could use an ATX power supply on them, even in an AT case. Using an ATX power supply often cured the problem, because AT power supplies did not have a 3.3v lead, while ATX did. This meant that AT powered systems had to rely on an often weak 5v to 3.3v voltage regulator.

Sometimes even ATX powered systems had traces to the AGP slot that were too thin to carry adequate current. A repair could be made by solding a wire lead from the ATX 3.3v pin to the AGP 3.3v pin along the backside of the board.

I don't know what kind of power supply, or what board, you're using. You didn't tell me. Find out what AT and ATX power supplies look like, find out the board model, and get back to me.

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