Ti4400 Problem

[Fastmerc]

Hi folks,

I have the following equip:
Asus A7V8X
AMD 2000XP
Corsair XMS 512mb pc2700 (1 Stick)
MSI GeForce 4 Ti4400
350w PSU

I am running W98SE (Clean Install)
The problem is that when I run a grapics intensive program. Mostly Games they will just quit at intermitent times. Sometimes they will run 5 mins sometimes 2 hours. I have tried several wipes of the hardrive and reinstalling windows and all drivers. The folks at MSI think its a hardware incompatablility issue with the vid card and the ram. I dont really have any friends with systems running similar equipment so I cant really try swithing vid cards or ram without buying new stuff. I also seem to be having a temperature issue with my cpu. It has never shut down or anything but (for instance its at 66-67 c just doing this forum post). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Brett

 

[cleeve]

Could definitely be temperature related. Try taking the case cover off and running a fan on it while playing a game, see if stability increases.

You might also try increasing the memory timings (latency, etc) in the BIOS, and seeing if you get increased stability. This might have a positive effect if it's a RAM issue.

 

[RCPilot]

I ran that board & handed it down. It likes small APG Aperture size in BIOS. Like 64, no bigger than 128. I was running a TI4600 & 128 was the max. Here's a <A HREF="http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=1" target="_new"> link </A> that will explain about it.

98SE, well it's time to upgrade.

Honey, what's that smell? Don't bother me now I'm working on my computer! OOPS!

 

[lumper]

when my ti4400 did that i sent it back, they ended up sending me 3 cards before i got one that was working properly, luckily enough it was a ti4600 instead, woot!
but seriously my card was giving me troubles that i too feel were heat related, a tech told me you should inspect and clean that fan on the gpu every 12 weeks.
mine was full of dust, lol ooops
oh and it was a pny verto, then they sent me an msi, then another pny , then the pny 4600.