Anyone seen this before?

[Tanthalus]

Rcently I've been having problems with my Geforce4 Ti4600 graphics card. It intermittently loses the ability to perform Direct3D operations, crashing any 3D program I have running. If I manage to close the program rather than the computer simply locking up, it cannot start another program requiring 3D operations (attempting to start another program after a crash was how I discovered the cause of the lock). Simply rebooting the machine fixes the problem every time, however sometimes the crashes are as frequent as every 15-20 minutes while other times it can go hours with no problem. I'm not certain whether this could be caused by a driver issue or if the card simply is on its last legs. Any ideas are appreciated.

Ehron Wright

 

[lonelypauly]

Find the latest driver, uninstall and reinstall. Also, crack open the case blow out the agp slot and video card, reseat the card.

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[cleeve]

Check and make sure the card's fan hasn't died...

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