Geforce 4 mx440

[Mephisto]

hi friends!...i`m in a great troble....
my machine is as follow:
pII - 400 mhz
256 mb SDRAM
HD 30 gb
Geforce 4 mx440
mainboard Zida Tomato CreateXi-Atx
win xp

why my sistem hangs up when it`s starting?
when i want to play some games it crushes and machine restart....my mainboard supports only 2x..what`s going on?
i need help!


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[Crashman]

AGP2x has nothing to do with it, it's probably either a power issue caused by the board or the power supply. Give us a link to the board information and describe your power supply.

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[Mephisto]

ok thanx!
mmm...my power supply : 300 W
this is the info of my mainboard :
Support Intel Pentium III, Pentium II and Celeron Processors on Slot 1
Support 100MHz Front-side Bus
Intel 440ZX Chipset
Auto Jumper
Two DIMM slots Supporting up to 256MB Memory Capacity
One additional DIMM slot for Possible Upgrade based on Configuration
SmartDIMM BIOS Technology provides Convenient DIMM Upgrade Instruction
Full Bus Mastering on all Five PCI slots
Go beyond ZX Chipset Limitation
1 x AGP slot, 5 x PCI slots, 2 x ISA slots
2 x USB ports, 1 x PS/2 mouse port, 1 x IrDA port
1 x FDD port, 1 x LPT port, 2 x COM ports
Dual IDE Channels Supporting Four Ultra-DMA33 IDE Devices
Keyboard Wakeup with "R-Shift" or User-defined Key String
PS/2 Mouse Wakeup Triggered by Double-Clicking
External Modem Ring Wakeup
WAKEUP-LINK Header to Support Intel Wake-On-LAN
Creative Labs ES1373 PCI 3D Audio On-board
Support 5.1 Channel AC-3 Digital Surround Audio Output
64-voice Wavetable and 4000-Sound Library Creative Labs EAX True 3D Positional Technology
Extended 3D Positioning support with Aureal A3D API
Full Support for Microsoft DirectSound, DirectSound 3D and DirectMusic
Integrated Digital/Analog Line-out from Creative Labs Technology
1 x Line-out, 1 x Line-in, 1 x Mic-in
1 x CD-in, 1 x AUX-in, 1 x Telephony Port, 1 x Game Port
System Health Monitoring wiht Win95/98/NT Support
AMI BIOS, PC98/ACPI/DMI Compliant
ATX, 305mm x 170mm PCB

the version of AGP is 1.0 ....hope this can help you...
so you can help me ..
thanx!!



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[Crashman]

OK, check your voltage levels. If they appear even slightly low for the 3.3v setting, your power supply might be dropping even more when you play games. Also, try some older drivers, as nVidia's latest tend to be "not 100% compatable with some systems". As old as they are, I still swear by revision 6.31 for stability.

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[Mephisto]

mmm..you`re right....the 12+, 5- voltage are slightly high...i think this is the problem..so i guess i`m going to buy another power supply..
Thanx!!


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[Crashman]

Nah, slightly high wouldn't cause instability, and the 3.3v line is the one responsible for the CPU, memory, and graphics card. So if there is no problem on that line, it's probably not the power supply.


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[Mephisto]

mm..then..where is the main monitor to the 3.3 voltage??...
i`m going to check this...do you think that mainboard does not support the g4??...
i`m out of cash...that`s why i don`t want to buy another one
but if there`s not another solution....
what do u think about?
thanx...

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[Crashman]

I've never seen an AGP board that didn't support a standard AGP card. I've never seen an AGP card that didn't work on every AGP board. With one exception: the latest P4 boards don't support old 3.3v cards, but that's not you. AGP4x cards are backwards compatable to AGP2x.

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