First of all, this is my system spec:
Athlon Thunderbird 1.333Ghz 266FSB
Asus A7M266 Mobo with 1.004 BIOS (latest)
Crucial 256MB PC-2100 DDR Ram
Asus V8200 Pure GeForce 3 Card
Creative Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer
3Com NIC
I don't think others are important
I am running:
Win2k SP2
DirectX 8.0a
Detonator3 12.90 Driver
Latest Via 4in1
Latest AMD AGP miniport driver
I am having this problem: During games, my system would just completely lock up and I am unable to do anything but using the reset button, not even ctrl-alt-delete to end task! And that's in Win2k! This sympton is specially clear when I play Counter Strike, Black & White, and Diablo II. CS&BW seems to crash much faster, like within 10 min, but D2 sometimes can run like more than half an hour. I have tried the 12.41 and 12.60 drivers, and they don't really seem to help. I really can't figure out what to do! Please please help me, is there some crucial settings in BIOS/Control Panel/NVMAX that I should adjust? Or any patch I should install? I have tried enabling/disabling Fast Write and Side Banding, but they don't seem to work... I don't think it's heat or power issue either, since I have 300W PSU and about 7 case fans... Please help me!
THANKS!
Athlon Thunderbird 1.333Ghz 266FSB
Asus A7M266 Mobo with 1.004 BIOS (latest)
Crucial 256MB PC-2100 DDR Ram
Asus V8200 Pure GeForce 3 Card
Creative Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer
3Com NIC
I don't think others are important
I am running:
Win2k SP2
DirectX 8.0a
Detonator3 12.90 Driver
Latest Via 4in1
Latest AMD AGP miniport driver
I am having this problem: During games, my system would just completely lock up and I am unable to do anything but using the reset button, not even ctrl-alt-delete to end task! And that's in Win2k! This sympton is specially clear when I play Counter Strike, Black & White, and Diablo II. CS&BW seems to crash much faster, like within 10 min, but D2 sometimes can run like more than half an hour. I have tried the 12.41 and 12.60 drivers, and they don't really seem to help. I really can't figure out what to do! Please please help me, is there some crucial settings in BIOS/Control Panel/NVMAX that I should adjust? Or any patch I should install? I have tried enabling/disabling Fast Write and Side Banding, but they don't seem to work... I don't think it's heat or power issue either, since I have 300W PSU and about 7 case fans... Please help me!
THANKS!