Nvidia drivers problem?

Hey all, A friend of mine has a weird problem on his system. PIII 550 P6BAT-A+ mainboard , 128MB ram and a Nvidia riva tnt2 m64/tnt2 pro video card. Drivers are 6.50 for w 98. The system hangs after a few minutes playing NFS, Gp3 or glp. It slowly freezes the screen with all sorts of garbled colors. Only a reset on the power is able to get back to windows. I tried several drivers for this video card but no result. My question now is: Could this occur due to an overheat of the videocard or is this a driver prblem? if it is a driver issue, what are the best drivers for this card and where can I download them? Thanks in advance for any help. Alexander.

Overheating - I've been using 6.50 for a while with no problems. "Marki000" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden].. .> Hey all,

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> > A friend of mine has a weird problem on his system. PIII 550 P6BAT-A+ > mainboard , 128MB ram and a Nvidia riva tnt2 m64/tnt2 pro video card. > Drivers are 6.50 for w 98. The system hangs after a few minutes playing > NFS, Gp3 or glp. It slowly freezes the screen with all sorts of garbled > colors. Only a reset on the power is able to get back to windows. > I tried several drivers for this video card but no result. > My question now is: Could this occur due to an overheat of the videocard > or is this a driver prblem? if it is a driver issue, what are the best > drivers for this card and where can I download them? > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Alexander. >

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:33:19 +0200, Marki000 <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hey all, > >A friend of mine has a weird problem on his system. PIII 550 P6BAT-A+ >mainboard , 128MB ram and a Nvidia riva tnt2 m64/tnt2 pro video card. >Drivers are 6.50 for w 98. The system hangs after a few minutes playing >NFS, Gp3 or glp. It slowly freezes the screen with all sorts of garbled >colors. Only a reset on the power is able to get back to windows. >I tried several drivers for this video card but no result. >My question now is: Could this occur due to an overheat of the videocard >or is this a driver prblem? if it is a driver issue, what are the best >drivers for this card and where can I download them? >Thanks in advance for any help. > >Alexander.

Sounds like an overheating problem and not driver problem.

Hi Suggest to your friend that he checks if the small fan in the graphics board is running. I had freezes once because of that in an ELSA Erazor 3 (TNT 2 Pro). Also, try to run the machine without cover, with a large fan or blower blowing into it. If it lasts longer before freezing, it is heat. DF Marki000 wrote:

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> Hey all, > > A friend of mine has a weird problem on his system. PIII 550 P6BAT-A+ > mainboard , 128MB ram and a Nvidia riva tnt2 m64/tnt2 pro video card. > Drivers are 6.50 for w 98. The system hangs after a few minutes playing > NFS, Gp3 or glp. It slowly freezes the screen with all sorts of garbled > colors. Only a reset on the power is able to get back to windows. > I tried several drivers for this video card but no result. > My question now is: Could this occur due to an overheat of the videocard > or is this a driver prblem? if it is a driver issue, what are the best > drivers for this card and where can I download them? > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Alexander.

Thanks for the reply. Well, there is no fan on the heat sink of the graphicscard, so I assume this is an overheat problem. Alexander Daniel Frois wrote:

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> Hi > > Suggest to your friend that he checks if the small fan in the graphics board > is running. I had freezes once because of that in an ELSA Erazor 3 (TNT 2 > Pro). Also, try to run the machine without cover, with a large fan or blower > blowing into it. If it lasts longer before freezing, it is heat. > > DF > > Marki000 wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > A friend of mine has a weird problem on his system. PIII 550 P6BAT-A+ > > mainboard , 128MB ram and a Nvidia riva tnt2 m64/tnt2 pro video card. > > Drivers are 6.50 for w 98. The system hangs after a few minutes playing > > NFS, Gp3 or glp. It slowly freezes the screen with all sorts of garbled > > colors. Only a reset on the power is able to get back to windows. > > I tried several drivers for this video card but no result. > > My question now is: Could this occur due to an overheat of the videocard > > or is this a driver prblem? if it is a driver issue, what are the best > > drivers for this card and where can I download them? > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > > > Alexander.

My TNT2 M64 doesn't have a fan either, I don't think they need one at default clock speeds. Make sure you're not overclocking your card (default speeds are 125 mhz core and 143 mhz memory for my Elsa Erazor III LT M64 card) and if it's still overheating, then you'll just have to try to get more cool air flowing across it somehow. I use 6.72 detonators but I don't think there's anything wrong with the 6.50 ones. Jim Marki000 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Thanks for the reply. Well, there is no fan on the heat sink of the > graphicscard, so I assume this is an overheat problem. > > Alexander > > Daniel Frois wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Suggest to your friend that he checks if the small fan in the graphics

board > > is running. I had freezes once because of that in an ELSA Erazor 3 (TNT2 > > Pro). Also, try to run the machine without cover, with a large fan orblower

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> > blowing into it. If it lasts longer before freezing, it is heat. > > > > DF > > > > Marki000 wrote: > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > A friend of mine has a weird problem on his system. PIII 550 P6BAT-A+ > > > mainboard , 128MB ram and a Nvidia riva tnt2 m64/tnt2 pro video card. > > > Drivers are 6.50 for w 98. The system hangs after a few minutes

playing > > > NFS, Gp3 or glp. It slowly freezes the screen with all sorts ofgarbled > > > colors. Only a reset on the power is able to get back to windows. > > > I tried several drivers for this video card but no result. > > > My question now is: Could this occur due to an overheat of thevideocard > > > or is this a driver prblem? if it is a driver issue, what are the best > > > drivers for this card and where can I download them? > > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > > > > > Alexander. >

My TNT2, was much more stable after I installed a 486 CPU fan onto its heatsinc. Easy to do and cost is low. I was having problems every-other time I played GPL and with the fan I almost never had a problem. SLG "Jim L" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> >My TNT2 M64 doesn't have a fan either, I don't think they need one at >default clock speeds. Make sure you're not overclocking your card (default >speeds are 125 mhz core and 143 mhz memory for my Elsa Erazor III LT M64 >card) and if it's still overheating, then you'll just have to try to get >more cool air flowing across it somehow. > >I use 6.72 detonators but I don't think there's anything wrong with the 6.50 >ones. > >Jim > > > >Marki000 <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> Thanks for the reply. Well, there is no fan on the heat sink of the >> graphicscard, so I assume this is an overheat problem. >> >> Alexander >> >> Daniel Frois wrote: >> >> > Hi >> > >> > Suggest to your friend that he checks if the small fan in the graphics >board >> > is running. I had freezes once because of that in an ELSA Erazor 3 (TNT >2 >> > Pro). Also, try to run the machine without cover, with a large fan or >blower >> > blowing into it. If it lasts longer before freezing, it is heat. >> > >> > DF >> > >> > Marki000 wrote: >> > >> > > Hey all, >> > > >> > > A friend of mine has a weird problem on his system. PIII 550 P6BAT-A+ >> > > mainboard , 128MB ram and a Nvidia riva tnt2 m64/tnt2 pro video card. >> > > Drivers are 6.50 for w 98. The system hangs after a few minutes >playing >> > > NFS, Gp3 or glp. It slowly freezes the screen with all sorts of >garbled >> > > colors. Only a reset on the power is able to get back to windows. >> > > I tried several drivers for this video card but no result. >> > > My question now is: Could this occur due to an overheat of the >videocard >> > > or is this a driver prblem? if it is a driver issue, what are the best >> > > drivers for this card and where can I download them? >> > > Thanks in advance for any help. >> > > >> > > Alexander. >> > >

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I have dl'dthe 12.00 drivers for my geforce 2 mx and I have now a small "transparent" nvidia logo in every game (D3D) I run, anybody knows how to get rid of it ? Thx

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION Why is there a QUESTION MARK at the end of the subject line?????? huh??? HUH??? shouldn't it be: Nvidia drivers problem Statement rather than a question. dave henrie

On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 22:00:31 GMT, "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I have dl'dthe 12.00 drivers for my geforce 2 mx and I have now a small >"transparent" nvidia logo in every game (D3D) I run, anybody knows how to >get rid of it ? > >Thx > > >

Uncheck "Display Logo" under the D3D settings, which is under your display properties. That should be unchecked by default so don't know how it got turned on.

thx a lot but i don't have the "display logo" in my D3D settings, would you happen to know where it is hidden in the registry ? "Nos v7.0000001" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: [email hidden]...

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> On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 22:00:31 GMT, "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I have dl'dthe 12.00 drivers for my geforce 2 mx and I have now a small > >"transparent" nvidia logo in every game (D3D) I run, anybody knows how to > >get rid of it ? > > > >Thx > > > > > > > > Uncheck "Display Logo" under the D3D settings, which is under your > display properties. That should be unchecked by default so don't know > how it got turned on. >

On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:34:55 GMT, "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote: >thx a lot but i don't have the "display logo" in my D3D settings, would you >happen to know where it is hidden in the registry ? > What drivers are you using? Open regedit and use find to look for LOGOENABLE change 1 to 0.