NFS-PU lock ups

This game locks up my system randomly. Must hit reset button on system to reboot or clear. P3/700 256meg ram GeForce 256---the original SB Live value V4 interact FF whel Scandisk and defrag prior to install New Nvidia drivers for video Latest creative drivers DX7.0a Patched drivers for wheel. Is there a patch for this--there isn't one on EA site, but I saw one on an NFS site...but there was no explantion of what is was actually

Its probably the geforce. Try turning off lensflares and check www.geforcefaq.com rms [email hidden]

http://www.nfscheats.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/003773.html According to this post, EA knows there is a geforce problem and is working on it. No known fix as of yet. rms [email hidden]

It's the Geforce getting hot. Try lowering it's clock and memory speed a little when using NFSPU. -- Some Call Me Tim

Dave So wrote: > This game locks up my system randomly. Must hit reset button on system to > reboot or clear. Also happened to me all the time with my TNT2 graphic card. I tried lots of graphic setup combinations (including lens flare off) and nothing worked - it still locked up all the time. The last - desperate - thing I tried was to disable sidebanding in the video BIOS - and *that* did it for me - not a single lock up since then! ;o) Good luck! -- Lennart

Thanks..I'm not sure how to turn stuff off in the video BIOS...could you explain? "LG" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:92tgdo$2hh0$[email hidden]... > Dave So wrote: > > > This game locks up my system randomly. Must hit reset button on systemto

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> > reboot or clear. > > Also happened to me all the time with my TNT2 graphic card. > I tried lots of graphic setup combinations (including lens flare off) and > nothing worked - it still locked up all the time. > > The last - desperate - thing I tried was to disable sidebanding in the

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> BIOS - and *that* did it for me - not a single lock up since then! ;o) > > Good luck! > > -- > Lennart > >

Dave So wrote: > Thanks..I'm not sure how to turn stuff off in the video BIOS...could you > explain? I can only describe how it works with my video card - but hopefully you can do something similar with your type of video card: It's an ASUS AGP-V3800TNT2 and if I go to: http://www.asus.com/Products/Addon/Vga/asuse/enthusiast_drv.htm I can download a program called "V3800 BIOS Flash program (Ver. 2.5.13a)". When I run this program it asks if I want to enable or disable sideband - and then it flashes the Video BIOS with these settings. Try a search for "sideband" on your videocard manufactures homepage. -- Lennart