Nascar 2003 crashes to desktop or reboots

Been around a few years wih this stuff but this is driving me crazy! Fresh install of W2k w/SP4 New: Amptron M7NCD-A02 motherboard AMD Athalon XP 2600 400 DDR RAM - 512MB Power supply GForce MX 440 - 8X Sound Blaster Live DirectX 9.0C The thing will go about 1 lap into a race and then it crashes every time. Haven't tried using the onboard sound but that shouldn't matter. I think it's a video card issue maybe, drivers or something. I am using the latest nVidia drivers from their site - 6177. Didn't have any luck with some older drivers either. I do have the latest drivers for the nForce chipset installed for the MB. No virus software installed. Just been to a few sites for drivers, etc. Box should be fine. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! I've done countless installs of the Papy sims through the years and have never ran into anything this wacked!

"JZach" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:swvcd.6032$[email hidden]: > Been around a few years wih this stuff but this is driving me crazy! > <snip>

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> > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! I've done countless installs > of the Papy sims through the years and have never ran into anything > this wacked! > > >

Sound. Try reducing your directX sound hardware acceleration down a notch or two.

"JZach" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:swvcd.6032$[email hidden]...

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> Been around a few years wih this stuff but this is driving me crazy! > > Fresh install of W2k w/SP4 > New: > Amptron M7NCD-A02 motherboard > AMD Athalon XP 2600 > 400 DDR RAM - 512MB > Power supply > GForce MX 440 - 8X > Sound Blaster Live > DirectX 9.0C > > The thing will go about 1 lap into a race and then it crashes every time. > Haven't tried using the onboard sound but that shouldn't matter. I think > it's a video card issue maybe, drivers or something. I am using the latest > nVidia drivers from their site - 6177. Didn't have any luck with some

older > drivers either. I do have the latest drivers for the nForce chipset > installed for the MB. > > No virus software installed. Just been to a few sites for drivers, etc.Box > should be fine. > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! I've done countless installs ofthe > Papy sims through the years and have never ran into anything this wacked! > > Sounds like your card may be overheating. I had the same problem with a PNY brand MX440. bluestringer

I was gonna try a different card. As mentioned, they're brand new. But I've seen a lot of "new" stuff be broke... "bluestringer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:c0wcd.176844$[email hidden]...

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> > "JZach" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:swvcd.6032$[email hidden]... > > Been around a few years wih this stuff but this is driving me crazy! > > > > Fresh install of W2k w/SP4 > > New: > > Amptron M7NCD-A02 motherboard > > AMD Athalon XP 2600 > > 400 DDR RAM - 512MB > > Power supply > > GForce MX 440 - 8X > > Sound Blaster Live > > DirectX 9.0C > > > > The thing will go about 1 lap into a race and then it crashes every

time. > > Haven't tried using the onboard sound but that shouldn't matter. I think > > it's a video card issue maybe, drivers or something. I am using thelatest

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> > nVidia drivers from their site - 6177. Didn't have any luck with some > older > > drivers either. I do have the latest drivers for the nForce chipset > > installed for the MB. > > > > No virus software installed. Just been to a few sites for drivers, etc. > Box > > should be fine. > > > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! I've done countless installs of > the > > Papy sims through the years and have never ran into anything this

wacked! > > > > > > > Sounds like your card may be overheating. I had the same problem with aPNY > brand MX440. > > bluestringer > >

I'll try it thanks. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> "JZach" <[email hidden]> wrote in > news:swvcd.6032$[email hidden]: > > > Been around a few years wih this stuff but this is driving me crazy! > > > <snip> > > > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! I've done countless installs > > of the Papy sims through the years and have never ran into anything > > this wacked! > > > > > > > > Sound. Try reducing your directX sound hardware acceleration down a > notch or two.

Duh - how do I do that? forgot to ask... "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> "JZach" <[email hidden]> wrote in > news:swvcd.6032$[email hidden]: > > > Been around a few years wih this stuff but this is driving me crazy! > > > <snip> > > > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! I've done countless installs > > of the Papy sims through the years and have never ran into anything > > this wacked! > > > > > > > > Sound. Try reducing your directX sound hardware acceleration down a > notch or two.

"JZach" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:Uawcd.7126$q%7.2948 @newssvr11.news.prodigy.com: > Duh - how do I do that? forgot to ask..At least for win98 you click the start button, then choose the run menu and in that box type dxdiag or dxdiag.exe That should get you going. You can probably also find some similar setting in the control panel area. dave henrie

I had a lot of problems with my system crashing and locking up, until I started fiddling with the motherboard and CPU voltages in the BIOS. Turns out the "stock" voltage supplied to the CPU was borderline indadequate, and for a CPU intensive game like NR2003, this deficiency caused it to fail on a regular basis. After I upped the voltages slightly, it has been rock solid ever since. Check out some overclocker sites to learn how to check your system for stability and what to change in order to help it run trouble free. Hope this helps, Gerald "JZach" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<M3wcd.7123$q%[email hidden]>...

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> I was gonna try a different card. As mentioned, they're brand new. But I've > seen a lot of "new" stuff be broke... > > "bluestringer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:c0wcd.176844$[email hidden]... > > > > "JZach" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:swvcd.6032$[email hidden]... > > > Been around a few years wih this stuff but this is driving me crazy! > > > > > > Fresh install of W2k w/SP4 > > > New: > > > Amptron M7NCD-A02 motherboard > > > AMD Athalon XP 2600 > > > 400 DDR RAM - 512MB > > > Power supply > > > GForce MX 440 - 8X > > > Sound Blaster Live > > > DirectX 9.0C > > > > > > The thing will go about 1 lap into a race and then it crashes every > time. > > > Haven't tried using the onboard sound but that shouldn't matter. I think > > > it's a video card issue maybe, drivers or something. I am using the > latest > > > nVidia drivers from their site - 6177. Didn't have any luck with some > older > > > drivers either. I do have the latest drivers for the nForce chipset > > > installed for the MB. > > > > > > No virus software installed. Just been to a few sites for drivers, etc. > Box > > > should be fine. > > > > > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! I've done countless installs of > the > > > Papy sims through the years and have never ran into anything this > wacked! > > > > > > > > > > > > Sounds like your card may be overheating. I had the same problem with a > PNY > > brand MX440. > > > > bluestringer > > > >

I had the same problem, i updated my manufacture sound drivers, and it fixed the problem. I downloaded sound drivers when I updated to SP2 for Xp, and started having the same problems. I then updated my driver from the sound manufacture, and it fixed it. Hope this helps you. Chris Cooper "JZach" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:M3wcd.7123$q%[email hidden]...

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>I was gonna try a different card. As mentioned, they're brand new. But I've > seen a lot of "new" stuff be broke... > > "bluestringer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:c0wcd.176844$[email hidden]... >> >> "JZach" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:swvcd.6032$[email hidden]... >> > Been around a few years wih this stuff but this is driving me crazy! >> > >> > Fresh install of W2k w/SP4 >> > New: >> > Amptron M7NCD-A02 motherboard >> > AMD Athalon XP 2600 >> > 400 DDR RAM - 512MB >> > Power supply >> > GForce MX 440 - 8X >> > Sound Blaster Live >> > DirectX 9.0C >> > >> > The thing will go about 1 lap into a race and then it crashes every > time. >> > Haven't tried using the onboard sound but that shouldn't matter. I >> > think >> > it's a video card issue maybe, drivers or something. I am using the > latest >> > nVidia drivers from their site - 6177. Didn't have any luck with some >> older >> > drivers either. I do have the latest drivers for the nForce chipset >> > installed for the MB. >> > >> > No virus software installed. Just been to a few sites for drivers, etc. >> Box >> > should be fine. >> > >> > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! I've done countless installs >> > of >> the >> > Papy sims through the years and have never ran into anything this > wacked! >> > >> > >> >> >> Sounds like your card may be overheating. I had the same problem with a > PNY >> brand MX440. >> >> bluestringer >> >> > >