Need help with Geforece 4 MX with AGP8X

[makomike 0]

Hey im having trouble with my Geforce 4 MX with AGP8X, when i install my driver for it, it crashes my pc and if i try to play games it makes the graphics go weird even when im on the desktop and my computer restarts sometimes, ive tryed reformatting and looking on the internet for the latest drivers and ive reslotted the graphics card but im still getting the problem

 

can anyone help me please

[Shadow64Bt 0]

Need more info Mako, what's your motherboard, and is it an 8x AGP board? If it's not, you may (and this is rare) have to set the AGP slot voltage, most of the time this is done automatically, but it varies between manufacturers.

 

Judging from the number of "I need help with my GeForce 4 MX" posts on here, I consider the best solution is not to buy a GeForce 4 MX, but you're stuck with it I guess. Also, much better cards are available for the same, and sometimes LESS than these ancient cards.

[makomike 0]

Yea i think it is an 8x AGP board but what i dont get is that this problem has never ever ever ever ever happend to me before in my life with this graphics card, ive reformatted this computer loads of times and ive never had the problem. Do you think my graphics card has screwed up? and is it possible?

 

Thanx for your help

[makomike 0]

Ah yea heres my specs

 

Computer Type: ACPI Uniprocessor PC

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional

CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP, 1350 MHz (13.5 x 100) 1500+

Motherboard Name: MSI KT4V (MS-6712) (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM, Audio)

Motherboard Chipset: VIA VT8377 Apollo KT400

BIOS Type: AMI (10/29/04)

Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X (128 MB)

3D Accelerator: nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X

Audio Adapter: C-Media CMI8738/C3DX Audio Device

Audio Adapter: VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

IDE Controller: VIA Bus Master IDE Controller

Disk Drive: IC35L060AVV207-0 (60 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)

Optical Drive: CD-RW CDR-7S52 (52x/32x/52x CD-RW)

Network Adapter: VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter (82.3 [ EVALUATION ])

DMI BIOS Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.

 

 

 

[Delme 0]

Hey, I have been having a problem very simliar to this on my PC recently.

 

I was having problems playing "Ultimate Spiderman" (what can I say I like wearing tights!), so had to update my drivers which included my graphics drivers, but I think the driver that the game needed was in fact a sound driver for my onboard Realtect AC97. Anyway...

 

I have a Radeon 9800 Pro AGP ATI card. On the ATI boards I think problem is often referred to as a "ati2dvag.dll" loop. This ati2dvag.dll is a display driver.

 

Anyway, I know you have a Geforce card, but I'd guess it's having this problem. The link below is the only working fix I've currently found for it.

 

See what the user named "cobrakaun" suggests. I followed their advice last night after, using registry & driver cleaners to no avail but this fix worked.

 

http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28206

 

I know it's not the ultimate in repair because it diverts the problem because you need to make a change to the setup to work around it, but it does at least let you use your PC without crashes (so far it has for me).

 

It'll give you time to investigate why this "fix" works. That's what I'm doing now as I found your thread. On the properties of my card since doing this fix it has turned off the AGP acceleration but I haven't noticed any difference in speed on Pro Evo 5 or Flight Sim 2004, so if it is affected, it's very minimal.

 

Good luck.

[makomike 0]

Thanx for that link!!! that was really interesting lol. and it made me find my problem (i think) my graphics card is conflicting with my pci standerd pci-to-pci bridge! but i dont know how to change the resources, can anyone help me please

 

thanks everyone!!

[makomike 0]

omfg!! now i cant change my bloody resources, im getting fed up of this. it just leads from one problem to another, so does anybody know how to change them? because when i go onto the resources it wont let me change them atall ;(

[makomike 0]

I just reformated my computer again, installed all the rite drivers and when i installed my graphics driver it started to go all weird again but i just managed to get to the graphics card resources and it said it had no conflicts so im just going to buy a new graphics card and if that dont work im gunna sae up a very long time for a new computer.

 

But thanks everyone for the help, i really appreciate it