In2Deep 0 Posted September 26, 2000 Happens on games and usually ones that are not compatible with W2K. I know, why am I trying to run them. For example, the NHL 2001 demo runs fine on my old amd k62 system with W2k so I installed it on my newer Ahtlon system and during the game my computer just restarts itself. Anyone know what would cause this? System spec: Ahtlon 700 Gladiac Geforce2 Aureual Vortex2 Soundcard 160MB Ram Allied Tennyson Ehternet Card Any help on this is appreciated! Thx Share this post Link to post
euankirkhope 0 Posted September 26, 2000 Probably mis-interpretation of the assembly code, some optimisations may not be correctly identified, like sse, or 3dnow specific instructions, this will case a stop error, followed by a reboot depending on what your pc is setup to do in such an event. Often CPU overheating is a good candidate. Followed closely by AGP bus errors, see the AMD patch about that, it is specific to athlon based systems. Also the soundcard 3d extensions are good causes of errors ------------------ System Spec: Athlon 800 Gigabyte GA-7IXE F4 128Mb SSi PC100 Radeon 64Mb DDR (10 out of 10) Hauppauge Wintv Model 406 Realtek 8029 LAN (cnx to ISDN server) Creative ES1371 (PCI64v) Creative SBlive Value Creative 48mx CDROM Memorex TriMaxx200(DVD/CDR/CDRW, 6,4,24) Maxtor 91301U3 13Gb UDMA 4 LS120 If Jungle.com say it is not in stock it'll never be in stock, so don't order it. Share this post Link to post
wozzeck 0 Posted September 26, 2000 WhenI saw the title of the post I thought...I bet this guy has a GeForce, and I was right. I was having similar trouble to what you describe, the strange restarts. I was running only win2k, so I don't know if it would have done it with win98. I thought it was a power issue since the Geforce is so hungry, but now I'm sure it was a problem with my cheesy MOBO, a Iwill Super7. I eventually got pissed off enough and bought a new Mobo and CPU, and that took care of it. What kind of Mobo do you have? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- PIII 733 (fsb133) OC-->770 Asus P3B-F mobo 256 Meg Ram Creative Soundblaster Live! Platinum Creative FPS 2000 Creative Geforce2 GTS (32 meg) 13 gig Seagate HD 10 gig Seagate HD ZipCD CDRW 2x2x24 Logitech Wireless Mouse and Keyboard Share this post Link to post
euankirkhope 0 Posted September 26, 2000 Thats a good one too, a 300W minimum Athlon approved PSU is recommended. Athlon mobo should be OK on the AGP power though? Maybe try disabling AGP 4x if you have it. ------------------ System Spec: Athlon 800 Gigabyte GA-7IXE F4 128Mb SSi PC100 Radeon 64Mb DDR (10/10) Hauppauge Wintv Model 406 Realtek 8029 LAN (cnx to ISDN server) Creative ES1371 PCI64v Creative SBlive Value Creative 48mx CDROM Memorex TriMaxx200(DVD/CDR/CDRW, 6,4,24) Maxtor 91301U3 13Gb UDMA 4 LS120 If Jungle.com say it is not in stock it'll never be in stock, so don't order it. Share this post Link to post
In2Deep 0 Posted September 26, 2000 I have a FIC SD11 mobo and I am using a 300W (approved amd) power supply. It also only supports 1x and 2x AGP (no 4x). I use powerstrip and have switched between both modes and have the same issue. I am leaning towards it being the soundcard but am still looking for advice. Thank all. Share this post Link to post
wozzeck 0 Posted September 27, 2000 Could you try removing all your PCI cards (except the GeForce) and see if your system goes down. Then put them back in one by one. This process is no fun, but it might reveal your issue. I found that if I removed my Creative Live! card, that my comp would be more stable. That's when I knew I had to switch Mobos. Hope this helps. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- PIII 733 (fsb133) OC-->770 Asus P3B-F mobo 256 Meg Ram Creative Soundblaster Live! Platinum Creative FPS 2000 Creative Geforce2 GTS (32 meg) 13 gig Seagate HD 10 gig Seagate HD ZipCD CDRW 2x2x24 Logitech Wireless Mouse and Keyboard Share this post Link to post
In2Deep 0 Posted September 27, 2000 Status Update - I used spare components lying around and replaced the ones in my system one at a time to see if a card was the problem. I think it was the aureal soundcard that was causing the problem. I replaced with a semi-working old SBlive and so far no restarts. I will test this further but hopefully problem solved. The Aureal's A3D did not have any updated drivers (only beta - did not work) so maybe that was it. Thanks everyone for your input! Share this post Link to post
