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Re: GeForce 2MX400 setup crashes

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From: Conor
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2002 13:15
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In article <a5s36d$jqb$1@usenet.otenet.gr>, n30filou@otenet.gr says...
> From: "n30filou" <n30filou@otenet.gr>
> Subject: GeForce 2MX400 setup crashes
> Date: Sunday, March 03, 2002 4:50 AM
> 
> I've just bought a new system and still trying to setup the GeForce 2MX400
> 64 MB properly. The system consists of an Athlon XP 1700+, m/b Gigabyte
> GA-7VTXE, and Crypto 56kPCI internal modem. (and other stuff of course, but
> of no importance to the problem)
> 
> The problem is that after installing the 23.11 ver. of Nvidia's Drivers,
> everytime i try to switch into any resolution bigger than 640x480, or into
> more than 16 colours, the system crashes.
> 
> First of all it seems to be using the same IRQ with the inernal modem i have
> installed. But even when i completely disconnected the modem it was still
> crashing.
> 
> I tried to install older drivers (v. 21.83) downloaded from the
> manufacturer's site (www.sparkle.com.tw) but the problem remained.
> 
> I've also tried to experiment with the BIOS settings, or device settings
> from Windows setup but nothing happened.
> 
> I've heard about a BIOS setting called "Assign IRQ to VGA", but my
> motherboard's bios doesn't seem to have such an option.
> 
The problem is that you have a motherboard that doesn't use an Intel 
chipset and you have not installed the motherboard drivers. As far as 
Windows ME is concerned you currentlyu have no AGP port it can use so 
it thinks the graphics card has no memory on it, the card being AGP, as 
it can't access it and therefoer will only let you run at 640x480 in 16 
colours.

You need to install the drievrs for your motherboard chipsets...Via 4-
in-1 for VIA chipsets etc etc. You should have got a CD that came with 
the motherboard. 

You'll also notice an increase in HDD speed after doing this as well.


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From: Conor <conor_turton@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: GeForce 2MX400 setup crashes
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 13:15:06 -0000
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