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Article #1751Re: GeForce2 GTS <--Help
From: dumbazz
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 16:56
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 16:56
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It is a 235watt PS. Would a under spec P.S. cause the problems I'm experiencing? System specs are pIII 500 on a Biostar M6TBA 256mb pc100 ram SCSI Adaptec 2940AU PCI Controller Voodoo3 AGP (Obviously trying to switch to a CL GF2 GTS AGP) Thanks for your reply J.R. "ken shelton (Creative Labs)" <kshelton@clok.creaf.com> wrote in message news:3aed8787.3935781@news.creativelabs.com... > What size is your power supply? > > On Sun, 29 Apr 2001 19:37:01 +0100, "dumbazz" <dummy@dum.dum> wrote: > > >I just bought the above card and get the following problems: > > > >1- My p3 500 suddenly started running at 522mhz, if I put my voodoo3 back it > >returns to 500. > > > >2- Right after the POST there's a message flashing stating that it couldn't > >find SPD at dimms 1,2,3,...whatever that means. Again if I put the v3 back > >everything goes back to normal, no more message about memory. > > > >3- Finally, and more importantly, when trying to install the drivers in > >Win2000, upon starting to copy files I get a black screen with a flashing > >cursor and the computer just hangs there. No matter what way I tried to > >install the drivers it still happened. > > > >In windows millennium I get to install the drivers but after accepting the > >request to reboot the os hangs for a while and when it finally boots to a > >640x480 @ 60hz says the driver can't be used. Same in device manager, > >reports windows hung while trying to load the driver so it won't attempt > >again. > >I tried this with both the drivers in the CD and updated ones from the web > >site. > > > >Is the card faulty or is it my system? should I return the card and get a > >second one or not bother with this particular card at all? any ideas > >appreciated. > > > >Thanks > >J.R. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Ken Shelton > Creative Labs Technical Support > phone: 405-742-6655 > fax: 405-742-6633 > http://www.creative.com > http://www.creativehelp.com
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