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Earthdog · 06-18-2002, 03:38 AM

Yessireebob. Control Alt Delete everything but Explorer and Sytray. If the problem persists see if a friend has a video card you can borrow for a few hours to find out if the hardware is the problem.

Your card could simply be overheating and it may not be a driver problem at all. Check to see if you have any cards in the slot next to the video card. Often times the side of the video card that has the heatsink is on the side that faces a PCI card. If you do have a PCI card there see if you can relocate it to a vacant slot. The video card needs to breathe. Adding a fan to the heatsink might also fix it. Then again you might already have one. Im not all that familiar with the GTS but Id sure love to have one [img]smile.gif[/img]

Have you got the Detonator 2 or 3 drivers??? They are sort of aftermarket improvements from nVidia. Start by installing the Detonator 2. (after youve done all the other stuff that is) [img]smile.gif[/img] Then from there go on to the Detoantor 3 drivers.

If your original drivers fix the problem remember the old adage "If it aint broke dont fix it."

One more thing. Go into your BIOS and make sure the AGP APERTURE is set to 128. This seems to be the most stable setting.

06-18-2002, 03:38 AM	#5
Earthdog Emerald Dragon Join Date: May 1, 2001 Location: melbourne victoria australia Age: 60 Posts: 960	Yessireebob. Control Alt Delete everything but Explorer and Sytray. If the problem persists see if a friend has a video card you can borrow for a few hours to find out if the hardware is the problem. Your card could simply be overheating and it may not be a driver problem at all. Check to see if you have any cards in the slot next to the video card. Often times the side of the video card that has the heatsink is on the side that faces a PCI card. If you do have a PCI card there see if you can relocate it to a vacant slot. The video card needs to breathe. Adding a fan to the heatsink might also fix it. Then again you might already have one. Im not all that familiar with the GTS but Id sure love to have one [img]smile.gif[/img] Have you got the Detonator 2 or 3 drivers??? They are sort of aftermarket improvements from nVidia. Start by installing the Detonator 2. (after youve done all the other stuff that is) [img]smile.gif[/img] Then from there go on to the Detoantor 3 drivers. If your original drivers fix the problem remember the old adage "If it aint broke dont fix it." One more thing. Go into your BIOS and make sure the AGP APERTURE is set to 128. This seems to be the most stable setting. __________________ THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!