GeForce 6600 GT AGP crashing in video games

Hello,

I recently purchased a XFX GeForce 6600 GT, AGP version, and I am
experiencing crashing problems.

My specs:

Dell SC400 2.8 GHz P4 with 512 MB of RAM, with HyperThreading enabled
Windows 2000 service pack 4 with all updates applied
Latest DirectX 9 drivers
Note: there are no on-board integrated graphics. After uninstalling the
drivers and the board from the Device Manager, I removed the existing ATI
Rage XL card and put in the AGP 6600 GT.

I tried upgrading to the latest Nvidia drivers, the BETA version, but that
didn't help.

Windows itself runs fine. I don't see the crash until I go into a video
game that makes use of DirectX. The game plays for a few minutes and then
crashes in one of two ways: it either reboots the system or it goes dead
with the monitor complaining of no video signal input. The games I have
tried and have all crashed so far is Max Payne 2, Half-Life 1 and Half-Life
2.

Any ideas on what to try next or what could be happening?

Thanks.

Update:

I tried turning off hyperthreading but that did not help. I am not positive
on this but it seems to be happening during or right after an in-game movie
plays (cut-scene movie).

Thanks.

"Robert Oschler" wrote in
:

Update:

I tried turning off hyperthreading but that did not help. I am not
positive on this but it seems to be happening during or right after an
in-game movie plays (cut-scene movie).

Thanks.


Make sure you have all the latest game patches. If you have installed
Coolbits remove it. You will have to remove and re-install the driver to
remove Coolbits. Use the drivers that came with the card. Check for a
driver update from XFX.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Smithe"
Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 6:37 AM
Subject: GeForce 6600 GT AGP crashing in video games



Make sure you have all the latest game patches. If you have installed
Coolbits remove it. You will have to remove and re-install the driver to
remove Coolbits. Use the drivers that came with the card. Check for a
driver update from XFX.


(Note: I accidentally replied directly to you instead of the group, so
please ignore my e-mail that matches this reply.)

John, I have never installed Coolbits so unless it is bundled with
something else it's not on my system.

The XFX web site shows no driver info on it's web page for the 6600 GT AGP.
I have e-mailed both them and Nvidia for tech support.

I do have all the latest game patches installed (for HL, Steam does that
automatically although the jury is still out on whether or not that is a
good thing). Max Payne 2 blows up too though so I know it's not a HL or
Steam only issue.

Thanks.

turn off fastwrites in the bios



"Robert Oschler" wrote in message
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Smithe"
Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 6:37 AM
Subject: GeForce 6600 GT AGP crashing in video games



Make sure you have all the latest game patches. If you have installed
Coolbits remove it. You will have to remove and re-install the driver to
remove Coolbits. Use the drivers that came with the card. Check for a
driver update from XFX.


(Note: I accidentally replied directly to you instead of the group, so
please ignore my e-mail that matches this reply.)

John, I have never installed Coolbits so unless it is bundled with
something else it's not on my system.

The XFX web site shows no driver info on it's web page for the 6600 GT
AGP.
I have e-mailed both them and Nvidia for tech support.

I do have all the latest game patches installed (for HL, Steam does that
automatically although the jury is still out on whether or not that is a
good thing). Max Payne 2 blows up too though so I know it's not a HL or
Steam only issue.

Thanks.

"Anthony" wrote in news:zP1qd.6753$3I.2921@okepread01:

turn off fastwrites in the bios



I'll second this. Another thing to look at is power. Do you know how many
watts your supply is? Determining how many watts you need is not something
I can help with. There are some sites that do a calculation for you based
on what you have on your PC but I don't have the URL's saved. Did you
hookup the power connector on the video board? Finally, take a look at the
NVidia forums at:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/index.php?
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=5
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=32759

the third is about a thread called:

'GeForce 6800 and random freezes'

Sounds like a power supply Problem to me or it could be after you
unistalled the ATI drivers some stuff got left behind try to run the
Cat un installer from ATI it will remove all ati driver stuff from
you're system
http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/m...lystutils.html



On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 03:57:48 -0500, "Robert Oschler"
wrote:

Hello,

I recently purchased a XFX GeForce 6600 GT, AGP version, and I am
experiencing crashing problems.

My specs:

Dell SC400 2.8 GHz P4 with 512 MB of RAM, with HyperThreading enabled
Windows 2000 service pack 4 with all updates applied
Latest DirectX 9 drivers
Note: there are no on-board integrated graphics. After uninstalling the
drivers and the board from the Device Manager, I removed the existing ATI
Rage XL card and put in the AGP 6600 GT.

I tried upgrading to the latest Nvidia drivers, the BETA version, but that
didn't help.

Windows itself runs fine. I don't see the crash until I go into a video
game that makes use of DirectX. The game plays for a few minutes and then
crashes in one of two ways: it either reboots the system or it goes dead
with the monitor complaining of no video signal input. The games I have
tried and have all crashed so far is Max Payne 2, Half-Life 1 and Half-Life
2.

Any ideas on what to try next or what could be happening?

Thanks.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Smithe"
Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 5:52 AM
Subject: GeForce 6600 GT AGP crashing in video games


Did you hookup the power connector on the video board?

John and others,

That was it. It looks like the pages on the 6600 GT in the User's Guide and
Quick Installation Guide were a rush job.

Neither manual has any instructions for connecting a power cable for the
6600, only for the 6800 series (they are combo manuals). If you look
closely at the User's Guide in the System Requirements there is a single
line of text that mentions having an available power connector for the
board, but that's it. The step by step installation instructions in each
manual have no instructions on connecting a power cable. In addition, the
picture for the 6600 GT that shows the connectors for the board does not
show the power connector at the back of the board, only the the three
connectors at the front (probably because only the AGP version requires a
power connector since the AGP bus does not provide enough juice like the
PCI-Express buse does)..

I still feel foolish about missing the power connector, but now I have my
card running and the graphics are gorgeous. Hopefully this thread will help
others.

Thanks.

I'll second this. Another thing to look at is power. Do you know how many
watts your supply is? Determining how many watts you need is not something
I can help with. There are some sites that do a calculation for you based
on what you have on your PC but I don't have the URL's saved.


http://takaman.jp/D/?english

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...00gt-oc_3.html


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