Geforce MX440 freezes system
- Thread starter Milennium
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Similar thing happened to a friend - 23.11 drivers.
It COULD be a driver issue, or the card may be poorly seated in the slot (especially the tail end).
The card may be overheating (try to keep the slot adjacent to the heatsink on it unused).
Presumably you are NOT overclocking anything?
What's the history?
Always been like it since the card was installed??
Just started doing this (so what changed recently) ??
It COULD be a driver issue, or the card may be poorly seated in the slot (especially the tail end).
The card may be overheating (try to keep the slot adjacent to the heatsink on it unused).
Presumably you are NOT overclocking anything?
What's the history?
Always been like it since the card was installed??
Just started doing this (so what changed recently) ??
I would say that you have a heating prob like LTR12101B said, but also you should check that your card is fully compatible with your mobo´s AGP perhaps you have some voltage that is not proper for your card.
In have the card now a week and had no troubles before with a simple SIS-apg card.
The system is rather old: Amdk6-2 300, 128mb mem, Asus p5a-b m.b. Win98SE, Pointofview Gforce 4 Mx440se with tvout, driver version 43.45,
DirectX 8.1, Audigy1 player soundcard. Overclocked the Amdk6-2 to 333.
The system is rather old: Amdk6-2 300, 128mb mem, Asus p5a-b m.b. Win98SE, Pointofview Gforce 4 Mx440se with tvout, driver version 43.45,
DirectX 8.1, Audigy1 player soundcard. Overclocked the Amdk6-2 to 333.
http://www.technologyvault.co.uk/geforce/faq.php?display=faq&nr=196&catnr=2&prog=gef&lang=en
The P5A gets a special mention - not sure I'd suggest ALL of that, as some of those tweaks are rather agressive - not quite sure if the P5a-b is the same either. A later AGP driver (not sure if it matches it though) can be found at www.ali.com.tw - it seems to cover pretty well all of their chips.
If you've pushed the processor by using FSB > 100, bring it back to 100 or lower - on the other hand, if you have PC100 RAM, 95 x 3 will be faster than 66 x 5.
I would also suggest confining the AGP rate to 1x.
If you're after more power, maybe you also need to look at a cheap Socket A motherboard and an AMD Duron - Geforce cards and SS7 chipsets are probably the WORST for compatibility issues.
The P5A gets a special mention - not sure I'd suggest ALL of that, as some of those tweaks are rather agressive - not quite sure if the P5a-b is the same either. A later AGP driver (not sure if it matches it though) can be found at www.ali.com.tw - it seems to cover pretty well all of their chips.
If you've pushed the processor by using FSB > 100, bring it back to 100 or lower - on the other hand, if you have PC100 RAM, 95 x 3 will be faster than 66 x 5.
I would also suggest confining the AGP rate to 1x.
If you're after more power, maybe you also need to look at a cheap Socket A motherboard and an AMD Duron - Geforce cards and SS7 chipsets are probably the WORST for compatibility issues.
Milennium your mobo only supports AGP 1.0 and your card needs a fully compatible AGP 2.0 this is your problem since this two specs use different voltages, you should look for a mobo replacement if you want to stay with that card.
I run a 2MX on an AGP 1.0 motherboard (3.3v).
The slot should have a keyway, and the card should have a cut in both the 3.3v and 1.5v keyway positions, indicating a universal card - the 4MX may not be quite so forgiving.
I had a very good ATI page showing the keying guide....
http://mirror.ati.com/support/faq/agpchart.html
YES, that illustrates it nicely, though a "voltage fit" is no guarantee that it will work - I failed MISERABLY with a Savage 2000, despite it being "universal keyed".
The slot should have a keyway, and the card should have a cut in both the 3.3v and 1.5v keyway positions, indicating a universal card - the 4MX may not be quite so forgiving.
I had a very good ATI page showing the keying guide....
http://mirror.ati.com/support/faq/agpchart.html
YES, that illustrates it nicely, though a "voltage fit" is no guarantee that it will work - I failed MISERABLY with a Savage 2000, despite it being "universal keyed".
