[RESOLVED] Asus P3V4X and Geforce2 problem

[jbradshw]

OK.. I just got a brand new Asus P3V4X yesterday and got my system all up and running... latest bios, drivers, etc. My current system is this:

Celeron 600
Asus P3V4X mb
128 megs PC133
30 gig Maxtor
Visiontek Geforce2 (not overclocked)
Monster MX300
3Com NIC
300 watt P/S

Here's the problem:

The CPU can OC to 900 just fine. In fact it can OC 1011 just fine. Windows boots up and everything works great. However, after a while in 1011, in 3D apps, the screen just flashes back to the desktop.. usually with no error message. Other than that the system is stable. I've tried various detonator drivers ranging from 6.31 to 6.47.. no luck. I thought maybe cooling was an issue so I took the case off and used a big room fan and blew it right in the case. Although the temps dropped a lot it still didn't fix anything.

Here's my question: What could be causing this? At 1011, the AGP is clocked at 74 Mhz.. and I believe the Geforce2 should be able to handle that. At 900Mhz I don't think this happens but I haven't tested it thoroughly. Is there any way to know exactly what the cause of this could be? In some 3D apps at 1011 there is no problem at all. Also I swapped my card with another Geforce2 card (actually a Geforce2 Ultra) and still the same results. Maybe there is something in the BIOS I need to set or turn off? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

Oh and one more thing.. the CPU I bought was off a website that guaranteed the 600 to go to 1008Mhz so if it is the CPU I need to know so I can return it.

[This message has been edited by jbradshw (edited November 10, 2000).]

[This message has been edited by jbradshw (edited November 10, 2000).]

[format c:]

Over clocking is always risky , I don't think the agp card was intended to run at that bus speed
Use the 33/pci, 66/agp settings remeber what happens when you clock some pci cards past the 33 mhz mark
I would return the cpu and buy the faster one

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