comp problem help

[The Village Idiot]

Perhaps I haven't been clear enough. I did not change anything dirvers, dx, etc. it just stopped working on anything that requires DX8 and up. I have deinstalled drivers and dx then reinstalled the same ones i've been using since august with no problems. I will try the remove/clean/reinsert on my card, but that is the Last thing I know of that I can try.

[The Village Idiot]

Well that created more problems than it helped. I had to restore my registry after I booted. Don't have a clue why it died. But I was able to get it to run the dx8 test, then the dx9 test messed up. Rebooted and now 8 won't work anymore again. Well anyways thanks for the help but I don't think I can find the awnser here.

[Ibn Arabi]

If you don't mind some advice from a computer tech;
it may be your power supply failing to supply proper voltage to your card, or it may be heat from things that are overclocked causing instability under stress. When it isn't a driver problem these are the most common issues with hardware that hasn't failed outright. ANd as your problem started without you doing anything, the power supply dying is my best guess. If your bios has voltage monitoring built in check out the readings... If your 3.3 volt line is reading 3, or your 5 volt 4.7 etc..., try a new power supply.


Also, check the fan on your video card and in your case, make sure they work, if the fans seem to be working well try raising the voltage a tiny bit (~5%) on your ram and CPU.

If that doesn't do it, a geforce 2 is a Dx7 part, it does not support all the features of dx8 much less dx9. These are handled in a software emulation mode, it may well be that your box is just not stable enough to handle the stress of emulating the hardware. I'd check your ram timings (if they are 6-2-2 set them to 7-3-3 or 8-4-4) and if your box is already overclocked set it back to the default bus speeds.

Good luck

[The Village Idiot]

Wow thanks but I have already determined that the card is the problem. Used it in another comp and within 5 min same problems started happening. The worst part is that all I have left to rely on is my old pos Rage Fury MAXX. Thanks all for the help.

[Ibn Arabi]

It's good to see you got it figured out.

The best video card for the price available right now is the EVGA GeForce FX 5900SE, $188 over at newegg. Stay away from the GeForce FX 5200, 4mx and 5600 they are horrible cards. The 5700 isn't bad but cost just slightly less then the 5900 which blows it away. If your looking ATI the 9600xt is a decent chip, but not quite up to par with the 5700. Have fun