hello... i have had some problems with my video freezing lately... it seems to do this in games and in Windows so i'm not really sure what is wrong. i can continue to hear winamp or the game sound in the background but the video is frozen and the keyboard or mouse doesnt seem to be responding, if i try pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL or if i just try hitting caps lock the light doesnt even come on...

any ideas?

AMD Athlon tbird 800 on Asus A7V(KT133) w/ newest bios flash
Viper V770 Ultra w/ Detonator 5.32 drivers(i have tried 6.xx drivers through 6.34 and they all make my comp hang when i scroll)
SB Live! value
Netgear 10/100 NIC
Lucent 56k winmodem
128 megs PC-100 ram
13 gig HDD(7.2 gig win2k, the rest is 98)

thats about it....

My cpu temp is around 130 degrees F, and my Mobo temp is usually around 105, with the case off.

alright i think this may be due to my video card. i turned my comp off, to let it cool for a little bit. and when i turned it back on, i noticed the fan on my TNT2U wasnt spinning. i tapped on it some, and got it to start spinning now, and the comp stopped freezing. i think the fan on it is dying though, as i have caught it not spinning 3 or 4 times now.

i have heard of some people using 486 fans to cool their video cards. i am wondering how effective this is, and how you go about attaching it to the card, since the chip isnt the same size as far as i can tell. i have a fan off an old DX4 100 that i was thinking about using...

so can anyone explain this to me or give me a link to a site that can?

thanks

well a vid card fan isnt too much i mean even if you get one of the blue orbs those are only 15-20 bucks. So shell out the small amount of cash for one.

hmm... ok, and they fit any card?

Did you try the Via AGP registry patch? (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q270/7/15.ASP)

ok, i added that key. it said it would prevent hanging in some "AGP Programs such as WinBench 2000". i thought that was kinda vague so let's hope that means any program that uses AGP, not just benchmarking utils...

i'll see if it improves my stability...

ack! it gave me a BSOD when i restarted with that reg key. i told it to go back to last good config. all is ok now. was scary though.

[This message has been edited by tristan777 (edited 15 October 2000).]