GeForce2 totally locks up computer!

[Tomas]

Hi Chris
We have a nice computer lab with #17 PC.

The problem:
System completly locks sometimes (6 times a day) when we just move a window. This happens also in IE5.5 when scrolling and Alias is started.

Our theory(ies):
Alias|Wavefronts Studio (that we uses) causes some kind of OpenGL command that
makes NT4 or Nvidias driver to lock up.

The graphic driver does something wrong.
Should we back done from 6.18 to Nvidias 5.16 as Alias recommends (see http://www.aw.sgi.com/pages/home/pag...ias952_nt.html
)

We have tried to change some of the settings in Nvidia driver without any success.

What´s your idea to a solution of this?
A hint of how to solve this is most appreciated.
Thank´s in advance

Best Regards
Tomas Lindehell
Senior Lecturer at
institute of Design in Umea www.dh.umu.se

Our hardware:
Motherboard Asus A7V
Graphic card Asus V7700
CPU AMD 900MHz Thunderbird
RAM memory 512mb

Our software:
NT4 SP6
Alias|Wavefronts Studio
IExplorer 5.5
(NT4 because Alias has qualified it. Otherwise we had used W2K)

[chrisangelini]

Well,

One thing that I have noticed always helps with system stability is the VIA driver pack. Make sure you've got this file here: http://www.via.com.tw/drivers/4in1424a.zip

If that doesn't work, definitely switch back to the Detonator 2 drivers. YOu aren't the only one who has had problems with them, so it might be a good bet to use the 5.30 version or even something a bit older. Best of luck!

Ciao!

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