- Feb 8, 2000
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First off, I have an Asus A7V333 mobo, AMD XP2000+ processor, PNY Verto GeForce TI4400 128MB, 512MB PC2700, Win XP, 80GB HD.
Because I was having problems getting games to work and getting 3D acceleration to work properly before, I decided to do a clean install of XP.
It installed fine. Then I installed the sound, video and mobo (Via 4-in-1) drivers from CD.
When I tried running DXDIAG, it says the condition is fine, but when I hit "Test DirectDraw" or "Test Direct3D" my computer freezes/crashes and then reboots on its own.
On such a clean system, what could possibly be the problem? I am at loss as to what else to try...
Oh, I also copied the following info from the SiSandra utility:
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Processor(s)
Model : AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2000+
Speed : 1.67GHz
Model Number : 2000 (estimated)
Performance Rating : PR2436 (estimated)
L2 On-board Cache : 256kB ECC synchronous write-back
Mainboard and BIOS
Bus(es) : AGP PCI IMB USB SMBus/i2c
MP Support : No
System BIOS : Award Software, Inc. ASUS A7V333 ACPI BIOS Revision 1011
Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7V333
System Chipset : ASUSTeK Computer Inc VT8366/A Apollo KT266/A,KT333 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)
Installed Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 166MHz (332MHz data rate)
Video System
Monitor/Panel : ViewSonic PF790
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400
Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A: ) : N/A
Hard Disk (C: ) : 9.8GB (6.4GB, 65% Free) (NTFS)
Hard Disk (D: ) : 64.8GB (63.0GB, 97% Free) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (E: ) : N/A
CD-ROM/DVD (F: ) : N/A
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According to the Asus website, there are several newer BIOS versions available (up to 1014), but I'm not real familiar with how to flash the bios and I really don't want to screw it up. But if it might help my problem, I'm willing to give it a shot.
Another thing I noticed in the Sandra utility: When I click on the DirectX Information icon, it displays information that DirectX is working fine. However, when I click ont he OpenGL Information icon, my computer crashes. Strange.
BTW, I do have a brand new Antec 430W power supply. And I already grabbed the latest 4.43 via 4-in-1 drivers. Still no luck.
Because I was having problems getting games to work and getting 3D acceleration to work properly before, I decided to do a clean install of XP.
It installed fine. Then I installed the sound, video and mobo (Via 4-in-1) drivers from CD.
When I tried running DXDIAG, it says the condition is fine, but when I hit "Test DirectDraw" or "Test Direct3D" my computer freezes/crashes and then reboots on its own.
On such a clean system, what could possibly be the problem? I am at loss as to what else to try...
Oh, I also copied the following info from the SiSandra utility:
quote:
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Processor(s)
Model : AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2000+
Speed : 1.67GHz
Model Number : 2000 (estimated)
Performance Rating : PR2436 (estimated)
L2 On-board Cache : 256kB ECC synchronous write-back
Mainboard and BIOS
Bus(es) : AGP PCI IMB USB SMBus/i2c
MP Support : No
System BIOS : Award Software, Inc. ASUS A7V333 ACPI BIOS Revision 1011
Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7V333
System Chipset : ASUSTeK Computer Inc VT8366/A Apollo KT266/A,KT333 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)
Installed Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 166MHz (332MHz data rate)
Video System
Monitor/Panel : ViewSonic PF790
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400
Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A: ) : N/A
Hard Disk (C: ) : 9.8GB (6.4GB, 65% Free) (NTFS)
Hard Disk (D: ) : 64.8GB (63.0GB, 97% Free) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (E: ) : N/A
CD-ROM/DVD (F: ) : N/A
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According to the Asus website, there are several newer BIOS versions available (up to 1014), but I'm not real familiar with how to flash the bios and I really don't want to screw it up. But if it might help my problem, I'm willing to give it a shot.
Another thing I noticed in the Sandra utility: When I click on the DirectX Information icon, it displays information that DirectX is working fine. However, when I click ont he OpenGL Information icon, my computer crashes. Strange.
BTW, I do have a brand new Antec 430W power supply. And I already grabbed the latest 4.43 via 4-in-1 drivers. Still no luck.