4600 memmory dumps?

Xalen · 03-13-2003, 05:42 PM

My friend just upgraded his voodo5 to an Asylum gf4 4600 and has been experiencing fatal problems ever since. If in a game or other 3Dapp (even games as un-graphicly damanding as counterstrike) the window will either close to desktop with a fatal exception message or the screen will go completly blue (not a blue screen of death) and start typing windows os jargon. at the bottom of the type it will read "Begining dump of physical memmory" followed by a timke counting infinitely upwards.
Also, videos or dvds willl simply freeze whenever they feel like it, aparently. Any advice would be welcome.

ps. (we thought it was his pathetic 250w psu, but an upgrade to a 450w one actualy made problems worse)

packetloss · 03-13-2003, 05:44 PM

Did he completely removed the 3dfx drivers before installing the nvidia ones?

Xalen · 03-14-2003, 03:11 PM

Yes, that was the first thing that we checked and made sure that they were all uninstalled. Thanks, though. Anyone else?

barureddy · 03-14-2003, 03:29 PM

I would then reinstall the os from scratch and see if it works.

Xalen · 03-14-2003, 09:03 PM

Thanks, I'm going over tonight and i think we'll try an OS re-install and a complete reformating if necessary.

Novadesigns · 03-23-2003, 10:40 PM

Also make certai you are using only the latest nVidia certified drivers. Sometimes there are detonator drivers out there that have not been tested and can cause problems. I've been bitten by that a few times.

03-13-2003, 05:42 PM	#1
Xalen Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 59	4600 memmory dumps? My friend just upgraded his voodo5 to an Asylum gf4 4600 and has been experiencing fatal problems ever since. If in a game or other 3Dapp (even games as un-graphicly damanding as counterstrike) the window will either close to desktop with a fatal exception message or the screen will go completly blue (not a blue screen of death) and start typing windows os jargon. at the bottom of the type it will read "Begining dump of physical memmory" followed by a timke counting infinitely upwards. Also, videos or dvds willl simply freeze whenever they feel like it, aparently. Any advice would be welcome. ps. (we thought it was his pathetic 250w psu, but an upgrade to a 450w one actualy made problems worse)
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03-13-2003, 05:44 PM	#2
packetloss IRCtastic Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,704	Did he completely removed the 3dfx drivers before installing the nvidia ones? __________________ Asus P4S533 Intel Pentium IV 2.0A Samsung 512MB PC-2700 Chaintech GF4 Ti4200 WD 80GB SD Windows XP Nikon Coolpix 2500
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03-14-2003, 03:11 PM	#3
Xalen Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 59	Affirmative Yes, that was the first thing that we checked and made sure that they were all uninstalled. Thanks, though. Anyone else?
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03-14-2003, 03:29 PM	#4
barureddy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,414	I would then reinstall the os from scratch and see if it works.
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03-14-2003, 09:03 PM	#5
Xalen Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 59	Thanks, I'm going over tonight and i think we'll try an OS re-install and a complete reformating if necessary.
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03-23-2003, 10:40 PM	#6
Novadesigns I make movies Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Altadena CA Posts: 49	Also make certai you are using only the latest nVidia certified drivers. Sometimes there are detonator drivers out there that have not been tested and can cause problems. I've been bitten by that a few times. __________________ ___________ Artist at DWA
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