6800's freezing: Which brands?

If you have a 6800 and have the freezing problem. Which brand card do you have? Im trying to find out if its only isolated to certain companys.

Me and friend had freezing rebooting problems until we switched windows XP service pack 2 to service pack 1 i made the switch last night and i have no problems @ all.

So the freezing issues could be something else software related not hardware.

Good idea. Thats about the only thing I havent tried. Do I have to do a system restore to switch back to sp1?

No i just went in the ADD removoe programs and uninstall SP2. Ignore when it says these programs may not work without SP2 on and just continue the uninstall. It might uninstall DX9.0c which it did for me. Just install DX9 back on and go to the windows update and install SP1 instead.

All my rebooting and locking up in certain games gone im so happy.

double post

So your saying that SP2 has been causing some people's 6800's to become unstable? Interesting...

Well it has for me and Sen, he said its more of an A64 issue but my issue was with my GT not my cpu.

my freezing went away by disabling FW, its not a GPU problem, its either software or compatibility issue, same card was in my xp rig and didn't have any problems at all with FW on

hmm well fastwrites cause problems for me wen thier on

i have FW off and still get the odd lock-up, is the sp1 worth a try ?, has anyone heard anything from NVidia about this, seems a really big prob

I called PNY as Nvidia doesnt support thier card's on the phone because they dont make them only the GPU's. PNY guy said basicly I dunno..

You try should SP1 and get rid of 2 you dont have to reformat just uninstall SP2.

PNY 6800nu in my sig. SP2 is installed and has never locked up.

Computers suck... its the oddest things that will finally make some product work....if you're having problems listen... I posted this to a guy in another forum... he had a similar problem to me....

"the following is a almost complete transcript of me and a guy at BFG tech support about my problem with a BFG 6800nu....Its extremely similar it seems to me.... I finally solved it by adding an off the board sound card (actually well see if it truely works, but i just got done playing a game for 3 hours with no hint of a problem...usually it was every 10 minutes i would get a freeze)!! But anyways who knew it would be solved by a dang sound card! but my instinct about IRQ sharing seem'ed to be right (as you'll see).... the following is in reverse order.... Keep trying.... it may be the ODDEST things thats not making it work

Remember this correspondance is in reverse order"

<<< Correspondance Ends>>>

"Well you can see our previous correspondance below and I followed it. No luck on
getting the freezing problem to go away! I'll run through what I did since we last
talked. I did the following...

-I downloaded and installed the 6.14 beta drivers from the link Guru3d. By the
way, what made you think I had version 5.10 before?

-I also followed the steps 1-9 found below, the ones Nvidia reccomends. I assume
step 9 of that list was completed with the install of the 6.14 betas I got from
guru3d? <<< This seems like an important question???

To give you a snap shot of where my system stands. I have a Athlon64 3200+ from
Compaq (presario model number s6900nx), Mobo is a OEM asus board model K8N8X-LA- it
has the most up to date Compaq Bios- ver3.11 relased last September (asus doesn't
support this exact model of board...Grrrrr , 1gig pc3200 ddr ram, 430watt Antec
PSU, Windows SP1 (have tried SP2 and it doesnt help), Rivatuner has the Blitting
settings you prescribed, My 6800oc is sitting on an unshared IRQ, DirectX 9 has been
reinstalled, Running 67.03 graphics drivers (have tried many using DriverHeaven
Cleaner between each install,) Have turned off Sygate Software firewall and im not
behind a router, 6800oc is well seated and runs at 52 degrees Celcius at full load
(your cooling system is very nice), Have determined that it's not just Joint
Operations game that freezes...it is all games that I happen to play.

end of update....

Mark im going to say give me a quick ring on my cell phone if you feel the need
to... nick said you'll be in at 7....Ill be up and at home... give me a ring if ya
can... (Matt xxx-xxx-xxxx) Either way.... let me know what you really think!

Mobo Board Specs >>
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...55&locale=en_US

--- BFG_SUPPORT <[email protected]> wrote:

> Matt,
>
> I'm going to paste in some suggestions. Rather than use the 5.10
> release version of the nForce drivers, try the 6.14 Betas. Here's a link
> to those: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=903 I've had
> success with them and every one of our cards I've tested in my system
> since mid-November.
>
> GAMES:
> Here's what NVIDIA recommends helping game performance and problems with
> games:
>
> 1) You should verify that hardware acceleration is enabled.
>
> 2) Go into your Control Panel -> double-click on the Display icon ->
> click on the Settings tab when the Display Properties appears -> click
> on the Advanced button -> click on the Advanced button -> click on the
> Troubleshoot tab -> make sure Hardware Acceleration is turned up all the
> way.
>
> 3) Also check that the display driver is installed correctly.
>
> 4) Click on the Start button -> select Run -> in the Open field, type in
> "DXDIAG" -> then click on the OK button -> when the DirectX Diagnostics
> tool appears click on the Display tab -> look at the version listed, the
> last 4 digits should end with at least "6693", if it doesn't show this,
> then the driver did not install correctly.
>
> 5) From this screen, also check that AGP Texture Acceleration is enabled
> if your video card is an AGP graphics card.
>
> 6) OpenGL will not operate when your graphics card is in Windows
> DualView mode. Check if your system is in DualView mode by going into
> your Display Properties -> click on the Settings tab -> check if there
> are two monitor icons on this panel. If there are two monitor icons,
> left-click over monitor #2 and check if the option "Extend my windows
> desktop onto this monitor" is enabled. If it is, then remove this check.
> Then click on the OK button.
>
> 7) Be sure that there are no programs running in the background that can
> affect the performance of your system. Virus protection programs,
> Instant Messengers, Download accelerators, Software Firewall Programs
> and System Restore/Crash Guard utilities can often lead to slower 3D
> performance and game crashes. Disable these utilities and any other
> programs before you run any 3D-intensive programs.
>
> 8) Also, check that your system meets the minimum system requirements
> for the application you wish to run. If your system does not have enough
> free memory, then it can affect the performance of your system.
>
> 9) Lastly, if you have never installed drivers for your motherboard
> chipset, then you may want to download and install the latest chipset
> drivers for your motherboard. This will allow your motherboard to
> communicate with your graphics card properly.
>
> DIRECT X:
> You may want to try reinstalling Direct X. Reinstalling Direct X is
> only possible in Windows XP - all other operating systems will need to
> be reinstalled to reinstall direct X. You will likely want to postpone
> a system reinstall until you have backed up your information and as a
> last resort. You can find the latest REDISTRIBUTABLE VERSION of Direct
> X here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9226A611-62FE-4
> F61-ABA1-914185249413&displaylang=en
>
> With the installation of any of these drivers, make sure the anti-virus
> software is shut off, including the installation of the Redistributable
> DirectX.
>
> Mark @ BFG Support
>
>


>
> Ok I'm at a bit of a cross roads here guys and gals....
>
> I thought I had fixed the freezing problem during online Joint
> Operations play that i was experiencing with my brand new BFG 6800oc new
> card (You can see my correspondance with BFG tech support below.)
> However it creeped back up again! It seems changing the blitting setting
> with Rivatuner didn't work. I thought it had.
>
> I went through some other things. I thought maybe I had an IRQ
> conflict with my Nvidia nForce MCP networking controller and my Realtek
> AC'97 Audio chip sharing the same IRQ, but windows says it ok to have
> them both sharing IRQ 21 (I updated both drivers and it didnt fix the
> problem.)
>
> Recall that this isnt server lag at all, it's major, often temporary
> freezing (at one point a horrible sound from my speakers and a reboot
> was needed. Couldn't talk to the people on the VOIP program I was using
> either)
>
> System worked fine with my older Nvidia 5200. So considering this i
> have to think of the new variables. Which are the additions of the new
> card and of rivatuner (New Years edition.) However I have cut rivatuner
> out of the equation with a system restore and the problem still
> persists.... Lets think about this some more.
>
> I hope you still sent onto your bosses how great i think you guys
> and gals are! Hope we can resolve this because I'm at an almost complete
> loss! My specs are below...Oooo and i forgot, the Nvidia chip controls
> some Dolby sound features but I turned those off in the game.
>
> Thanks once again BFG!!!! - Matt
>
> >
> > --- BFG_SUPPORT <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > With Riva Tuner, open it and click "Customize" at the end of the
> line
> > > that says "Forceware Detected". Select the icon that looks like a
> > > DirectX representation. Go to the "Blitting" tab, and check the top
> > two
> > > boxes. Save that, then go to the Settings tab, and select "Send to
> > tray
> > > on close" and "Run at Windows Startup". Then try the game again.
> > >
> > > BFG Support
> > >



> > >
> > > Hello BFG guy!
> > >
> > > I bought a BFG 6800oc today and i'm having a problem with one
> > particular
> > > game thats
> > > important to me. Here's a post i made in a forum that acurratley
> tells the
> > problem!
> > >
> > > "I too am having some issues with my BFG regular 6800.
> > >
> > > My problem is every 10 minutes or so I get random 5 second freezing!
> 5
> > > seonds of
> > > lockup then the game goes on as normal. Farcry, LockOn:MAC, and all
> > the
> > > nvida demos
> > > work just fine!! Not JO though. I have normal Clocking and I dont
> have
> > > the hidden
> > > pipes unlocked. I use DriverHeavens driver cleaner for each driver
> > > install and have
> > > used WQHL drivers and the Nvidia 67.03beta driver... Whats my
> problem
> > > due to?
> > >
> > > I have everything in place to make JO:TR and JO:E work but it's not
> > > working no
> > > matter what in game setting i use...nor does it matter what
> rivatuner
> > > adjustments I
> > > make.
> > >
> > > But why does only JO Freeze? BTW when it's not freezing i get about
> > > 40-80 fps on
> > > high settings
> > >
> > > Here are my specs (simplified)
> > > Athlon64 3200+ cpu - 1gig PC3200 ram - Asus K8N Mobo (Have a recent
> > BIOS
> > > update from
> > > Compaq) - Nvidia BFG 6800 (not OC'd or unlocked) - Antec TruePower
> > > 430watt PSU -
> > > 19in Dell P991 - 160GB Ultra DMA - 8x DVD+R/+RW - I have tried to
> use
> > > the Rivatuner
> > > Mobo Chipset Compatability setting but it doesnt fix the problem"
> > >
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Athlon64 3200+ cpu - 1gig PC3200 ram- Nvidia GeForce 5200 Oc'd with Omega Drivers (Soon to be MSI 6600gt w/66.93) - 19in Dell P991 - 160GB Ultra DMA - 8x DVD+R/+RW - DH Tweaked and well maintained - Stock everything

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