As an additional question, where might I get a cooling fan for a Diamond
Viper 770? I have the non-ultra with no fan. I need one and have a
make-shift setup now...are there clip-on fans available for this model?
Same deal, it's a TnT2 with 32MB and will freeze or BSOD (a.k.a. "Blue
Screen of Death"...Fatal Exception Error) the system if not cooled.
Thanks,
Martin Kurr
-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Bill Nussbaumer
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 6:06 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] TNT2 system freezing often
To add to what Kyle and Herbert have already said, before adding any new
cooling solutions you may want to check and see if the current fan on the
card is attached properly. If it appears to be solidly flush with the
chip, another suggestion might be to remove the fan and add a little
thermal grease before reattaching the fan (a nice thin layer). I remember
that this was a problem with some of the original TNT cards but I don't
know for sure regarding the TNT2. Worth a shot I think.
Also be sure to update to the latest available drivers if you haven't
already.
Good Luck,
- Bill Nussbaumer
At 08:27 AM 6/28/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Charles,
>
>This "sounds" like a classic heat problem. Have you tried extra cooling on
>the video and/or the CPU?
>
>Kyle
>
>From: "Charles Barnard" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 11:53 PM
>Subject: [PCBUILD] TNT2 system freezing often
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I would be very glad if you could give me advice.
> >
> > My system looks as follows :
> > - Windows 98
> > - Sniper 2 (TNT2) manufactured by Powercolor
> > - Gigabyte 440LX motherboard (66MHz FSB) with 128MB of RAM
> > - Intel Celeron 466MHz
> > - DirectX7a
> > - latest Powercolor drivers (although I have tried all nvidia/detonator
> > drivers)
> >
> > When I play the Quake3 demo (OpenGL) the computer freezes after about
> > 5 minutes. Sometimes the graphics changes into vertical lines before
> > the computer freezes.
> >
> > With certain directX games, where there are lots of 3D effects, the
> > computer also freezes after about 5 minutes.
> >
> > I am currently in communication with the manufacturer of the video
card,
> > but no solution has been suggested.
> >
> > Thank you for your time. Any advice would be appreciated.
> >
> > Charles Barnard
> > Cape Town, South Africa
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