geforce mx 400 being ridiculous

messiahnet · 05-07-2005, 10:14 AM

Got a problem here. I recieved a used GeForce MX 400 64mb card from a friend. It's a decent little card. Or at least it should be. I am running Windows 98 on a PIII 866, 384MB RAM (tested with memtest86+ and everything checked out fine), no OCing, all BIOS settings are very conservative to eliminate room for errors. Every windows 98 update is installed (including dx 9.0c). I am using the nvidia geforce driver version 71.84. It's the most recent one at the moment. The mobo's BIOS is the most current one as well. When I'm browsing the web, or playing Counter-Strike, or whatever, I will get random clickings. What I mean by this is that the monitor seems to lose signal for a second. It is usually about one second only at a time that this happens. I'll be scrolling down a webpage in IE and I'll hear "click" from the monitor when the screen goes black and then another "click" from the monitor when the screen goes back to normal. The intervals vary. Sometimes it will do this once every 30 seconds, and sometimes once every 5 seconds. Ridiculous. I can't use the PC like this. It seems to happen the most when steam (valve) is running when I'm doing click-and-drags with IE or steam. I was excited about putting together a little PC out of these spare parts.

4W4K3 · 05-07-2005, 03:03 PM

Do you have drivers specifically for your monitor? Don't use the "Plug and Play Display Device" ones, those might be causing a problem.

narafa · 05-10-2005, 06:54 PM

I have this same card, the GeForce2 MX 400 and I have the original drivers CD. If you need the drivers for the Win98, just PM me and I will get them out of the CD and send them to you by email. Just ask me and tell your email in the PM.

**tweaker** · 05-10-2005, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by narafa

If you need the drivers for the Win98, just PM me and I will get them out of the CD and send them to you by email.

He already got the 71.84 which is the latest for 98.

narafa · 05-10-2005, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tweaker

He already got the 71.84 which is the latest for 98.

It's not necessary that the most recent drivers work well. Sometimes the old driver work better, although it's not always the case

05-07-2005, 10:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
messiahnet Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 48	geforce mx 400 being ridiculous Got a problem here. I recieved a used GeForce MX 400 64mb card from a friend. It's a decent little card. Or at least it should be. I am running Windows 98 on a PIII 866, 384MB RAM (tested with memtest86+ and everything checked out fine), no OCing, all BIOS settings are very conservative to eliminate room for errors. Every windows 98 update is installed (including dx 9.0c). I am using the nvidia geforce driver version 71.84. It's the most recent one at the moment. The mobo's BIOS is the most current one as well. When I'm browsing the web, or playing Counter-Strike, or whatever, I will get random clickings. What I mean by this is that the monitor seems to lose signal for a second. It is usually about one second only at a time that this happens. I'll be scrolling down a webpage in IE and I'll hear "click" from the monitor when the screen goes black and then another "click" from the monitor when the screen goes back to normal. The intervals vary. Sometimes it will do this once every 30 seconds, and sometimes once every 5 seconds. Ridiculous. I can't use the PC like this. It seems to happen the most when steam (valve) is running when I'm doing click-and-drags with IE or steam. I was excited about putting together a little PC out of these spare parts.

05-07-2005, 03:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
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05-10-2005, 06:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
narafa Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Egypt Age: 29 Posts: 450	I have this same card, the GeForce2 MX 400 and I have the original drivers CD. If you need the drivers for the Win98, just PM me and I will get them out of the CD and send them to you by email. Just ask me and tell your email in the PM. __________________ - Intel P4 1.8 Ghz - 512 KB L2 Cache - GigaByte MoBo with built in sound - 384 MB SDRAM PC133 - GeForce 2 MX 400, 64 MB - 80 GB Segate HDD + 80 GB WD HDD - 52X LG CD-ROM - 52X-24X-52X LG CD-RW - LG 14" Monitor :mad: - NIC 10/100 - Rockwell Internal Modem - ADSL 256 Kbps :mad: - Generic Floppy, Keyboard, Mouse & Speakers Protected by Norton Corporate Edition & Sygate Personal Firewall If you are dead sure that you are right, then probably the rest of the world is WRONG!!

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