A problem with an Millenium II

[Gord]

I am having a problem with a Millenium II (yes people do still use them) which I have had for a few years. I have never had any problems until recently when the computer started reseting just after Windows had started. This started happening ocasionally but then happened all the time.

The card was still working under Linux with no problems so I assumed it was a Windows problem. After several Windows reinstalls (using a complete re-format) didn't cure the problem, I started turning acceleration options off. Eventually I discovered that Bus Mastering was causing the problem and the card works fine without it on.

Does anybody know why this might happen as the performance of the card is now much reduced and the video playback is quite poor.

If anybody could suggest a fix that would be great, I have tried moving the card from one slot to another and have also tried several different driver versions.

Please don't suggest anything that would cost a lot of cash as I'm only a poor student.

[IceStorm]

Unless the card's broken, you must have changed something in your system

- Did you add a card, then notice the problem?

- Did you remove a card, then notice the problem?

- Did you start using something that wasn't in use, like USB or an integrated SCSI controller that you didn't use prior to the card's problems?

I've MII cards (three) and they've not given me problems in the year I've had them. All are 4MB PCI units.

Post your system specs. It may help us figure out what's wrong.



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Primary System: PIII-540 (450@4.5x120), Soyo 6BA+ III, 2x128MB PC100 ECC SDRAM CAS2, G400 MAX in multi-monitor mode. V2 SLI rig. Two Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 900u monitors, 3Com 3C905, SoundBlaster Live!, DeskTop Theater DTT2500 DIGITAL Speaker System (Sweeeeeet!), WD AC41800 18GB HD, WD AC310100 10GB HD, Toshiba SD-M1212 6x DVD-ROM, HP 8100i CD-RW, Epson Stylus Pro, OptiUPS PowerES 650, MS SideWinder Precision Pro USB joystick, Logitech 3-button mouse, Mitsumi keyboard, Win98 SE, Belkin OmniCube 4-port KVM, 10/100 5-port Linksys Ethernet switch (30~40MB/min under Win98SE)

Secondary System: PII-266, Asus P2B BIOS 1008, 1x128MB PC100 ECC SDRAM CAS2, Millennium II, 3Com 3C590, ADSL Modem 640kbit down/90kbit up, 3Com 3C509, Mylex BT-930 SCSI card, Seagate 2GB Hawk, NEC 6x CD-ROM, Linux distro S.u.S.E. 6.1 (IP Masquerade works!), Sharp JX-9400 LJ-II compatible

Tertiary System: DFI G568IPC Intel 430HX chipset, P200MMX, 4x64MB EDO Parity RAM, Millennium II, Intel Pro/100+ client NIC, SoundBlaster 16 MCD, Fujitsu 3.5GB HD, WD 1.2GB HD, Creative Dxr3 DVD decoder card, Hitachi GD-2500 6x DVD-ROM, Win98 SE

All specs subject to change.

[DuRaNgO]

please show specs
jim

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PIII-500mhz @ 620 ! with an Abit BE6 mobo
128mb pc-100
Mill G400 (YAHOO!!!) 32mb @ 165/205 with MGATweak), PD 5.30 & bios 1.5-22
Maxtor 14.3 gb Uata66 hdd
SB Live!
Winblows 98se & DX7
32 lbs. of fans, heatsinks and aluminum ductwork
3DMark Result 5954.69 3DMarks
Synthetic CPU 3D Speed 9325.69 CPU 3DMarks
Rasterizer Score 2791.72 3DRasterMarks
Game 1 - Race 65.07 FPS
Game 2 - First Person 54.89 FPS
Fill Rate 268.79 MTexels/s

[Zwisch]

nah, i wouldn't waist my time and would simply leave bus mastering to off... The mil2 is a 2D card... I find that you will notice a big difference mostly in games... I had mine set to disabled even if it was working...