G400 crashes in games

[Adamski]

Hi,

I've recently built my own system, and
am experiencing crashes when trying to
run Unreal Tournament or the G400 tech
demo (these are the only two apps I've
installed which are using 3d hardware
acceleration, so I'm guessing that this
is a G400 related problem).

Basically, Unreal usually crashes after
playing through a single level, or sometimes
refuses to load and goes back to the desktop
screen - I get a horrible C++ stylee error
message.

The G400 tech demo usually doesn't load,
and on the occasssions when it does
load, it crashes when I try any of the
function key options.

My system spec. is as follows :

PIII@450Mhz
128Mb PC100 SDRAM
Matrox G400 (dual head, 32Mb) - I think
it's currently set at IRQ 11.
Superpower XV-133 motherboard (VIA
Apollo chipset)
Creative SoundBlaster32
Windows 98
Mitsubishi Pro 900U
Pioneer DVD ROM

Any help with this problem would be greatly
appreciated.
Cheers,

Adam.

[The PIT]

Presuming you've got the plain vanilla windoze 98 (Not SE) you'll probably need to get the latest 4:1 drivers from Via.
I don't use Via anymore (Orrible chipset and drivers) but anyone round here that does will know which drivers you need if I'm wrong.

[EchoWars]

The 4in1 version 1.16 are available at http://www.via.com.tw/

[This message has been edited by EchoWars (edited 12 December 1999).]

[IceStorm]

When I get errors like that, I open up the case and vent the whole system. UT is extrememy hard on the processor (as Unreal was). If anything is out of whack, the engine WILL crash. Overheating will really get you here.

My Athlon was upchucking on UT - completely bombing out. I removed the side plate and stuck a 20" box fan in front of it. That fixed the problem. :-)


Just my $0.02


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Primary System: Athlon 550, MSI 6167 mb w/BIOS 1.3, 3x128MB PC100 ECC SDRAM CAS2, G400 MAX (no multi), Millennium II PCI, Two Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 900u monitors, Intel Pro/100+ Management Adapter, SoundBlaster Live!, DeskTop Theater DTT2500 DIGITAL Speaker System (Sweeeeeet!), WDC WD20 5AA 20GB 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, Gravis Xterminator gamepad (no DX7 drivers yet), Logitech 3-button mouse, Mitsumi keyboard, Win98 SE, Belkin OmniCube 4-port KVM, 10/100 5-port Linksys Ethernet switch, Epson 1200u scanner, Epson Stylus Pro printer, Logitech QuickCam Pro with the little stand and the lense kit (cool).

Secondary System: PIII-450, Soyo 6BA+ IV, 1x128MB PC100 ECC SDRAM CAS2, Millennium G200 AGP, V2 SLI rig, Intel Pro/100+ Management Adapter, SoundBlaster 32, WD AC41800 18GB HD, Creative Dxr3 DVD decoder card, Hitachi GD-2500 6x DVD-ROM, Win98 SE

Tertiary System: PII-266, Asus P2B BIOS 1008, 1x128MB PC100 ECC SDRAM CAS2, Millennium II, 3Com 3C905, 3Com 3C509, ADSL Modem 640kbit down/90kbit up, Mylex BT-930 SCSI card, Seagate 2GB Hawk, Seagate 1GB Hawk, Quantum DLT 4000 tape drive, NEC 6x CD-ROM, Linux distro S.u.S.E. 6.1 (IP Masquerade works!)

Quaternary System: Ocean Rhino 9 motherboard w/Intel 430HX chipset, P200MMX, 4x64MB EDO Parity RAM, Millennium II, 3Com 3C590, SoundBlaster 16 MCD, Fujitsu 3.5GB HD, WD 1.2GB HD, Haven't chosen an OS yet.

And a JetDirect EX print server that bootp's its address from the Tertiary System.

All specs subject to change.

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