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Richard M · 06-08-2004, 13:45

OK, an update.
After reading a 30 page thread on another forum, I changed the AGP speed to 4x and it ran 3DMark2001 without crashing!
I was slightly annoyed still because my score lost around 5000 marks, coming up with just over 16,000 but at least it was stable.

Then, I changed it back to 8x just to make sure and it finished also, giving me a score of just under 22,000! (stock speeds though)
I was getting seriously confused at this point but then I remembered that I also disabled the onboard firewire when changing AGP to 4x.
It seems that this is the problem, possibly some kind of IRQ conflict?
Maybe a conflict between the IRQ/PCI sharing or the Audigy 2 Firewire port?

I'll see how it goes and if it doesn't crash tonight then I'll maybe cancel the RMA and then buy an NForce 4 board when they come out, selling this one to pay for it.

06-08-2004, 13:45	#37
Richard M Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Age: 47 Posts: 6,343	Re: Major, major problems with new system OK, an update. After reading a 30 page thread on another forum, I changed the AGP speed to 4x and it ran 3DMark2001 without crashing! I was slightly annoyed still because my score lost around 5000 marks, coming up with just over 16,000 but at least it was stable. Then, I changed it back to 8x just to make sure and it finished also, giving me a score of just under 22,000! (stock speeds though) I was getting seriously confused at this point but then I remembered that I also disabled the onboard firewire when changing AGP to 4x. It seems that this is the problem, possibly some kind of IRQ conflict? Maybe a conflict between the IRQ/PCI sharing or the Audigy 2 Firewire port? I'll see how it goes and if it doesn't crash tonight then I'll maybe cancel the RMA and then buy an NForce 4 board when they come out, selling this one to pay for it.