Question about these drivers.....

Slagathor · Aug 16, 2002, 10:55 AM

What are the chances these driver could fry a vid card?????????
I had a GeForce 2 MX, it dies a few weeks ago, I am not blaming these drivers one bit, I am just asking if it is possible?????????????????????

I am wanting to use them for my new vid card.............
As I have a BP6 and they dont like running 2x AGP and running a 100 MHZ system bus......

Yeti · Aug 16, 2002, 10:57 AM

What drivers? Omega's? Drivers will not fry a card... improper use, mismanagement and overclocking will fry a card. And most importantly OLD AGE will fry a card. But drivers are certainly not going to cause a failure like that.

Oh and to Cover-my-arse: if any set of drivers frys a card... blame NVidia/ATI... AFAIK no one around here compiles their own drivers.

Aug 17, 2002, 01:51 AM

Question:
Did your mx card come with a blower(fan) ??
Did you use it without one if so ??

Im asking cause alot of these cards were sold without a fan as mine did(hercules 3d prophet 2 mx200).

In most cases of a vid card burining up its mostly bad cooling or faulty fan and extreme overclocking without proper cooling.

Even certain settings of the vid card can burn it out if not cooled correctly and used over a long period of time(a game etc.)

In my experience there isnt a card out there that you can overclock with its factory cooling and not get hot.

Almost all of them need some extra fan blowing in etc.

Slagathor · Aug 20, 2002, 11:37 PM

No it did not have a hs/fan, I used a 60mm case fan attached to a PCI cover thingy from the case blowing over the GPU and ram, and over the back of the card....... I know I should have put a hs/fan on it but I figured that would have sufficed...........

There is a hs/fan on the Ultra and also ram sinks, I have the fan attached like before so it shouldnt get hot.

Right before it dies I would get BSOD saying something about the graphic couldnt refresh or something like that, I suppose that should have clued me in.....
Right before it died the screen got all goofy and garbled then it locked, I restarted it and the bios post was all little funny lines..........

Aug 21, 2002, 12:56 AM

well there you go then.
All you need now are a couple of strips of bacon and 2 eggs and you have....breakfest...lol

Online store here at DH has a GF4 mx440 at a good price...96 bucks !!

Get em while their hot....oops bad choice of words..LMAO

Aug 16, 2002, 10:55 AM	#1
Slagathor DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	Question about these drivers..... What are the chances these driver could fry a vid card????????? I had a GeForce 2 MX, it dies a few weeks ago, I am not blaming these drivers one bit, I am just asking if it is possible????????????????????? I am wanting to use them for my new vid card............. As I have a BP6 and they dont like running 2x AGP and running a 100 MHZ system bus......

Aug 16, 2002, 10:57 AM	#2
Yeti DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 662 Rep Power: 0	What drivers? Omega's? Drivers will not fry a card... improper use, mismanagement and overclocking will fry a card. And most importantly OLD AGE will fry a card. But drivers are certainly not going to cause a failure like that. Oh and to Cover-my-arse: if any set of drivers frys a card... blame NVidia/ATI... AFAIK no one around here compiles their own drivers. __________________ --Oh lord not again

Aug 17, 2002, 01:51 AM	#3
GREEKRAGE Guest Posts: n/a	Question: Did your mx card come with a blower(fan) ?? Did you use it without one if so ?? Im asking cause alot of these cards were sold without a fan as mine did(hercules 3d prophet 2 mx200). In most cases of a vid card burining up its mostly bad cooling or faulty fan and extreme overclocking without proper cooling. Even certain settings of the vid card can burn it out if not cooled correctly and used over a long period of time(a game etc.) In my experience there isnt a card out there that you can overclock with its factory cooling and not get hot. Almost all of them need some extra fan blowing in etc.

Aug 20, 2002, 11:37 PM	Thread Starter #4
Slagathor DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	No it did not have a hs/fan, I used a 60mm case fan attached to a PCI cover thingy from the case blowing over the GPU and ram, and over the back of the card....... I know I should have put a hs/fan on it but I figured that would have sufficed........... There is a hs/fan on the Ultra and also ram sinks, I have the fan attached like before so it shouldnt get hot. Right before it dies I would get BSOD saying something about the graphic couldnt refresh or something like that, I suppose that should have clued me in..... Right before it died the screen got all goofy and garbled then it locked, I restarted it and the bios post was all little funny lines..........

Aug 21, 2002, 12:56 AM	#5
GREEKRAGE Guest Posts: n/a	well there you go then. All you need now are a couple of strips of bacon and 2 eggs and you have....breakfest...lol Online store here at DH has a GF4 mx440 at a good price...96 bucks !! Get em while their hot....oops bad choice of words..LMAO