Problem with new Nvidia Omega's

molly · Jul 15, 2004, 05:33 PM

I posted this in the wrong forum so I thought id post it here :

Hi, Im not New to omegadrivers or driver heaven But I am new to the forums so Id Like to say hello Firstly..

ok down to the real Post:

I recently Upgrade My Motherboard to a GA 7N400 Pro2 rev 2.0 and everything was running nicely till I started getting "Infinite Looping error" on My ATI 9600 pro, Vpu recover Kept Kicking in on 2D applications randomly.. ( strange it didnt happen Much In 3D ) I could reproduce this error easily With Burnin test On 2D, I tried changing to all forms of drivers and many different versions of omega's, cat's and the like, all to no avail. This led me to believe it was a hardware problem with the card so as it was still Under warranty i took it back to get sent of the the Repair or replace Guys. In the meantime I had no VPU so I grabbed a cheap Winfast FX5200 to use while I waited for the card to be fixed/replaced. Anyways I tested out the card on Burnin test and I did not get the same error, Only a nice performance Loss.. which i fully understood due the the cheapness and processor speed of the FX5200, But alas this was not the end of My problems.. I wanted to Play neverwinter nIghts because alot of my friends said it was a great game ( and cheap to Buy these days ) so I went and installed it ( not a copy the original ) so everything was fine till I tried to play it online. i was randomly getting the error msg " C++ error in NWNmain.exe abnormal program termination " so i thought to myself wtf?

I tried everything to fix this constant error, Updated My drivers, set fast writes on/off , Updated My runtime Library, searched every Post On the internet about it ( it seems that Im not alone ) changed everything you could imagine. Most Opinions pointed to drivers so i thought Id Give good Old Omega's Nvidia drivers a shot.. Omega's always worked very well for me on my ATI card. So i downloaded the newest version of the Nvidia Omega's.."nvidia_wxp_omega_15672_7z" installed them as I was Instructed ( no exe on this one it seemed ) .

Immediate problems- when I went to switch off fast writes or change the agp speed from 8x to 4x I got the BSOD every time. ( probably should have done it in the Bios first !!)

So I went and Booted Up NWN. Omg I couldn't see anything properly, it seemed there was a problem with the openGL , Like when you have bad reception on a station or there are crossed signals, it was Flickering like crazy!! I thought .. HMM this cant be right, so I loaded another OpenGL game ( Enemy territory ) and Lo and behold the same problem. The reason i think Its "OpenGL only" is because I didnt get the problem on 3dmark01 or aquamark, which I think run In D3D.

Anyway I had to uninstall the Omega's (reluctantly) and re install the WHQL Nvidia.

anyways I keep Getting the "C++ runtime error abnormal program termination " in NWN , But only Online ( which is strange ) But at least I can see it properly when its working.

another question: Could it be possible that Nvidia drivers have VPU recover but dont Give you an error msg because sometimes in windows explorer Ill use the scroll bar and the PC will Lock up for a second, the screen will flicker and then refresh and it will be ok??

Ps Im not lOoking for any solutions Unless someone Knows how to fix the Abnormal termination error ( which is Unlikely because i have tried every suggestion on the net and there seems to be no fix for it ( with NWN )
I just want to Know if the Nvidia drivers Gave anyone else this problem.. Mabye Ill try an earlier version ?? can someone suggest a good version for my Cheap FX 5200?

My system:
GA 7N400 Pro2 rev 2.0
512MB ddr333 ram
Athalon 2500+ Barton
Leadtek Winfast a340T FX5200
Win XP Pro SP 1

all running at stock.

Omegadrive · Jul 15, 2004, 09:36 PM

The BSOD is not related directly to my drivers since it happens also with official drivers.

Have you tried enabling V-Sinc for OGL?

Do you have the latest AGP chipset drivers for your MB installed?

molly · Jul 16, 2004, 01:10 AM

I didnt know that the BSOD happens with the official drivers too, I didnt even see the option for disabling Vsinc and changing the agp from 8x to 4x in them ( not sure you can ). I updated mY Nforce2 chipset drivers thinking that might update the agp drivers too, Does it? or do I need a seperate driver for the agp? I think it would help because I Read that with the VIA Chipsets, Updating the 4 in 1 drivers fixed the "abnormal termination error in OGL, which is the issue Im absolutely trying to fix ( Pulling my hair out ).. Thx for your swift reply Omega.

P.S I hope when I get My ATI card back from warranty fix that all my problems will Magically dissapear.

Jul 15, 2004, 05:33 PM	#1
molly DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Problem with new Nvidia Omega's I posted this in the wrong forum so I thought id post it here : Hi, Im not New to omegadrivers or driver heaven But I am new to the forums so Id Like to say hello Firstly.. ok down to the real Post: I recently Upgrade My Motherboard to a GA 7N400 Pro2 rev 2.0 and everything was running nicely till I started getting "Infinite Looping error" on My ATI 9600 pro, Vpu recover Kept Kicking in on 2D applications randomly.. ( strange it didnt happen Much In 3D ) I could reproduce this error easily With Burnin test On 2D, I tried changing to all forms of drivers and many different versions of omega's, cat's and the like, all to no avail. This led me to believe it was a hardware problem with the card so as it was still Under warranty i took it back to get sent of the the Repair or replace Guys. In the meantime I had no VPU so I grabbed a cheap Winfast FX5200 to use while I waited for the card to be fixed/replaced. Anyways I tested out the card on Burnin test and I did not get the same error, Only a nice performance Loss.. which i fully understood due the the cheapness and processor speed of the FX5200, But alas this was not the end of My problems.. I wanted to Play neverwinter nIghts because alot of my friends said it was a great game ( and cheap to Buy these days ) so I went and installed it ( not a copy the original ) so everything was fine till I tried to play it online. i was randomly getting the error msg " C++ error in NWNmain.exe abnormal program termination " so i thought to myself wtf? I tried everything to fix this constant error, Updated My drivers, set fast writes on/off , Updated My runtime Library, searched every Post On the internet about it ( it seems that Im not alone ) changed everything you could imagine. Most Opinions pointed to drivers so i thought Id Give good Old Omega's Nvidia drivers a shot.. Omega's always worked very well for me on my ATI card. So i downloaded the newest version of the Nvidia Omega's.."nvidia_wxp_omega_15672_7z" installed them as I was Instructed ( no exe on this one it seemed ) . Immediate problems- when I went to switch off fast writes or change the agp speed from 8x to 4x I got the BSOD every time. ( probably should have done it in the Bios first !!) So I went and Booted Up NWN. Omg I couldn't see anything properly, it seemed there was a problem with the openGL , Like when you have bad reception on a station or there are crossed signals, it was Flickering like crazy!! I thought .. HMM this cant be right, so I loaded another OpenGL game ( Enemy territory ) and Lo and behold the same problem. The reason i think Its "OpenGL only" is because I didnt get the problem on 3dmark01 or aquamark, which I think run In D3D. Anyway I had to uninstall the Omega's (reluctantly) and re install the WHQL Nvidia. anyways I keep Getting the "C++ runtime error abnormal program termination " in NWN , But only Online ( which is strange ) But at least I can see it properly when its working. another question: Could it be possible that Nvidia drivers have VPU recover but dont Give you an error msg because sometimes in windows explorer Ill use the scroll bar and the PC will Lock up for a second, the screen will flicker and then refresh and it will be ok?? Ps Im not lOoking for any solutions Unless someone Knows how to fix the Abnormal termination error ( which is Unlikely because i have tried every suggestion on the net and there seems to be no fix for it ( with NWN ) I just want to Know if the Nvidia drivers Gave anyone else this problem.. Mabye Ill try an earlier version ?? can someone suggest a good version for my Cheap FX 5200? My system: GA 7N400 Pro2 rev 2.0 512MB ddr333 ram Athalon 2500+ Barton Leadtek Winfast a340T FX5200 Win XP Pro SP 1 all running at stock.

Jul 15, 2004, 09:36 PM	#2
Omegadrive Drivers? What Drivers??? Join Date: May 2002 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,526 Rep Power: 75	The BSOD is not related directly to my drivers since it happens also with official drivers. Have you tried enabling V-Sinc for OGL? Do you have the latest AGP chipset drivers for your MB installed? __________________ DRIVERHEAVEN ADMINISTRATOR <<E-MAIL>> <<PC SPECS>> GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Jul 16, 2004, 01:10 AM	Thread Starter #3
molly DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	I didnt know that the BSOD happens with the official drivers too, I didnt even see the option for disabling Vsinc and changing the agp from 8x to 4x in them ( not sure you can ). I updated mY Nforce2 chipset drivers thinking that might update the agp drivers too, Does it? or do I need a seperate driver for the agp? I think it would help because I Read that with the VIA Chipsets, Updating the 4 in 1 drivers fixed the "abnormal termination error in OGL, which is the issue Im absolutely trying to fix ( Pulling my hair out ).. Thx for your swift reply Omega. P.S I hope when I get My ATI card back from warranty fix that all my problems will Magically dissapear.