PixelView
GeForce2 MX
Model No.
MVGA-NVG11A, MVGA-NVG11AIII, MVGA-NVG11P |
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| Issue List |
| Q1-1: |
Why
the system will be hang and abnormal when I run game or 3D program
on VIA or ALi chipset motherboard?(09/22/00) |
| Q1-2: |
TV-OUT
is greyed out on my TV-OUT capable MX. How can I fix it?(09/22/00) |
| Q1-3: |
My
MX keeps on locking up. How can I fix it?(09/22/00) |
| Q1-4: |
When
I install the 5.xx series of drives Windows 9x locks up at the
bootup screen. How can I fix it?(09/22/00) |
| Q1-5: |
I
have problems with Need for Speed 5. How can I fix them?(09/22/00) |
| Q1-6: |
If
I set the MX as the primary card in the BIOS, my secondary PCI
video card is not detected. How can I fix it?(09/22/00) |
| Q1-7: |
Games
stutter with my MX . How can I fix it?(09/22/00) |
| Q1-8: |
I
get flickering textures in Quake 3 Arena and Windows 9x. How
can I fix it? (09/22/00) |
| Q1-9: |
Quake
3 Arena looks very dark in Windows 2000. How can I fix it?(09/22/00)
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| Q1-10: |
The
sky looks blocky in Quake 3 Arena with the latest drivers installed.
How can I fix this?(09/22/00) |
| Q1-11: |
When
I join a game or start a LAN game in Half-Life I never enter
the game. How can I fix it? (09/22/00) |
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| Common Issues |
| Q1-1: |
Why
the system will be hang and abnormal when I run game or 3D program
on VIA or ALi chipset motherboard? |
| A1-1: |
You
should download the newest VIA or ALi AGP driver from your motherboard
vendor and install it to fix the problem. |
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| Q1-2: |
TV-OUT is greyed out
on my TV-OUT capable MX. How can I fix it? |
| A1-2: |
1.
The MX needs to see a real 75 ohms AV input. However, not all
TVs have this, and some have a switch labelled 'Terminate' next
to the AV inputs to turn the 75 ohms off to allow more than
one TV to be connected. If you are having this problem, especially
with a smaller or portable TV, then try another TV to see if
this is a problem, or check for a 'Terminate' switch. 2. According
to motherbaord vendor this may also be a problem caused by motherboards
using a linear voltage regulator that does not supply enough
voltage to the MX, and therefore there is not enough voltage
to maintain TV-OUT. |
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| Q1-3: |
My MX keeps on locking
up. How can I fix it? |
| A1-3: |
1. Are you overclocking
either the MX or your processor? If you are, try clocking
back to normal, leaving the case lid off and underclocking
and see if it fixes the problem. If it does, you need more
cooling.
2. Have you assigned
an IRQ to VGA in your BIOS? If not, do so.
3. Have you got
an IRQ conflict with the MX and another card? The only device
that can have the same IRQ is the 'IRQ Holder for PCI Steering'.
If so, try moving the card to another slot (in particular
avoid the first PCI slot as this frequently is forced to share
an IRQ with the AGP slot) or assigning a different IRQ to
that slot in the BIOS.
4. Are you running
a virus checker in the background? Try disabling it.
5. Try installing
the latest AGP drivers for your motherboard chipset if you
haven't got an Intel motherboard
6. If you have
an 'AGP Driving Control' setting in your BIOS, try switching
it to 'BA' or another value instead of 'Auto'.
7. If you have
a VIA chipset, try enabling AGP4XWe have chosen to disable
the AGP sideband transfer because there have been various
system instability problems due to issues in the design of
some motherboards
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| Q1-4: |
When I install the
5.xx series of drives Windows 9x locks up at the bootup screen.
How can I fix it? |
| A1-4: |
Make
sure your MX is not sharing an IRQ with any other devices. If
you find that it is, try either moving the device into another
PCI slot, or reassigning the PCI IRQs in the BIOS. In particular,
the first PCI slot is frequently forced to share an IRQ with
the AGP slot. |
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| Q1-5: |
I have problems with
Need for Speed 5. How can I fix them? |
| A1-5: |
1.Try NVIDIA's
latest (leaked) reference drivers. In particular 6.18 may
help with speed and instability problems.
2.Make sure
that the Direct3D settings in the display control panel are
set to defaults.
3.Try setting
your Windows colour depth to 16-bit colour instead of 32-bit.
4.If you get
lockups, try the following tips, in the Options/Graphics/Advanced
Settings dialog:
- Switch off
lens flare
- Switch headlights
to vertex
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| Q1-6: |
If I set the MX as
the primary card in the BIOS, my secondary PCI video card is
not detected. How can I fix it? |
| A1-6: |
Check
in your C:\CONFIG.SYS file to see if you are loading EMM386.EXE.
If you are, remove the line. |
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| Q1-7: |
Games stutter with
my MX . How can I fix it? |
| A1-7: |
1. Go into the
System Control Panel, click on Device Manager, and find your
CD/DVD-ROM drive(s) and hard drive(s). Go into each one, click
on Settings and tick DMA. This enables UltraDMA
2. Make sure
that Video BIOS shadowing is disabled in your BIOS
3.Make sure
that your MX card is not sharing any IRQs with another card
- the only device that can have the same IRQ is the 'IRQ Holder
for PCI Steering'. If you find that the MX is sharing an IRQ,
try moving the card that it is sharing the IRQ with to another
slot.
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| Q1-8: |
I get flickering textures
in Quake 3 Arena and Windows 9x. How can I fix it? |
| A1-8: |
Type the following
at the console:
- /r_ext_compiled_vertex_array
0
- /vid_restart
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| Q1-9: |
Quake 3 Arena looks
very dark in Windows 2000. How can I fix it? |
| A1-9: |
1.Type the following
command at the console:
- /r_ignorehwgamma
- /vid_restart
l and see if it helps.
2.You can also
try the following:
- /r_ignorehwgamma
0
- /r_overbrightbits
0
- /vid_restart
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| Q1-10: |
The sky looks blocky
in Quake 3 Arena with the latest drivers installed. How can
I fix this? |
| A1-10: |
This is a by-product
of the S3TC support in the latest drivers. You can disable
S3TC in Quake 3 Arena using the following console commands:
- /r_ext_compress_textures
0
- /vid_restart
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| Q1-11: |
When I join a game
or start a LAN game in Half-Life I never enter the game. How
can I fix it? |
| A1-11: |
You
can fix it by changing the Buffer Flipping Mode in the NVIDIA
OpenGL control panel to 'Block Transfer'. |
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