TNT2 and dual processor system

This is a discussion about TNT2 and dual processor system in the Windows Hardware category; Anybody had any luck with any dual processor system, TNT2, and ANY TNT, Detonator, Geforce, whatever video drivers? I cannot get my system to pass even the most basic tests (ie: directx diagnostic) without a hard lockup if I use any video card based on TNT2 chipset.

Windows Hardware 9627 This topic was started by EM, 2000-07-10 20:06. Last reply by MarksmanX, 2000-07-11 05:04

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#24147

2000-07-10 22:06

Anybody had any luck with any dual processor system, TNT2, and ANY TNT, Detonator, Geforce, whatever video drivers? I cannot get my system to pass even the most basic tests (ie: directx diagnostic) without a hard lockup if I use any video card based on TNT2 chipset. My same system with a Voodoo3 runs just fine. Not running any background tasks at all.

Specs are:
Supermicro P6DBE
Dual PIII 600
128 meg ram
IBM 15g HD
Toshiba 6x DVD
Win2k Pro Retail.

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Ronin

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#24148

2000-07-10 22:24

I've been running my Dual PII 850 system for 3 months now and have had no problems.

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My Windows 2000 System:

Dual Intel 850's
Tyan Thunder 2400 MB
512 Megs Ram
Adaptec 39160 Ultra 160
1 - 18 Gig Cheetah - U160
2 - 18 Gig Cheetah U2W
SB Live Platinum
Plextor 12/4/32 - Burner
Plextor 40x UW CD-Rom
10x Sony DVD Drive
Hercules Geforce 2 64meg
Viewsonic PF815 22" Monitor
...
My Win ME System:

PIII 733
Asus P3C4X MB
256 Megs PC133 Mem
Adaptec U2W Scsi Card
1 - 9 Gig Cheetah 10K
48x IDE CD-Rom
CL Geforce DDR
ESS 1371 Sound Card

Donald2B

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#24149

2000-07-11 00:44

I have been running my system for a couple of weeks with the Detonator 2 drivers and had no problems!

Asus P2B-D
Dual PIII 700MHz
512MB RAM
nVidia TNT2 Ultra 32MB
(2) 20.5GB HDDs
Asus 50x CD-ROM Drive
Sony 4x4x24 CD-RW Drive
SB Live! Platinum

PatkIllA

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#24150

2000-07-11 00:52

My TNT2 Ultra runs fine with my Dual Celeron 433@507.
Maybe a problem with the powersupply ?
The TNT2 consumes more power than specified for AGP (I think the Voodoo3 does it too).
Test the card with annother mainboard.

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#24151

2000-07-11 01:51

I have tried it with 2 different ABIT BP6 boards which my other two computers are running on with the same results. My power supply is 300 watt Supermicro full tower server case.

MarksmanX

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#24152

2000-07-11 05:04

Quote:Originally posted by EM:
Anybody had any luck with any dual processor system, TNT2, and ANY TNT, Detonator, Geforce, whatever video drivers? I cannot get my system to pass even the most basic tests (ie: directx diagnostic) without a hard lockup if I use any video card based on TNT2 chipset. My same system with a Voodoo3 runs just fine. Not running any background tasks at all.

Specs are:
Supermicro P6DBE
Dual PIII 600
128 meg ram
IBM 15g HD
Toshiba 6x DVD
Win2k Pro Retail.

What revision is your motherboard? Hvae you updated your bios to 3.0?

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Supermicro P6DBE Rev 3.0 Motherboard
Dual Intel Pentium III 850
512 MEGS of ECC RAM
Sound Blaster Live!
Adaptec 29160 SCSI Card
GeForce 2 GTS 64MB
IBM DMVS18N Ultra 160 Hard Drive
Western Digital 20.5GB Hard Drive
Razer Boom Slang 2000 (USB)
Roland Sound Canvis SC-55
3COM 3CR990-TX-97 with 3XP Processor 10/100 PCI Network Interface Card
Plextor Plexwriter 12/4/32
Pioneer 10X DVD-ROM
Sony GDM-F500R Monitor