I have the same card and have had horrendous trouble getting booted. I
installed the detonator drivers and opened my case and directed a desk fan
straight at the card (which was hot), and my problem has mostly gone
away.... Still the occasional crash, tho.
Sorry for the non-bard thread. : P
-----Original Message-----
From: Reece, Tom CPT - 30th Signal Bn <
ReeceT@...>
To:
eqbards@onelist.com <
eqbards@onelist.com>
Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Galtin's Underwater Demise
>From: "Reece, Tom CPT - 30th Signal Bn" <ReeceT@...>
>
><snipped>
>> When I drowned, I petitioned as it was the fault of the game locking up
on
>> me. (I have since theorized that it locked up due to my video cards over
>> heating, though that is still a guess).
>>
> When I first started playing EQ, I was having the same problem with
>my computer consistently locking up on me. I have a Diamond Viper V550
RIVA
>TNT card and was using the most current Diamond drivers for the card. I
>installed the Nvidia Detonator drivers at the recommendation of Verant Tech
>Support (thats right, they actually responded to my email). I have had no
>problems with lockups since I installed the Detonator drivers. If you have
>a RIVA TNT card you may want to look into that as a solution to your
>problem.
>
> Galtin
> E'ci
>
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