I had a lot of problems with my system crashing and locking up, until
I started fiddling with the motherboard and CPU voltages in the BIOS.
Turns out the "stock" voltage supplied to the CPU was borderline
indadequate, and for a CPU intensive game like NR2003, this deficiency
caused it to fail on a regular basis. After I upped the voltages
slightly, it has been rock solid ever since. Check out some
overclocker sites to learn how to check your system for stability and
what to change in order to help it run trouble free.

Hope this helps,
Gerald


"JZach" > wrote in message om>...
> I was gonna try a different card. As mentioned, they're brand new. But I've
> seen a lot of "new" stuff be broke...
>
> "bluestringer" > wrote in message
> t...
> >
> > "JZach" > wrote in message
> > m...
> > > Been around a few years wih this stuff but this is driving me crazy!
> > >
> > > Fresh install of W2k w/SP4
> > > New:
> > > Amptron M7NCD-A02 motherboard
> > > AMD Athalon XP 2600
> > > 400 DDR RAM - 512MB
> > > Power supply
> > > GForce MX 440 - 8X
> > > Sound Blaster Live
> > > DirectX 9.0C
> > >
> > > The thing will go about 1 lap into a race and then it crashes every
> time.
> > > Haven't tried using the onboard sound but that shouldn't matter. I think
> > > it's a video card issue maybe, drivers or something. I am using the
> latest
> > > nVidia drivers from their site - 6177. Didn't have any luck with some
> older
> > > drivers either. I do have the latest drivers for the nForce chipset
> > > installed for the MB.
> > >
> > > No virus software installed. Just been to a few sites for drivers, etc.
> Box
> > > should be fine.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! I've done countless installs of
> the
> > > Papy sims through the years and have never ran into anything this
> wacked!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Sounds like your card may be overheating. I had the same problem with a
> PNY
> > brand MX440.
> >
> > bluestringer
> >
> >