HELP! GEFORCE 4 MX440 FREEZE ON 3D

Question

Hello,
Can someone please help me. I just bought a geforce 4 mx440 64mb DDR card to replace my older M64 32mb card. I uninstalled the old card and its drivers. When I installed the new card, it worked, but it freezes my computer whenever anything 3D runs. Like my screen saver, games, and benchmarking utilities. I have tried both MSI and nvidia drivers. Even a few different versions of the drivers. Still, nothing works. I used MSI 3D turbo software and that starts up, but immediatly pops up a small window stating my voltage or something is high? I read about this on the other forums and it states that you must be AGP 2 compliant. Which my board is. So, I am running out of things to try. Does anyone have any suggestions or news about this? My old card works fine, but this new one wont do any 3D.
Here is my system.
biostar m7mke
AMD athlon 850
512mb pc-133
1AGP
5PCI
52x CD
16x CDRW
Win XP
20gb hd
(old card that worked M64 32mb TNT)
(New card MSI G4 MX440T)

Answer 1

Pysmon,
Im fully aware of whom Deathstalker and Wonkanoby are. There older than dirt (no offence gentelmen). Everyone knows there the go to guys. None the less, my issue wasnt the PSU as they "thought" it was. Seems that there is a lot of mombo jumbo about weaker PSU's. YEAH, you should have over 300. But for those whom dont, dont let these guys tell imply that your PSU is the issue. Seems to me that PSU is always mentioned. I agree that PSU is a hugh dertermining factor, but not ALWAYS the ISSUE. I almost went out and purchased a new PSU based of what the guys stated was my issue. Im glad I didnt ( I was poor at the time) becuase it works fine and has since I changed the IRQ's.
I would like to say that Death and Won.. are two smart dudes whom help more people than the OEMs do. For that, there awesome people. But the PSU thing is a TAD over rated.
For all of you whom will argue me, slam me, or bicker. Im not arguing the fact that more is better, but sometimes less works too...
See ya around peeps,
RAMMAN949
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Originally posted by Psymon
Ramman949,
You quite stubborn i\'ll give you that, Deathstalker and wonkanoby are quite right to ask for PSU details. 250W is not enough to run a gig like that so i don\'t know quite how it now runs fine. You never gave amp details, so my guess is that you\'re probably running a better PSU than you realise.
Better PSU\'s have solved 10x the number of problems IRQ\'s ever have!!
ericofa,
Change the PCI slot your soundblaster is in, preferably slot 4. You can change the IRQ for your VGA card but its a little more complex.
Psymon