Specifications

You may also be able to fix this problem on the Gigabyte boards by increasing the FSB speed from 100 to 133.
This will overclock your processor but may fix the problem. You may also be able to take down the CPU
multipler by one or two steps in order to reduce the effects of the overclocking.
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Q. I have an ASUS K7M, A7V or Abit BE6-II motherboard and I have instability or tearing
problems with the GeForce. How can I fix it?
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Thanks to Markus Weissmann who told me about this solution from Creative Labs:
The ASUS K7M has a jumper for selecting the I/O-voltage, which is set to 3.4V by default. Set this to
3.31V (since this is the 'official' voltage for video cards). On the K7M this jumper is on the upper right
side, a jumper-block with 4 pins.
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The ASUS A7V runs at 3.56V by default. Try changing this to 3.31V or 3.35V.
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This is also true of the Abit BE6-II, which is set to have an I/O voltage of 3.5V by default. Try changing
this to 3.31V.
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However, for some people the reverse may be true -
increasing the voltage or leaving it at the default may
fix the problem.
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Q. I have an ASUS P3C-2000 motherboard, and I experience problems in 3D applications
when the system is heavily loaded. How can I fix it?
This information was mailed to me by a Creative representative, and the information is straight from ASUS:
This problem was not found with systems built with 133MHz FSB CPUs. Neither was it observed with other
AGP 4X capable graphics controllers such as the Matrox G400 and S3 Savage4. But for a 100MHz/100MHz
CPU FSB/SDRAM configuration, the problem would only occur in AGP 4X mode and some P3C-2000
motherboards. To fix it, enable the reserved test mode by moving the JP5 jumper to the 2-3 pins on the
motherboard whenever applicable. The test mode is designed to increase the noise margin and most systems
were proved in our lab to workaround this problem in the test mode. If the test mode can not solve this problem,
please contact us directly.
It is also possible to fix this with an extra capacitor on the motherboard, and as such in the later production
versions of the board there is no longer a problem. You can tell if your board has been altered if it's version
number is '1.12.' - the dot at the
end
of the version number indicates that it has been fixed (and of course any
versions after '1.12.' will have been fixed too).
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Q. I have an ASUS P3V4X motherboard and I have instability problems with the GeForce.
How can I fix it?
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Try using the 1003 BIOS instead of any later versions.
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Make sure you read the 'I have a VIA chipset based motherboard and I can't get AGP4X to work without
causing instability. How can I fix it?' question.
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There is also a modification that you can make to your board to fix the problem. See the following
website for more
details:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010127183700/http://www.btinternet.com/~p3v4x/vr_mod.htm
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