This problem has been reported to occur when using the Detonator XP drivers version 23.11 in Windows XP and
in some cases, Windows 2000. Therefore, revert to using an earlier version of the driver, anywhere from 12.41
and above with the 21.83 driver version being preferred. There is no definite answer as to whether or not this
issue is more of a hardware vendor or software related issue, but a safe bet to say that it is a combination of
both. It turns out that the video drivers were allocating too many system resources, more notably RAM to the
video card, putting too much load on the memory timing procedure. This problem seems to occur more
frequently with a certain driver set, version 23.11, more so in a few motherboard chipsets ranging anywhere
from Intel to VIA.
Both motherboard chipset manufactures, Microsoft and NVIDIA are currently working together to alleviate the
problem. Please check with chipset manufactures regarding any new patches or updates made for your
particular motherboard model. One of these chipset manufactures, VIA, has come out with a BETA version of
the patch that has reportedly corrected the issue for some and is available here. VIA's latest revision of their
"4in1" chipset driver suite, version 4.37, includes the new patch and is readily available on their driver
download page.
If the problem persists, the problem may lie with lower quality motherboard memory or aggressive memory
settings found in the motherboard BIOS that must be set to factory defaults or lower. Please check with your
motherboard manufacture for preferred BIOS settings.The following are BIOS memory settings for the VIA
chipset:
DDR266 motherboards (Recommended settings):
SDRAM Cycle Lenth:
Cas setting of 2.5
Bank Interleave:
Enable or Disable (only if 1 DIMM is
installed)
Precharge to Active
(Trp):
3T
Active to Precharge
(Tras):
6T
Active to CMD (Tras):
2T
DRAM Burst Length:
4
DRAM Drive Length:
Auto
CPU to DRAM:
Slow or medium
PC133 motherboards (Recommended settings):
DRAM Timing by SPD:
Disabled
DRAM Clock:
HCLK at 100FSB if 133FSB fails
SDRAM Cycle Length:
3
Bank Interleave:
Enable or Disable (only if 1 DIMM is
installed)
DRAM Drive Strength:
Auto
Memory Hole:
Disabled or Enable at 15M-16M
Motherboard settings information comes courtesy of
www.VIAarena.com
Hope that fixes the problem. It has worked so far with my computer.
Bryon
