Re: Odd quirks with video acceleration

From: Adam (plato2876_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 05:03:52 -0700

Arek,
Nope, this isn't a dell preinstalled card, actually, so no
dell drivers for it. What's really odd, to me, is that
nVidia does offer Server 2k3 64-bit drivers, just not a set
for those of us with a puny 32-bit processor, like myself.

-Adam
>-----Original Message-----
>Have you tried to grab video drivers from Dell website? I
am not sure if you
>will be able to get one for Windows 2003 Server for this
model, as I don't
>think it was designed to run server OS. But it's worth a
try :)
>
>--
>Arek Iskra
>MVP for Windows Server - Software Distribution
>
>
>"Adam" <plato2876@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:418801c49e97$90e9fac0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> While running Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, I've
>> run across an odd bug on my setup, that I can't seem to get
>> rid of. For some reason, when I enable full video
>> acceleration on the system, the video resources on the
>> system will essentially run out every 2 and a half days.
>> I'll no longer be able to have any background loaded, nor
>> will other visual aspects be able to load properly,
>> including "skinned" programs using anything besides the
>> standard windows appearance. The system is running on a
>> Dell Optiplex GX260, with a GeForce 4 MX 440 video card.
>> As troubleshooting steps, I've attempted swapping out the
>> video card, motherboard, ram, and processor, all to no
>> avail. The system is currently using the most recent
>> Windows XP drivers from the nVidia website, but the problem
>> also exhibits itself with the drivers from windows update,
>> just with additional quirks.
>>
>> If anyone happens to have any idea on what I can try from
>> here, it'd be GREATLY appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Adam
>
>
>.
>

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