Slow 3D Menu v1.3.7

[crossnet]

Hi Group,

Need your help with a really weird problem.

Just loaded a new system and everything is working OK except that the 3D effects in the GB menu are extremely slow. (The selected menu text grows out very slow). By accident, we discovered that the menu returns to normal speed if a USB flash drive is plugged in, even if its blank.

The hardware is an Intel DG45ID motherboard with integrated video, an 8400 CPU and 4GB memory. Its running X2 v1.3.7 on XP Pro SP3 with latest bios and drivers. No capture boards are installed. Its being used for HD playback, which works fine. We replicated the SW on an old P4 2400 and don't have this problem.

We can't find any reason for this behavior and don't see any connection to the USB ports.

Any ideas?

emr

[sub]

Sounds like some weird motherboard bug to me. Maybe look for updated chipset drivers or bios for your motherboard.

[crossnet]

Sounds like some weird motherboard bug to me. Maybe look for updated chipset drivers or bios for your motherboard.

Thanks Sub,

I think your right, but we did upgrade the bios and drivers. This is a new "Media" series motherboard from Intel. If it was SW related, I would think the problem would show up in similar applications. Could possibly be bad hardware, but we don't have any way to test. Not much help from Intel.

I would like to hear from others using this board.

emr

[crossnet]

Sounds like some weird motherboard bug to me. Maybe look for updated chipset drivers or bios for your motherboard.

Sub, you were right on target. Intel finally issued a BIOS update (ver 101) that fixed the problem. No info on what it was.

em