3DMark display "loses focus" and aborts

[Goober]

I have an Nvidia 5200 Ultra video card (yeah, I know) running on a homebuilt
Athlon XP 3000+ system w/ 512MB RAM. The latest drivers and DirectX 9.0c are
loaded. I use AVG Anti-Virus (latest version) and ZoneAlarm (latest
version), although I always terminate them before running benchmarks.

Every time I try to run 3DMark03 Pro, it runs for a while, but then aborts
with this message:

"Reliable benchmarking cannot be completed because the 3DMark display
window lost focus."

I get the same (or a very similar) message with 3DMark05 and 3DMark 2001.
It doesn't stop at the same test... it could abort anywhere.

I checked FutureMark's site but could find no info in their FAQs. Any idea
why the 3DMark window "loses its focus" and aborts?

 

[Dave C.]

I have an Nvidia 5200 Ultra video card (yeah, I know) running on a
homebuilt Athlon XP 3000+ system w/ 512MB RAM. The latest drivers and
DirectX 9.0c are loaded. I use AVG Anti-Virus (latest version) and
ZoneAlarm (latest version), although I always terminate them before running
benchmarks.

Every time I try to run 3DMark03 Pro, it runs for a while, but then aborts
with this message:

"Reliable benchmarking cannot be completed because the 3DMark display
window lost focus."

I get the same (or a very similar) message with 3DMark05 and 3DMark 2001.
It doesn't stop at the same test... it could abort anywhere.

I checked FutureMark's site but could find no info in their FAQs. Any idea
why the 3DMark window "loses its focus" and aborts?

A video card that is starved for power? Do you have any problem playing
games? -Dave

 

[JAD]

I have an Nvidia 5200 Ultra video card (yeah, I know) running on a homebuilt
Athlon XP 3000+ system w/ 512MB RAM. The latest drivers and DirectX 9.0c are
loaded. I use AVG Anti-Virus (latest version) and ZoneAlarm (latest
version), although I always terminate them before running benchmarks.

Every time I try to run 3DMark03 Pro, it runs for a while, but then aborts
with this message:

"Reliable benchmarking cannot be completed because the 3DMark display
window lost focus."

I get the same (or a very similar) message with 3DMark05 and 3DMark 2001.
It doesn't stop at the same test... it could abort anywhere.

I checked FutureMark's site but could find no info in their FAQs. Any idea
why the 3DMark window "loses its focus" and aborts?

Nonsense. Most good computer skill involves 1.) love, 2.)

discipline, and 3.)
common sense. Just because you may not be as good at employing any of
the
above doesn't give you the right to insult all the good video
benchmarks out here.
No disrespect intended but, judging from this and your prior post, it
sounds
as though *you* may have some issues here. A problem like this is
*not* as
difficult to solve as you make it out to be.