FX5900XT runs with 45.23 but not 66.71 !!
I have recently upgraded my video card from a Leadtek GF3Ti200 to a
Prolink FX5900XT. Apart from speed issues, I believed the old card was faulty because if I ran 3dmark2001 in demo mode with drivers published after 45.23 it would cause a lockup. The demo would lock up on the intro screen and hang the machine. I had to resort to using the 45.23 drivers to keep everything running. Strangely using any later drivers, I could benchmark , just not run the demo. Unfortunately this also caused lockup in games such a warhammer Dawn of war. Anyhow I uninstalled the drivers via control panel and I installed the new FX5900XT card. Loaded the latest 61.77, and it CRASHED again on the 3dmark demo and warhammer. I then tried about every other driver and had to resort back to 45.23 to get 100% stability, even the prolink factory drivers didn't work. The mobo is a Aopen AK73a(v) KT133 chipset. XP1900+ CPU and running 512 meg of PC150 ram. nothing overclocked. XP SP2, also tried VIA 4 in 1 drivers with no success. I tried the cards in a celeron based machine and they worked flawlessly with 61.77. I tried the cards in an identical AK73 motherboard and they locked up with 61.77. For all intents, my motherobard runs perfectly apart from this driver issue. Has anyone got a clue as to what the problem is with this combination of driver / motherboard combo. It is really becoming a frustration. |
"Rabbann" wrote in message om... I have recently upgraded my video card from a Leadtek GF3Ti200 to a Prolink FX5900XT. Apart from speed issues, I believed the old card was faulty because if I ran 3dmark2001 in demo mode with drivers published after 45.23 it would cause a lockup. The demo would lock up on the intro screen and hang the machine. I had to resort to using the 45.23 drivers to keep everything running. Strangely using any later drivers, I could benchmark , just not run the demo. Unfortunately this also caused lockup in games such a warhammer Dawn of war. Anyhow I uninstalled the drivers via control panel and I installed the new FX5900XT card. Loaded the latest 61.77, and it CRASHED again on the 3dmark demo and warhammer. I then tried about every other driver and had to resort back to 45.23 to get 100% stability, even the prolink factory drivers didn't work. The mobo is a Aopen AK73a(v) KT133 chipset. XP1900+ CPU and running 512 meg of PC150 ram. nothing overclocked. XP SP2, also tried VIA 4 in 1 drivers with no success. I tried the cards in a celeron based machine and they worked flawlessly with 61.77. I tried the cards in an identical AK73 motherboard and they locked up with 61.77. For all intents, my motherobard runs perfectly apart from this driver issue. Has anyone got a clue as to what the problem is with this combination of driver / motherboard combo. It is really becoming a frustration. Try downloading a VIA driver [4in1] for your VIA chipset series MoBo - http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2 Select Windows XP Chipset or Platfrom driver [find your chipset KT1##] [click on the 4 in 1 Driver] to download Or go directly to the link - http://downloads.viaarena.com/driver..._4in1_443v.zip CapFusion,... |
"CapFusion" skrev i en meddelelse ... Try downloading a VIA driver [4in1] for your VIA chipset series MoBo - http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2 Select Windows XP Chipset or Platfrom driver [find your chipset KT1##] [click on the 4 in 1 Driver] to download Or go directly to the link - http://downloads.viaarena.com/driver..._4in1_443v.zip CapFusion,... Check your ram for system stability. www.memtest86.com Download "Hot CPU tester" as well And "Prime95". No errors ? Then you might have a graphics driver prob.. I tried a lots of drivers as well, the 66.00 beta ( 6 mb ) is the one to keep for me and my 5900XT. G.. |
Check your ram for system stability. www.memtest86.com Download "Hot CPU tester" as well And "Prime95". No errors ? Then you might have a graphics driver prob.. I tried a lots of drivers as well, the 66.00 beta ( 6 mb ) is the one to keep for me and my 5900XT. G.. Thanks, I ran prime95 in torture mode for 5 hrs and so far so good. I'll run the memory test programs and cpu tester to confirm. I have already tried the specified Via4in 1 drivers, doesn't make a difference. |
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