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Radeon 9700 Pro and Asus A8V. Keeps rebooting or locking up
I upgraded my system to an Athlon 64 3500+ on an Asus A8V.
However when I use my Radeon 9700 Pro is crashes,locks up the PC or reboots. However it works fine with a GeForce 4 MX 440. I tried the Radeon 9700 in my original motherboard (Asus A7V266-E) and it works fine. Anyone know how to fix this or are these cards incompatible with this board? |
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"David Travers" wrote in message ... I upgraded my system to an Athlon 64 3500+ on an Asus A8V. However when I use my Radeon 9700 Pro is crashes,locks up the PC or reboots. However it works fine with a GeForce 4 MX 440. I tried the Radeon 9700 in my original motherboard (Asus A7V266-E) and it works fine. Anyone know how to fix this or are these cards incompatible with this board? Did you use the latest drivers from www.atitech.ca? Did you install the latest BIOS for your motherboard? Does the system work fine until you try to run a a game or something? --- Kevin Chalker, Owner KC COMPUTERS E-mail: Web: www.kc-computers.com Internet dealer for 13+ years!!! See WWW.RESELLERRATINGS.COM!!! |
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"David Travers" wrote in message ... I upgraded my system to an Athlon 64 3500+ on an Asus A8V. However when I use my Radeon 9700 Pro is crashes,locks up the PC or reboots. However it works fine with a GeForce 4 MX 440. I tried the Radeon 9700 in my original motherboard (Asus A7V266-E) and it works fine. Anyone know how to fix this or are these cards incompatible with this board? I would try the Omega drivers first. Maybe an older version also if the current causes probs! |
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In article , "David Travers"
wrote: I upgraded my system to an Athlon 64 3500+ on an Asus A8V. However when I use my Radeon 9700 Pro is crashes,locks up the PC or reboots. However it works fine with a GeForce 4 MX 440. I tried the Radeon 9700 in my original motherboard (Asus A7V266-E) and it works fine. Anyone know how to fix this or are these cards incompatible with this board? The first release of printed circuit boards for the 9700 had an issue. That is why many Asus manuals contain this warning: "If installing the ATI ® 9500 or 9700 Pro Series VGA cards, use only the card version PN xxx-xxxxx-30 or later, for optimum performance and overclocking stability." And before you panic, if the digits on the end are -00, apparently that stands for "100", or at least a later version than the defective one. Here is where to check on your card. This link should give you a picture of the front side of a 9700 card. The P/N is upper left hand corner, near the top edge of the card. I think it is written in white letters and is part of the silk screen layer on the board. http://abxzone.com/forums/attachment...achmentid=3702 I found this info here. After reading a number of threads on Abxzone, it seems there is a lot of finger pointing, and if you phone up ATI, they'll tell you this Asus warning is crap. But, who are you to believe ? http://abxzone.com/forums/showthread...t=xxx-xxxxx-30 There are also warnings on Abxzone, to check that your power supply can supply enough current for this combo. The A8V uses +12V for the processor, so I'd want at least a 15 amp rating on the +12V rail, and preferably a bit more. That is printed on a label on your power supply. The other rails are usually less of an issue. Only an AthlonXP board leans heavily on the +5V rail, and not so much on the +12V, but Athlon64 and P4 boards like to use the +12V. This site contains a power supply calculator, and it exaggerates the power consumption of some components. If you believe the answer you get here, your motherboard will never run out of power :-) http://takaman.jp/D/?english HTH, Paul |
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The code is PN 109-94200-11
Does this mean I have a defective board? Why does it only cuase problems on the new motehrboard and not the older board? |
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In article , "David Travers"
wrote: The code is PN 109-94200-11 Does this mean I have a defective board? Why does it only cuase problems on the new motehrboard and not the older board? I don't remember all the details, but a thread like this indicates it is hit or miss with the different motherboards. This thread is long and I didn't read the whole thing. http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthre...eadid=33634403 If you phone ATI support, they may disavow all knowledge of the issues, or blame it all on the motherboards, so gather up as much info as you can from the Internet before you call. Some threads I read, suggested disabling fast write or running at 4X, but with the damn SmartGART code in the driver, the user loses control over those, unless you can boot the machine far enough, to set the options in the SmartGART tab. I don't know if ATI have changed their approach to this in later drivers or not. On motherboards where you can set the AGP speed in the BIOS, SmartGART will ignore the BIOS setting, and run at AGP 8X, if you let it. As long as booting is not a problem, and your issues don't happen to frequently, you might be able to configure the SmartGART tab as you like, and maybe the settings will stick. It could be that the AGP rate is slower on your A7V266-E, and that is why the ugly issues never raised their heads. Here is a lighthearted opinion from theinquirer: http://theinquirer.net/?article=6207 "Quite a few reports on quite a few fora have suggested that Radeon 9700 Pro cards conflict with quite a few chipsets." Good luck (you'll need it), Paul P.S. The 6600GT-AGP version could be a good deal :-) There are PCI-E (native) and AGP (bridged) video cards, and so far only a few brands of the latter. |
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Note I dropped the AGP setting from 8X to 4X in the BIOS and now it seems to
be working OK (touch wood). Must be a problem with the card not getting enough power at 8X. Didn't notice much of a performance loss in Far Cry or Doom 3 "David Travers" wrote in message ... I upgraded my system to an Athlon 64 3500+ on an Asus A8V. However when I use my Radeon 9700 Pro is crashes,locks up the PC or reboots. However it works fine with a GeForce 4 MX 440. I tried the Radeon 9700 in my original motherboard (Asus A7V266-E) and it works fine. Anyone know how to fix this or are these cards incompatible with this board? |
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