Sapphire X1600 PRO AGP Installation or Driver Issues??

Rugby_Player01 · Oct 31, 2006, 12:43 PM

Hi all,

I am new to this... so I hope I have all the infor you need and I hope someone can help

I have just bought a Sapphire X1600 PRO AGP Graphics cards to replace the Gainward NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra (128 MB) AGP Graphic Card in my computer with the following Spec;

P4 2.4 Processor
2 gig Ram
Norton’s Internet Security 2006
Windows XP Media Centre Edition with SP2 and Net Framework 2.0
Creative Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 Soundcard
Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-T

I have removed the NVIDIA Drivers and have installed the Sapphire graphics card with the drivers from the installation disk… and for some reason it stops the following programs from booting up properly in the system tray and the computer seems to be very slow at boot up;

Window Media Extender Monitor (streaming to the Xbox 360)
Transcode 360 (means you can play all file formats via xbox 360 http://www.runtime360.com/
Nortons Internet Security 2006 Protection Centre
Nortons Internet Security 2006 little sun dial starts up with a red “x” in the corner

I have also tried to remove the drivers and install the following from ysapphire's web site;

Display Driver Catalyst 6.9 Windows XP/2k (Version 6-9_xp-2k_dd_35774)

and the Media Centre Version….

Catalyst 6.9 Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) (incl. all drivers & CCC) (6-9_xp-2k_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_35774)

And I still get the same issues…

Is it NIS 2006 the problem?
Do I need to try a fresh install of media Centre?

If someone could help an idiot (thats me

)... it would be appreciated...

Spyre · Nov 1, 2006, 03:08 PM

Could be a .NET issue, remove the CCC and remove .NET and see if it works then. Other than that its possibly a firewall issue. You need to allow the CCC in the firewall and that could then be stopping other things working if you havent done that.

By the way Transcode 360 doesn't work with the new 360 update yet.

redsolar · Nov 1, 2006, 03:09 PM

Here is where I would start with this one:

1. When the PC is starting up, call up task manager, and see which process is taking up the CPU the most. Post it here

2. If you uninstall the driver, does it solve the problem?

3. Make sure you do use DriverCleaner in between driver swaps. Most of the time it should not be necessary, but I have seen it make miracles on more than one occasion, especially on systems which have not been reinstalled for a while.

The general speculation i have about it - the application in the system tray are not starting up because they are waiting for something else to complete, and we need to figure out what it is. There is a chance it's caused by some application which installed with the drivers from the cd, but it's not necessarily the case, it can potentially be an application conflict too.

WhO_KnOwS · Nov 1, 2006, 06:02 PM

First of all do what redsolar suggested and use DriverCleaner to clean the system of all nVidia drivers. I'd also reccomend you uninstall all ATI software (add/remove programs as well as drivercleaner) and start from scratch.
If that doesn't help I would suggest you try a selective startup and then gradually add startup services to find out which startup service is causing the trouble. Use msconfig to do this (just type "msconfig" in the run dialog)

Oct 31, 2006, 12:43 PM	#1
Rugby_Player01 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ware, Hertfordshire Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Sapphire X1600 PRO AGP Installation or Driver Issues?? Hi all, I am new to this... so I hope I have all the infor you need and I hope someone can help I have just bought a Sapphire X1600 PRO AGP Graphics cards to replace the Gainward NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra (128 MB) AGP Graphic Card in my computer with the following Spec; P4 2.4 Processor 2 gig Ram Norton’s Internet Security 2006 Windows XP Media Centre Edition with SP2 and Net Framework 2.0 Creative Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 Soundcard Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-T I have removed the NVIDIA Drivers and have installed the Sapphire graphics card with the drivers from the installation disk… and for some reason it stops the following programs from booting up properly in the system tray and the computer seems to be very slow at boot up; Window Media Extender Monitor (streaming to the Xbox 360) Transcode 360 (means you can play all file formats via xbox 360 http://www.runtime360.com/ Nortons Internet Security 2006 Protection Centre Nortons Internet Security 2006 little sun dial starts up with a red “x” in the corner I have also tried to remove the drivers and install the following from ysapphire's web site; Display Driver Catalyst 6.9 Windows XP/2k (Version 6-9_xp-2k_dd_35774) and the Media Centre Version…. Catalyst 6.9 Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) (incl. all drivers & CCC) (6-9_xp-2k_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_35774) And I still get the same issues… Is it NIS 2006 the problem? Do I need to try a fresh install of media Centre? If someone could help an idiot (thats me )... it would be appreciated... __________________ Cheers Dickie a.k.a. Rugby_PLayer01 www.BeerandRugby.com Last edited by Zardon; Nov 1, 2006 at 03:01 PM. Reason: text issues

Nov 1, 2006, 03:08 PM	#2
Spyre DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: England Posts: 240 Rep Power: 62	Could be a .NET issue, remove the CCC and remove .NET and see if it works then. Other than that its possibly a firewall issue. You need to allow the CCC in the firewall and that could then be stopping other things working if you havent done that. By the way Transcode 360 doesn't work with the new 360 update yet. __________________ ATI Beta Tester game.AMD.Moderator

Nov 1, 2006, 03:09 PM	#3
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Here is where I would start with this one: 1. When the PC is starting up, call up task manager, and see which process is taking up the CPU the most. Post it here 2. If you uninstall the driver, does it solve the problem? 3. Make sure you do use DriverCleaner in between driver swaps. Most of the time it should not be necessary, but I have seen it make miracles on more than one occasion, especially on systems which have not been reinstalled for a while. The general speculation i have about it - the application in the system tray are not starting up because they are waiting for something else to complete, and we need to figure out what it is. There is a chance it's caused by some application which installed with the drivers from the cd, but it's not necessarily the case, it can potentially be an application conflict too. __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

Nov 1, 2006, 06:02 PM	#4
WhO_KnOwS The Knows Mister Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Slovenia, Europe Posts: 409 Rep Power: 0	First of all do what redsolar suggested and use DriverCleaner to clean the system of all nVidia drivers. I'd also reccomend you uninstall all ATI software (add/remove programs as well as drivercleaner) and start from scratch. If that doesn't help I would suggest you try a selective startup and then gradually add startup services to find out which startup service is causing the trouble. Use msconfig to do this (just type "msconfig" in the run dialog) __________________ How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!