Seeking Help with x1650 PRO 512MB AGP

nikz · Jan 9, 2008, 01:55 PM

First of all I'd like to thank in advance to anyone who gives any type of feedback. I appreciate your time.

I just recently got a Powercolor ATI Radeon x1650 PRO 512MB AGP 128-bit GDDR2 for the sole purpose of playing WoW (World of Warcraft). And like everyone else it seems I'm having problems. I installed the most current Driver (7.12) and when I tried to load WoW it blinks a couple times rapidly and says, "World of Warcraft was unable to start up 3D acceleration. Please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date." I do have DirectX 9.0c installed and the most up-to-date driver installed. I also tried using Omegadrivers, XG WarCat, 7.11, 7.10, 7.6. With the 7.6 driver I was able to get onto WoW for about 3 mins. After those glorious 3 mins were up my computer just suddenly froze

. Does anyone know what's going on?

**temeteus82** · Jan 9, 2008, 02:04 PM

Hi there and welcome to DriverHeaven!

It's know that newest Catalyst drivers haves issues with AGP cards. So I would recommend you to test newest Omega drivers it they would work.

Dyre Straits · Jan 9, 2008, 02:04 PM

Greetings and welcome to DriverHeaven,

First of all, there's a known issue with AGP cards at the moment. You would be wise to try drivers based on 6.11 or even as far back as 6.5. If those still give you problems, please report back.

Good luck!

nikz · Jan 9, 2008, 02:14 PM

O_O Wow what quick replies you guys are awesome. Sorry if this is consider as spam but yeah. Wanted to thank both of you.

As of using Omegadrivers newest release, I tried that and it was a no go >.>.

As for going back to 6.11? and 6.5? I'll try that right now.

Once again. Thank you.

nikz · Jan 9, 2008, 02:43 PM

Ok so I downloaded both 6.11 and 6.5 and tried to install them. I got a error saying,

"Setup was unable to find components that can be installed on your current hardware or software configuration. Please make sure you have the required hardware or software."

Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Dyre Straits · Jan 9, 2008, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikz

Ok so I downloaded both 6.11 and 6.5 and tried to install them. I got a error saying,

"Setup was unable to find components that can be installed on your current hardware or software configuration. Please make sure you have the required hardware or software."

Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Yes, you can do a manual driver installation by going into Device Manager, highlight/select the graphics card, choose to Update the driver and then do not let it automatically install drivers. Rather, manually browse to where the 6.11s and/or 6.5s are extracted and choose that driver to install.

Good luck!

nikz · Jan 9, 2008, 03:12 PM

Sorry to be such a pest but. It doesn't seem to allow me to pick 6.11/6.5.

Dyre Straits · Jan 9, 2008, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikz

Sorry to be such a pest but. It doesn't seem to allow me to pick 6.11/6.5.

Are you using XP or Vista? And, with either one, 32 or 64 bit?

nikz · Jan 9, 2008, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

Are you using XP or Vista? And, with either one, 32 or 64 bit?

I'm using XP Pro edition. I'm not to sure if it's 32 or 64. If it's any help I'm still using SP1

Dyre Straits · Jan 9, 2008, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikz

I'm using XP Pro edition. I'm not to sure if it's 32 or 64. If it's any help I'm still using SP1

Well, you really should install SP2. It takes care of a lot of problems and then you'll have loads of other patches to install as well. This could be the very root of the problem here. It's just about imperative that PC users keep their systems updated with Windows Updates and patches. I'm sure there's a lot of other hardware that would be difficult/impossible to install under this condition.

Once you get Windows updated, see if the installation works then. Also, be sure to get the .NET Framework 2.0. It doesn't hurt to get .NET Framework 1.1 but be sure to get the patch for it, too. You'll be prompted about it once 1.1 is installed.

I'll be off for a few hours from now.

Good luck!

nikz · Jan 10, 2008, 02:32 AM

I can't install SP2 because of some issues that I don't even know about. It just won't upgrade. Anyway I got a new some updated info though. I was browsing the web for any type of info and I found out that going back to 7.4 might actually help. So I tried and I received this,

"VPU Recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics driver commands."

Any idea what's going on?

Dyre Straits · Jan 10, 2008, 09:53 AM

There are other issues then with your PC beyond just having problems installing a new video card. If you can't even update to SP2, you're going to continue having problems.

Let's go back to basics now: Give us the rundown on your system specs -- Motherboard; CPU; RAM; etc.

If this were a system of my own, I'd back up any important data and do a format of the HDD and install Windows completely fresh. Then update it to SP2 before doing anything else. There have been many, many improvements made on XP SP2 that will, hopefully, resolve the issues you're having trying to install newer hardware. As it stands, your PC is 'locked in time' to a few years ago and you definitely need to get it up to date.

Good luck!

nikz · Jan 10, 2008, 02:08 PM

Aye, I think you're right. It looks like Im going to have to completely reboot my entire system. Thank you for the help Dyre I appreciate it very much.

nikz · Jan 10, 2008, 07:59 PM

One last thing. When I do reboot and upgrade to SP2, what driver version should I use?

**temeteus82** · Jan 10, 2008, 08:26 PM

try the 7.4 driver after you have installed sp2 and all the updates that you will get from windows update.

nikz · Jan 12, 2008, 11:22 AM

So I reformat and got all the windows update and I installed Catalyst 7.4. But still no progress. I still freeze up when I go on WoW or any 3D game. Any other ideas what's going on?

Dyre Straits · Jan 12, 2008, 11:47 AM

What I asked for above:

CPU?
Motherboard?
RAM?
PSU? (especially, how many Amps on the +12V Rail/s?)

If you're using the official Catalyst drivers with CCC, open it up and go to the Overdrive section. Unlock the Overdrive and keep tabs on the temperatures generated during gaming and 3D applications e.g. benchmarks like 3D Mark 2005/2006, etc.

Now, if you completely formatted the HD, installed Windows brand new, updated it to SP2 with all the updates, you still need to get the latest BIOS and motherboard/Chipset drivers from the motherboard company. That's if you haven't done so already.

And, with the specifications I asked for, how is the RAM setup? Dual Channel? or? and what are the settings in BIOS? Auto or?

Jan 9, 2008, 01:55 PM	#1
nikz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Seeking Help with x1650 PRO 512MB AGP First of all I'd like to thank in advance to anyone who gives any type of feedback. I appreciate your time. I just recently got a Powercolor ATI Radeon x1650 PRO 512MB AGP 128-bit GDDR2 for the sole purpose of playing WoW (World of Warcraft). And like everyone else it seems I'm having problems. I installed the most current Driver (7.12) and when I tried to load WoW it blinks a couple times rapidly and says, "World of Warcraft was unable to start up 3D acceleration. Please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date." I do have DirectX 9.0c installed and the most up-to-date driver installed. I also tried using Omegadrivers, XG WarCat, 7.11, 7.10, 7.6. With the 7.6 driver I was able to get onto WoW for about 3 mins. After those glorious 3 mins were up my computer just suddenly froze. Does anyone know what's going on?

Jan 9, 2008, 02:14 PM	Thread Starter #4
nikz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	O_O Wow what quick replies you guys are awesome. Sorry if this is consider as spam but yeah. Wanted to thank both of you. As of using Omegadrivers newest release, I tried that and it was a no go >.>. As for going back to 6.11? and 6.5? I'll try that right now. Once again. Thank you.

Jan 9, 2008, 02:43 PM	Thread Starter #5
nikz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Ok so I downloaded both 6.11 and 6.5 and tried to install them. I got a error saying, "Setup was unable to find components that can be installed on your current hardware or software configuration. Please make sure you have the required hardware or software." Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Jan 9, 2008, 03:12 PM	Thread Starter #7
nikz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Sorry to be such a pest but. It doesn't seem to allow me to pick 6.11/6.5.

Jan 10, 2008, 02:32 AM	Thread Starter #11
nikz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	I can't install SP2 because of some issues that I don't even know about. It just won't upgrade. Anyway I got a new some updated info though. I was browsing the web for any type of info and I found out that going back to 7.4 might actually help. So I tried and I received this, "VPU Recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics driver commands." Any idea what's going on?

Jan 10, 2008, 02:08 PM	Thread Starter #13
nikz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Aye, I think you're right. It looks like Im going to have to completely reboot my entire system. Thank you for the help Dyre I appreciate it very much.

Jan 10, 2008, 07:59 PM	Thread Starter #14
nikz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	One last thing. When I do reboot and upgrade to SP2, what driver version should I use?

Jan 12, 2008, 11:22 AM	Thread Starter #16
nikz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	So I reformat and got all the windows update and I installed Catalyst 7.4. But still no progress. I still freeze up when I go on WoW or any 3D game. Any other ideas what's going on?