Radeon x1950 Pro AGP/Win 7 - keeps freezing

romeotech · Oct 25, 2009, 05:02 PM

Hey guys, I installed Windows 7 on a seperate HDD and the install went fine.
After some time of use, everything just freezes. I am attributing this to my videocard as ATI says this is a legacy device and not supported. Win7 installed some driver (version 8.5) and the freezing continues. I've tried installing the 9.3 catalyst package for win7 beta and the latest legacy driver package (9.8 for vista) but to no avail. I've tried forcing the display driver install and when I check the driver properties, it still says 8.5.

I'm not sure what else to do, back on XP on my main HDD where everything works fine. I checked catalyst and the 8.5 refers to the graphic package. On XP it shows the Catalyst version as 09.3.

Any ideas?

xProg · Oct 25, 2009, 06:42 PM

Hi,

uninstall the driver with ATI Install Manager then reboot the computer and enter safe mode and clean the driver with DriverCleaner.NET, restart in normal mode and install the Catalyst 9.9.

LoserDave · Oct 25, 2009, 09:39 PM

Possibly.
Windows 7 is lowering the fan speed to conserve power.
Your card is simply overheating.
Make sure EPU is disabled.

romeotech · Nov 8, 2009, 11:41 AM

I am unable to install Catalyst 9.9 as I get an error during installation. How do I disable EPU? Nothing is working so far, like 5minutes ago I was on Win7, hit the link for this forum and it froze. Back to XP in the meantime.

ET3D · Nov 8, 2009, 12:07 PM

You won't be able to install 9.9. Legacy 9.8 is currently the latest. Legacy 9.11 should come out this month. You might want to watch out for it.

I'd suggest to try to use your Win7 install without an ATI driver at all, to see if you're getting freezes without it, just to make sure it's indeed the card that's to blame.

xProg · Nov 8, 2009, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ET3D

You won't be able to install 9.9. Legacy 9.8 is currently the latest.

You're wrong. Legacy versions are 9.3, 9.6, 9.9 and 9.12(not released)

Oct 25, 2009, 05:02 PM	#1
romeotech DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	Radeon x1950 Pro AGP/Win 7 - keeps freezing Hey guys, I installed Windows 7 on a seperate HDD and the install went fine. After some time of use, everything just freezes. I am attributing this to my videocard as ATI says this is a legacy device and not supported. Win7 installed some driver (version 8.5) and the freezing continues. I've tried installing the 9.3 catalyst package for win7 beta and the latest legacy driver package (9.8 for vista) but to no avail. I've tried forcing the display driver install and when I check the driver properties, it still says 8.5. I'm not sure what else to do, back on XP on my main HDD where everything works fine. I checked catalyst and the 8.5 refers to the graphic package. On XP it shows the Catalyst version as 09.3. Any ideas? __________________ Alienware Area-51 \| ASROCK 4CoreDual-SATA2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E4500\| 2GB RAM \| Sapphire Radeon X1950 PRO 512MB GDDR3 \| Soundblaster Audigy 2 6.1 \| Enermax Liberty 620 Watt Power Supply

Oct 25, 2009, 06:42 PM	#2
xProg Beatmaker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Moldova, Chisinau Posts: 301 Rep Power: 31 System Specs	Re: Radeon x1950 Pro AGP/Win 7 - keeps freezing Hi, uninstall the driver with ATI Install Manager then reboot the computer and enter safe mode and clean the driver with DriverCleaner.NET, restart in normal mode and install the Catalyst 9.9. __________________ ¿ pɐǝɥ pǝuǝʞɹɐǝɥ ɥʇıʍ pɹıq ɐ ǝʞıl ƃuıʞool noʎ ǝɹɐ ʇɐɥM

Oct 25, 2009, 09:39 PM	#3
LoserDave DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Re: Radeon x1950 Pro AGP/Win 7 - keeps freezing Possibly. Windows 7 is lowering the fan speed to conserve power. Your card is simply overheating. Make sure EPU is disabled.

Nov 8, 2009, 11:41 AM	Thread Starter #4
romeotech DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	Re: Radeon x1950 Pro AGP/Win 7 - keeps freezing I am unable to install Catalyst 9.9 as I get an error during installation. How do I disable EPU? Nothing is working so far, like 5minutes ago I was on Win7, hit the link for this forum and it froze. Back to XP in the meantime. __________________ Alienware Area-51 \| ASROCK 4CoreDual-SATA2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E4500\| 2GB RAM \| Sapphire Radeon X1950 PRO 512MB GDDR3 \| Soundblaster Audigy 2 6.1 \| Enermax Liberty 620 Watt Power Supply

Nov 8, 2009, 12:07 PM	#5
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,057 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	Re: Radeon x1950 Pro AGP/Win 7 - keeps freezing You won't be able to install 9.9. Legacy 9.8 is currently the latest. Legacy 9.11 should come out this month. You might want to watch out for it. I'd suggest to try to use your Win7 install without an ATI driver at all, to see if you're getting freezes without it, just to make sure it's indeed the card that's to blame.