Radeon 9800 Pro crashing/glitching in source games.

Metal Massacre · Mar 15, 2006, 05:33 PM

First here are my specs I have:

AMD64 3200+ CPU
Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb
2 gigs corsair RAM
Creative SB Audigy 2
ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 Socket 939 ULi M1695 ATX AMD Motherboard
2 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD4000KD 400GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
1 Western Digital 80 GIG HD

Now I recently upgraded my computer and it runs really good, I installed the new omega drivers (which work great btw) I do get two errors upon install though: Registry Editor
Cannot import C:\Program: error opening the file. There may be a disk or file system error.

Cannot import Files\Radeon: Error opening the file. THere may be a disk or file system error.

Cannot import Omega: Error opening the file. There may be a disk or file system error.

Cannot import Driver\v3.8.221\ATT_Prof.reg: Error opening the file. There may be a disk or file system error.

Now the problem in game that I get especially in CS:S and DOD:S:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1..._aztec0002.jpg

In DOD:S I also get some graphical errors that I haven't had a chance to get a screenshot of. The litle particles aren't too bad since they don't affect gameplay, the big issue comes in where suddenly tthe screen will randomly flicker. Like the game will freeze up screen goes black then it comes back and I'm getting shot at. Then it'll just suddenly decide to freezeup all the together so bad that I have to manually restart. Now I've updated various drivers and rolledback to the last working drivers I've had and nothing seems to work. I'm trying installing the Omegas with Fastwrite on again but that hasn't worked before, however before I didn't have my motherboards AGP drivers updated. Now so far my friends and I think it could be a few issues one of which is the card is overheating, or there's some driver issue going on. I'm pretty much resolved that I'll have to get a new vid card....which I really really don't want to do at the oment since I'm low on cash. So I figured I'd come here to see if any of you can help me. I hope I've given enough information and I'm being clear about my problem.

Rasta Monsta · Mar 15, 2006, 06:09 PM

I would try using ATi Cat 6.3 drivers, and see if the problem persists. You could also try to redownload the Omegas and install them from a different location...it sounds like you are experiencing a disk error or corrupted download.

rasta

Metal Massacre · Mar 15, 2006, 06:17 PM

I should've mentioend this but I tried using the official Ati drivers and they didn't help me out anymore same particles and same crashing problems as well as a decreased performance. I will re-download the omega drivers though. It didn't even occur to me that they might be corrupt.

Rasta Monsta · Mar 15, 2006, 06:41 PM

Here is another suggestion. . .check your heatsink and fan on your card. I had a 9800 Pro cooler fall completely off once. Also check that the fan is spinning freely and silently. It is also worth it, IMO, to remove the stock heatsink, clean the GPU, apply Arctic Silver, and reinstall it. They use some real crap at the factory on older cards.

rasta

Metal Massacre · Mar 15, 2006, 07:08 PM

I tried re-downloading and reinstalling the drivers and I still got the same errors upon installing them. Checking the fan anda ll that and applying Arctic silver is a weeee bit out of my league. I have a computer guy that should be here semi-soon so I should be able to get him to help me with it.

Metal Massacre · Mar 15, 2006, 07:09 PM

Well sometime this week and he should be able to help me check the fan and all that. Until then I'm still open to suggestions.

JRosenfeld · Mar 16, 2006, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metal Massacre

First here are my specs I have:

I installed the new omega drivers (which work great btw) I do get two errors upon install though: Registry Editor
Cannot import C:\Program: error opening the file. There may be a disk or file system error.

Cannot import Files\Radeon: Error opening the file. THere may be a disk or file system error.

Cannot import Omega: Error opening the file. There may be a disk or file system error.

Cannot import Driver\v3.8.221\ATT_Prof.reg: Error opening the file. There may be a disk or file system error.

Looks like at some point in the install code there is a command to import the contents of ATT_Prof.reg into the registry, but that the "" were omitted in the line import "C:\program files\Radeon Omega Driver\v3.8.221\ATT_Prof.reg"

When there are spaces in the path name "" are needed, otherwise it tries each bit of the path and gives the errors you got..

It would seem therefore that ATT_Prof.reg was not merged to the registry during the install.

You could look for that file and double click on it which will merge its contents to the registry

Metal Massacre · Mar 16, 2006, 02:07 AM

Well I did that and it added it's value to the registry, that should be one less error...should I try reinstallign the omega drivers again?

H3X4D3C1M4L · Mar 16, 2006, 05:08 PM

Try switching the sound card's PCI slot

Metal Massacre · Mar 17, 2006, 01:26 AM

Um....pardon me but how does that help?

H3X4D3C1M4L · Mar 17, 2006, 01:27 AM

Changes the IRQ it uses and such.... it worked for me, my HL2 is stable now

Metal Massacre · Mar 17, 2006, 01:32 AM

Hmm....I'll give that a try, how difficult is it to do that sort of thing? The most compliated I've done to my computer is put new RAM in it. It's not that difficult to change the sound card slot right?

Metal Massacre · Mar 17, 2006, 03:03 AM

Well I tried that and that didn't do anything either. And while I was in there I looked at the video card it was clean the fan was clear so yah.....I think I am going to have to get a new card :-\

Metal Massacre · Mar 28, 2006, 06:26 AM

I hate to bump this up but I've found another new evelopment, my computer has been randomly fereezing on it's own. Now I don't know why it's happening but I checked the event viewer/system log and it showed this:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 3/27/2006
Time: 9:20:20 PM
User: N/A
Computer: WINDOWS2K
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
atitray

This error seems to come up very frequently as well.

Metal Massacre · Mar 28, 2006, 07:03 AM

Oh and this happened when I tried playing CS:S it crashed and this was logged into the event viewer

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 3/27/2006
Time: 9:33:44 PM
User: N/A
Computer: WINDOWS2K
Description:
The atitray service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the path specified.

Metal Massacre · Mar 28, 2006, 07:13 AM

Hmm my buddy says I should reinstall windows since I seem to have some serious issues going on with this.

Mar 15, 2006, 05:33 PM	#1
Metal Massacre DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Radeon 9800 Pro crashing/glitching in source games. First here are my specs I have: AMD64 3200+ CPU Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb 2 gigs corsair RAM Creative SB Audigy 2 ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 Socket 939 ULi M1695 ATX AMD Motherboard 2 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD4000KD 400GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM 1 Western Digital 80 GIG HD Now I recently upgraded my computer and it runs really good, I installed the new omega drivers (which work great btw) I do get two errors upon install though: Registry Editor Cannot import C:\Program: error opening the file. There may be a disk or file system error. Cannot import Files\Radeon: Error opening the file. THere may be a disk or file system error. Cannot import Omega: Error opening the file. There may be a disk or file system error. Cannot import Driver\v3.8.221\ATT_Prof.reg: Error opening the file. There may be a disk or file system error. Now the problem in game that I get especially in CS:S and DOD:S: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1..._aztec0002.jpg In DOD:S I also get some graphical errors that I haven't had a chance to get a screenshot of. The litle particles aren't too bad since they don't affect gameplay, the big issue comes in where suddenly tthe screen will randomly flicker. Like the game will freeze up screen goes black then it comes back and I'm getting shot at. Then it'll just suddenly decide to freezeup all the together so bad that I have to manually restart. Now I've updated various drivers and rolledback to the last working drivers I've had and nothing seems to work. I'm trying installing the Omegas with Fastwrite on again but that hasn't worked before, however before I didn't have my motherboards AGP drivers updated. Now so far my friends and I think it could be a few issues one of which is the card is overheating, or there's some driver issue going on. I'm pretty much resolved that I'll have to get a new vid card....which I really really don't want to do at the oment since I'm low on cash. So I figured I'd come here to see if any of you can help me. I hope I've given enough information and I'm being clear about my problem.

Mar 15, 2006, 06:17 PM	Thread Starter #3
Metal Massacre DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	I should've mentioend this but I tried using the official Ati drivers and they didn't help me out anymore same particles and same crashing problems as well as a decreased performance. I will re-download the omega drivers though. It didn't even occur to me that they might be corrupt.

Mar 15, 2006, 07:08 PM	Thread Starter #5
Metal Massacre DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	I tried re-downloading and reinstalling the drivers and I still got the same errors upon installing them. Checking the fan anda ll that and applying Arctic silver is a weeee bit out of my league. I have a computer guy that should be here semi-soon so I should be able to get him to help me with it.

Mar 15, 2006, 07:09 PM	Thread Starter #6
Metal Massacre DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Well sometime this week and he should be able to help me check the fan and all that. Until then I'm still open to suggestions.

Mar 16, 2006, 02:07 AM	Thread Starter #8
Metal Massacre DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Well I did that and it added it's value to the registry, that should be one less error...should I try reinstallign the omega drivers again?

Mar 16, 2006, 05:08 PM	#9
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Try switching the sound card's PCI slot

Mar 17, 2006, 01:26 AM	Thread Starter #10
Metal Massacre DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Um....pardon me but how does that help?

Mar 17, 2006, 01:27 AM	#11
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Changes the IRQ it uses and such.... it worked for me, my HL2 is stable now

Mar 17, 2006, 01:32 AM	Thread Starter #12
Metal Massacre DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Hmm....I'll give that a try, how difficult is it to do that sort of thing? The most compliated I've done to my computer is put new RAM in it. It's not that difficult to change the sound card slot right?

Mar 17, 2006, 03:03 AM	Thread Starter #13
Metal Massacre DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Well I tried that and that didn't do anything either. And while I was in there I looked at the video card it was clean the fan was clear so yah.....I think I am going to have to get a new card :-\

Mar 28, 2006, 06:26 AM	Thread Starter #14
Metal Massacre DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	I hate to bump this up but I've found another new evelopment, my computer has been randomly fereezing on it's own. Now I don't know why it's happening but I checked the event viewer/system log and it showed this: Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7026 Date: 3/27/2006 Time: 9:20:20 PM User: N/A Computer: WINDOWS2K Description: The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: atitray This error seems to come up very frequently as well.

Mar 28, 2006, 07:03 AM	Thread Starter #15
Metal Massacre DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Oh and this happened when I tried playing CS:S it crashed and this was logged into the event viewer Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7000 Date: 3/27/2006 Time: 9:33:44 PM User: N/A Computer: WINDOWS2K Description: The atitray service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the path specified.

Mar 28, 2006, 07:13 AM	Thread Starter #16
Metal Massacre DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Hmm my buddy says I should reinstall windows since I seem to have some serious issues going on with this.