Radeon x700 pro problem

Swedish shark · Jun 14, 2006, 10:49 AM

Hi,

I have big problems with my graphic card. Here is the problem:

When I start a game, in this case World of Warcraft, I get problems. In the start it works pretty ok. I get the login screen, though with a few flickering part of it. I log on and then after about 1 minute it dies. The VPU recovery gives me the message that the graphic card stopped responding to the drivers.

This is my computer:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (L1 128Kb, L2 512kb)
Ram: 512mb DDR400MHz
Motherboard: Abit AV8 VIA (K8T800P-8237)
Graphic card: ATI Radeon X700 Pro, 265MB 8X, AGP
OS: Windows XP Professional. SP 2

This is what I tried and what happend:
I tried to install a variation of diffrent drivers. Including those that came along with card on cd, the latest from ATI, the drivers found on ABITs homepage. Also tried many diffrent from Omega, old as new. But the drivers don't seem to do any diffrence.
Note: I had the card working for a few month without any problems. But I reinstalled my computer, also I have 512 less in ram.

The bios:
In the bios I found a few settings to mix with. Here is what I use:

AGP % P2P Bridge Control

AGP Aparture Size: 128 (I tried 256 without any change)
AGP 3.0 Mode: 8X/Auto (can also be set to 4X)
AGP Driving Control: Auto (can be set to manual)
AGP Fast Write: Disabled
AGP Master 1 WS Write: Disabled
AGP Master 1 WS Read: Disabled
AGP 3.0 Calibration Cycle: Enabled
DBI Output for AGP Tran: Auto

Is there any other settings I should pay attention to?

The big question is why this error come. The things I changed since it worked is: Less ram, and I havn't been able to use Windows update, so I downloaded SP 2 from Windows homepage.

I would be most thankful for any help in this matter as I been trying to get this to work for 3 workdays without any results.

Swedish shark · Jun 14, 2006, 01:29 PM

I found it !

After 3 days, from 10 am to 1 am, I finally found out the problem.

The problem was that bios didn't let the program change in AGP write/read. When I put write/read into disable in bios, the catalyst still had it on enabled. This caused the game to crash. So what I did was to set write/read to enable in bios. Install drivers + catalyst. Then set it to disable in catlyst, reboot and in bios set it into disabled before starting windows again. Perhaps something for dev to look into

As I see it, catalyst (latest version) could't get the info about how my bios had its AGP read/write set. I spotted fast write, but not AGP write/read.

Jun 14, 2006, 10:49 AM	#1
Swedish shark DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Radeon x700 pro problem Hi, I have big problems with my graphic card. Here is the problem: When I start a game, in this case World of Warcraft, I get problems. In the start it works pretty ok. I get the login screen, though with a few flickering part of it. I log on and then after about 1 minute it dies. The VPU recovery gives me the message that the graphic card stopped responding to the drivers. This is my computer: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (L1 128Kb, L2 512kb) Ram: 512mb DDR400MHz Motherboard: Abit AV8 VIA (K8T800P-8237) Graphic card: ATI Radeon X700 Pro, 265MB 8X, AGP OS: Windows XP Professional. SP 2 This is what I tried and what happend: I tried to install a variation of diffrent drivers. Including those that came along with card on cd, the latest from ATI, the drivers found on ABITs homepage. Also tried many diffrent from Omega, old as new. But the drivers don't seem to do any diffrence. Note: I had the card working for a few month without any problems. But I reinstalled my computer, also I have 512 less in ram. The bios: In the bios I found a few settings to mix with. Here is what I use: AGP % P2P Bridge Control AGP Aparture Size: 128 (I tried 256 without any change) AGP 3.0 Mode: 8X/Auto (can also be set to 4X) AGP Driving Control: Auto (can be set to manual) AGP Fast Write: Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write: Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read: Disabled AGP 3.0 Calibration Cycle: Enabled DBI Output for AGP Tran: Auto Is there any other settings I should pay attention to? The big question is why this error come. The things I changed since it worked is: Less ram, and I havn't been able to use Windows update, so I downloaded SP 2 from Windows homepage. I would be most thankful for any help in this matter as I been trying to get this to work for 3 workdays without any results.

Jun 14, 2006, 01:29 PM	Thread Starter #2
Swedish shark DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I found it ! After 3 days, from 10 am to 1 am, I finally found out the problem. The problem was that bios didn't let the program change in AGP write/read. When I put write/read into disable in bios, the catalyst still had it on enabled. This caused the game to crash. So what I did was to set write/read to enable in bios. Install drivers + catalyst. Then set it to disable in catlyst, reboot and in bios set it into disabled before starting windows again. Perhaps something for dev to look into As I see it, catalyst (latest version) could't get the info about how my bios had its AGP read/write set. I spotted fast write, but not AGP write/read.