Problem with ATI Radeon 9700 card

LoStRe · Mar 22, 2003, 08:41 AM

I am new 2 this forum and to ATI cards so i just wanted to ask something...
here it goes

I had a GF2MX card.I removed nvidia drivers took and installed my Radeon Card with Catalyst 3.1 drivers but it seem to freeze while in windows and watching movies(divx) and in Warcraft III, in warcraft iii it freezes for good need to reboot. I was thinking that it my be better to format my PC and do a clean installation of Win2k, but I was thinking maybe I could find another way.
Would the nvidia drivers i had on the PC be causing a conflict with the ATI drivers, maybe in the registry or somewhere(note*i have unistalled nvidia drivers from control Panel).

I really would like not to have to do a clean installation.

If anyone knows....plz help me!

PC Specs:
AMD Athlon 1.400
GIGABYTE 7VAXP (Supporting AGP8x DDR400+)
512MB 266DDR Ram
ATI RADEON 9700

Thnx in advance!

toddsmack2k · Mar 22, 2003, 08:57 AM

Download this . It is a driver cleaner made by spike here on DH. It should remove all old Nvidia files and reg entries. If that doesnt work then you might try to run it and remove all the ati files and then re-install them.

Welcome to DH LoStRe

LoStRe · Mar 22, 2003, 09:02 AM

thnx man!!

I will try it when I get home. Right now I'm at work! Thnx a bundle

toddsmack2k · Mar 22, 2003, 09:03 AM

anytime there is losts of great info here for everything so when ya get time come on back

shuki · Mar 22, 2003, 09:16 AM

and to answer your question of whether or not nvidia entries in reg or windows or elsewhere could be interfereing with new ATI card.... absolutely! GPU is critical hardware ingredient and IMO, well worthy of its very own clean OS isntall

And lostre...... WELCOME!

LoStRe · Mar 22, 2003, 09:27 AM

shuki : I know i usually always do a clean install but now i got a lot of files to backup and nowhere to back them up!

(backup ~40GB) I am planning on a clean install but not just now! Thnx a lot again!

LoStRe · Mar 23, 2003, 10:48 PM

Tryed nearly everything...
What exactly happens is that when i watch any sort of video (DVD, divx) the picture and sound freezes for a second or two and then continues on. I tested 4 games and 2 of them freezed totally after 3-5 minutes.
The ones that froze where Warcraft III and GTA3(Grand Theft Auto3), the other ones where Quake III and C&C:Generals.

Now I have tryed nearly everything(haven't done format though). I was looking for conficts. They only thing i could see was Sharing of my ISDN Adapter with my Radeon so i disabled it just in case that was the problem, unfortunately it wasn't. I am thinking maybe some other device drivers are bringing this problem.

My PC consists of :

AMD Athlon 1.400
Gigabyte GA-7VAXP
512MB Kingston 266DDR
ATI Radeon 9700 Bulk
SoundBlaster Live! Player
Safeway ISDN PCI adapter

If anyone could help!

Zardon · Mar 23, 2003, 11:00 PM

whats your PSU?

LoStRe · Mar 23, 2003, 11:08 PM

PSU?!? soz i don't understand what u mean exactly!

Zardon · Mar 23, 2003, 11:16 PM

sorry, your power supply, (PSU).

the 9700 pro needs a good line feed to keep stable performance.

can you quote your voltages from a program like motherboard monitor 5?

LoStRe · Mar 23, 2003, 11:26 PM

Well I got a 350w power supply. I will download the program and tell you when i can because right now I am at work!
I never thought that would bring a problem. Well I have a DVD-ROM, CD-RW, 1 HDD, PCI ISDN modem,radeon, and soundblaster live! 5.1 .

Thnx!

LoStRe · Mar 24, 2003, 12:50 AM

I just saw there was an update for my Bios, it doesn't say anything about if the mobo has probs with radeon but i will update it anyway. Looking for other updates on the other devices I got on the PC.
maybe there is some prob with AGP8x and AGP Fast Writes, dunno. I tell once I find out.
Thnx for all the help guys

LoStRe · Mar 24, 2003, 11:28 PM

Well i upgraded my bios...but still the same. The only difference was that it took a little bit longer to freeze in warcraft.
Then after looking @ rage3d.com forums I saw some issues which would cause the PC to crash. After updating my SB Live! 5.1 drivers I changed AGP 8x to 4x from smartgrap(something like that don't remember exactly:P ) Everything seems to work fine, but one problem still remains...When watching videos it picture and sound freezes occasionaly. I got Catalyst Latest drivers 3.2 . Now i saw iswell that changing the AGP voltage could help iswell but I have never tampered with voltages before.

Voltage in MotherBoard Monitor 5
Core 0 / 1.92 V
Core 1 / 1.22 V
+3.3 / 3.15 V
+5.00 / 4.75 V
+12.0V / 12.91V
-12.0V / -6.88V

wkw7889 · Mar 27, 2003, 07:10 AM

Check those driver installation guides. All I did was... Uninstall Nvidia driver... clear registry... Install Radeon, install Catalyst then it works!

LoStRe · Mar 27, 2003, 03:13 PM

When I am planning on getting a new HDD next week so I will be able to backup and do a clean install!!

Thnx 4 all your help!

LoStRe · Apr 4, 2003, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Voltage in MotherBoard Monitor 5
Core 0 / 1.92 V
Core 1 / 1.22 V
+3.3 / 3.15 V
+5.00 / 4.75 V
+12.0V / 12.91V
-12.0V / -6.88V [/B]

Just noticed something here....lol(little bit late:P ) The +12.0V / 12.91V that means I am using more than I have?!?

Below 30 · Apr 7, 2003, 06:16 PM

[COLOR=orange]People I cant stress enough, the most important thing to have in any computer setup is a Raid controller. Raid set to 1 for mirroring (auto backup), this way anytime you need to clean install OS you are already backed up. Raid should already be an industry standard on all Motherboards, its inexpensive and invaluable.[/COLOR]

shuki · Apr 7, 2003, 06:49 PM

not to go off topic here and completely highjack the thread but... I totally disagree on the RAID thing. To me its just a waste to have double drives. Now raid ran 0 maybe but defintely not 1. Just invest in a simple disk image program and be back to a fresh install from image in about 15 minutes!! anyhow, just my $.02...

Mar 22, 2003, 08:41 AM	#1
LoStRe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Problem with ATI Radeon 9700 card I am new 2 this forum and to ATI cards so i just wanted to ask something... here it goes I had a GF2MX card.I removed nvidia drivers took and installed my Radeon Card with Catalyst 3.1 drivers but it seem to freeze while in windows and watching movies(divx) and in Warcraft III, in warcraft iii it freezes for good need to reboot. I was thinking that it my be better to format my PC and do a clean installation of Win2k, but I was thinking maybe I could find another way. Would the nvidia drivers i had on the PC be causing a conflict with the ATI drivers, maybe in the registry or somewhere(note*i have unistalled nvidia drivers from control Panel). I really would like not to have to do a clean installation. If anyone knows....plz help me! PC Specs: AMD Athlon 1.400 GIGABYTE 7VAXP (Supporting AGP8x DDR400+) 512MB 266DDR Ram ATI RADEON 9700 Thnx in advance! __________________ i win y0 ^^

Mar 22, 2003, 08:57 AM	#2
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	Download this . It is a driver cleaner made by spike here on DH. It should remove all old Nvidia files and reg entries. If that doesnt work then you might try to run it and remove all the ati files and then re-install them. Welcome to DH LoStRe __________________ [color=blue]*Bleeding From the Inside Pouring Out, The* *DriverHeaven* Spiral, We Shall Never Let Go Of.[/color]

Mar 22, 2003, 09:02 AM	Thread Starter #3
LoStRe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	thnx man!! I will try it when I get home. Right now I'm at work! Thnx a bundle __________________ i win y0 ^^

Mar 22, 2003, 09:03 AM	#4
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	anytime there is losts of great info here for everything so when ya get time come on back __________________ [color=blue]*Bleeding From the Inside Pouring Out, The* *DriverHeaven* Spiral, We Shall Never Let Go Of.[/color]

Mar 22, 2003, 09:27 AM	Thread Starter #6
LoStRe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	shuki : I know i usually always do a clean install but now i got a lot of files to backup and nowhere to back them up! (backup ~40GB) I am planning on a clean install but not just now! Thnx a lot again! __________________ i win y0 ^^

Mar 22, 2003, 09:16 AM	#5
shuki DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: in the hidden place Posts: 1,975 Rep Power: 0	and to answer your question of whether or not nvidia entries in reg or windows or elsewhere could be interfereing with new ATI card.... absolutely! GPU is critical hardware ingredient and IMO, well worthy of its very own clean OS isntall And lostre...... WELCOME!

Mar 23, 2003, 10:48 PM	Thread Starter #7
LoStRe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Tryed nearly everything... What exactly happens is that when i watch any sort of video (DVD, divx) the picture and sound freezes for a second or two and then continues on. I tested 4 games and 2 of them freezed totally after 3-5 minutes. The ones that froze where Warcraft III and GTA3(Grand Theft Auto3), the other ones where Quake III and C&C:Generals. Now I have tryed nearly everything(haven't done format though). I was looking for conficts. They only thing i could see was Sharing of my ISDN Adapter with my Radeon so i disabled it just in case that was the problem, unfortunately it wasn't. I am thinking maybe some other device drivers are bringing this problem. My PC consists of : AMD Athlon 1.400 Gigabyte GA-7VAXP 512MB Kingston 266DDR ATI Radeon 9700 Bulk SoundBlaster Live! Player Safeway ISDN PCI adapter If anyone could help! __________________ i win y0 ^^

Mar 23, 2003, 11:00 PM	#8
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	whats your PSU?

Mar 23, 2003, 11:08 PM	Thread Starter #9
LoStRe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	PSU?!? soz i don't understand what u mean exactly! __________________ i win y0 ^^

Mar 23, 2003, 11:16 PM	#10
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	sorry, your power supply, (PSU). the 9700 pro needs a good line feed to keep stable performance. can you quote your voltages from a program like motherboard monitor 5?

Mar 23, 2003, 11:26 PM	Thread Starter #11
LoStRe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Well I got a 350w power supply. I will download the program and tell you when i can because right now I am at work! I never thought that would bring a problem. Well I have a DVD-ROM, CD-RW, 1 HDD, PCI ISDN modem,radeon, and soundblaster live! 5.1 . Thnx! __________________ i win y0 ^^

Mar 24, 2003, 12:50 AM	Thread Starter #12
LoStRe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	I just saw there was an update for my Bios, it doesn't say anything about if the mobo has probs with radeon but i will update it anyway. Looking for other updates on the other devices I got on the PC. maybe there is some prob with AGP8x and AGP Fast Writes, dunno. I tell once I find out. Thnx for all the help guys __________________ i win y0 ^^

Mar 24, 2003, 11:28 PM	Thread Starter #13
LoStRe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Well i upgraded my bios...but still the same. The only difference was that it took a little bit longer to freeze in warcraft. Then after looking @ rage3d.com forums I saw some issues which would cause the PC to crash. After updating my SB Live! 5.1 drivers I changed AGP 8x to 4x from smartgrap(something like that don't remember exactly:P ) Everything seems to work fine, but one problem still remains...When watching videos it picture and sound freezes occasionaly. I got Catalyst Latest drivers 3.2 . Now i saw iswell that changing the AGP voltage could help iswell but I have never tampered with voltages before. Voltage in MotherBoard Monitor 5 Core 0 / 1.92 V Core 1 / 1.22 V +3.3 / 3.15 V +5.00 / 4.75 V +12.0V / 12.91V -12.0V / -6.88V __________________ i win y0 ^^

Mar 27, 2003, 07:10 AM	#14
wkw7889 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	Check those driver installation guides. All I did was... Uninstall Nvidia driver... clear registry... Install Radeon, install Catalyst then it works!

Mar 27, 2003, 03:13 PM	Thread Starter #15
LoStRe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	When I am planning on getting a new HDD next week so I will be able to backup and do a clean install!! Thnx 4 all your help! __________________ i win y0 ^^

Apr 7, 2003, 06:16 PM	#17
Below 30 Video Games Fo Life Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Region of Peel, Ontario, Canada Posts: 109 Rep Power: 0	[COLOR=orange]People I cant stress enough, the most important thing to have in any computer setup is a Raid controller. Raid set to 1 for mirroring (auto backup), this way anytime you need to clean install OS you are already backed up. Raid should already be an industry standard on all Motherboards, its inexpensive and invaluable.[/COLOR] __________________ [color=yellow][color=#ff1493]When Skills Ruled [/color][/color]

Apr 7, 2003, 06:49 PM	#18
shuki DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: in the hidden place Posts: 1,975 Rep Power: 0	not to go off topic here and completely highjack the thread but... I totally disagree on the RAID thing. To me its just a waste to have double drives. Now raid ran 0 maybe but defintely not 1. Just invest in a simple disk image program and be back to a fresh install from image in about 15 minutes!! anyhow, just my $.02...