Chipset and Video card do not like each other

@/2ct!< · Sep 11, 2005, 08:13 AM

I just got my RMA back from my broken x800xt, and now it seems to work 90% of the time. The problem occurs when I try and install the nforce 3 GART drivers. If I install stated drivers, I get horrible graphincal corruption (Vertical White lines, etc.). When I first got my PC around 9 months ago and had original new x800xt, I installed the Nforce Agp drivers and everything worked fine. Until I installed the new drivers, I had in game stuttering and lower 3d marks. Is there anything I can do to help safely install my agp drivers without getting corruption, or is mobo/vid card broken? I really want to avoid another RMA, since my first one took 6 weeks to resolve.

ReDGuiTaR · Sep 11, 2005, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by @/2ct!<

I just got my RMA back from my broken x800xt, and now it seems to work 90% of the time. The problem occurs when I try and install the nforce 3 GART drivers. If I install stated drivers, I get horrible graphincal corruption (Vertical White lines, etc.). When I first got my PC around 9 months ago and had original new x800xt, I installed the Nforce Agp drivers and everything worked fine. Until I installed the new drivers, I had in game stuttering and lower 3d marks. Is there anything I can do to help safely install my agp drivers without getting corruption, or is mobo/vid card broken? I really want to avoid another RMA, since my first one took 6 weeks to resolve.

Your overclocked CPU could be the culprit .. is your AGP bus locked ? try it at stock speed to be sure .

H3X4D3C1M4L · Sep 11, 2005, 05:10 PM

I second that. It seems likely the AGP bus went out of whack and now when you try and install GART drivers it balks.

@/2ct!< · Sep 11, 2005, 06:18 PM

Oh yeah, I backed down OC a long time ago to stock( 1 month or so), still problems it seems. When I had the nvidia 5200 installed yesterday along with GART drivers, everything worked fine...

ReDGuiTaR · Sep 11, 2005, 08:47 PM

you stock clock both your CPU and RAM ? Tha FX5200 working does not mean anything because it is a less system punitive hardware ...

@/2ct!< · Sep 11, 2005, 09:35 PM

Yes EVERYTHING is at stock again.

ReDGuiTaR · Sep 12, 2005, 01:52 AM

If a Nvidia card was installed on this system prior the x800xt i would suggest you a complete reformat .. sometimes it s the only way to fix it .

@/2ct!< · Sep 12, 2005, 03:34 AM

Yeah, did that too. Ill still try something, but if nothing works I guess Ill just have to use it w/o the agp driver, but I would have thought that neither card would work if the mobo was broken and couldnt use the driver.

I also used an older version of the nvidia driver and still does not work?

micron · Sep 12, 2005, 06:15 AM

Your chipset drivers are probably turning on fastwrites or sideband addressing...something that your graphics card doesnt like.

After you install your chipset drivers, go into your ATi control panel, and switch some of that stuff of(or turn it on)

This is a simple problem I'm sure.....you'll get it

@/2ct!< · Sep 12, 2005, 07:39 AM

yep, it looks like it was the Fastwrites.. I didnt think they messed up the display that much. Thanks for the help.

jasonbourne · Sep 12, 2005, 08:46 AM

thats what i always said that if u have a nforce chipset its better to have a nvidia card, or if u have a ati chipset its better to get a ati card

H3X4D3C1M4L · Sep 12, 2005, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jasonbourne

thats what i always said that if u have a nforce chipset its better to have a nvidia card, or if u have a ati chipset its better to get a ati card

Where'd you hear that?

In the Socket A days the nF2 and a Radeon 9700 Pro was THE killer combo.... and ATI chipsets didn't exist.

Besides they should work together, an AGP slot is an AGP slot more or less, and they both have to be designed to fit the same spec anyway.

Sep 11, 2005, 08:13 AM	#1
@/2ct!< HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Not Vegas, anymore :( Posts: 1,391 Rep Power: 0	Chipset and Video card do not like each other I just got my RMA back from my broken x800xt, and now it seems to work 90% of the time. The problem occurs when I try and install the nforce 3 GART drivers. If I install stated drivers, I get horrible graphincal corruption (Vertical White lines, etc.). When I first got my PC around 9 months ago and had original new x800xt, I installed the Nforce Agp drivers and everything worked fine. Until I installed the new drivers, I had in game stuttering and lower 3d marks. Is there anything I can do to help safely install my agp drivers without getting corruption, or is mobo/vid card broken? I really want to avoid another RMA, since my first one took 6 weeks to resolve. __________________

Sep 11, 2005, 06:18 PM	Thread Starter #4
@/2ct!< HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Not Vegas, anymore :( Posts: 1,391 Rep Power: 0	Oh yeah, I backed down OC a long time ago to stock( 1 month or so), still problems it seems. When I had the nvidia 5200 installed yesterday along with GART drivers, everything worked fine... __________________

Sep 11, 2005, 08:47 PM	#5
ReDGuiTaR DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Quebec , Canada Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	you stock clock both your CPU and RAM ? Tha FX5200 working does not mean anything because it is a less system punitive hardware ... __________________ Zing a ling... zing a ling a ling ... A8N-E - A64x2 4600, 2048 Mb Kingston ram 400mhz cas 2.5 ( 2 x 1024 DualChannel ), Seagate 320 Gig 7200 16Mb cache S-ata 2, GeForce 7900GT 512MB, Enermax 460watt power supply, WindowsXP SP2.

Sep 11, 2005, 09:35 PM	Thread Starter #6
@/2ct!< HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Not Vegas, anymore :( Posts: 1,391 Rep Power: 0	Yes EVERYTHING is at stock again. __________________

Sep 12, 2005, 01:52 AM	#7
ReDGuiTaR DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Quebec , Canada Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	If a Nvidia card was installed on this system prior the x800xt i would suggest you a complete reformat .. sometimes it s the only way to fix it . __________________ Zing a ling... zing a ling a ling ... A8N-E - A64x2 4600, 2048 Mb Kingston ram 400mhz cas 2.5 ( 2 x 1024 DualChannel ), Seagate 320 Gig 7200 16Mb cache S-ata 2, GeForce 7900GT 512MB, Enermax 460watt power supply, WindowsXP SP2.

Sep 11, 2005, 05:10 PM	#3
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	I second that. It seems likely the AGP bus went out of whack and now when you try and install GART drivers it balks.

Sep 12, 2005, 03:34 AM	Thread Starter #8
@/2ct!< HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Not Vegas, anymore :( Posts: 1,391 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, did that too. Ill still try something, but if nothing works I guess Ill just have to use it w/o the agp driver, but I would have thought that neither card would work if the mobo was broken and couldnt use the driver. I also used an older version of the nvidia driver and still does not work? __________________

Sep 12, 2005, 06:15 AM	#9
micron DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: OKC Ok. Posts: 186 Rep Power: 0	Your chipset drivers are probably turning on fastwrites or sideband addressing...something that your graphics card doesnt like. After you install your chipset drivers, go into your ATi control panel, and switch some of that stuff of(or turn it on) This is a simple problem I'm sure.....you'll get it __________________ Athlon64 3000+ HIS X1900GT IceQ 3 3DMark05 - 10415

Sep 12, 2005, 07:39 AM	Thread Starter #10
@/2ct!< HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Not Vegas, anymore :( Posts: 1,391 Rep Power: 0	yep, it looks like it was the Fastwrites.. I didnt think they messed up the display that much. Thanks for the help. __________________

Sep 12, 2005, 08:46 AM	#11
jasonbourne DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: great yarmouth uk Posts: 1,082 Rep Power: 0	thats what i always said that if u have a nforce chipset its better to have a nvidia card, or if u have a ati chipset its better to get a ati card __________________ http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...asonBourne.jpg