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Hi all.
I'm having a bit of trouble with my SN41G2v3 and a Connect3D x800 Pro VIVO and was wondering if anyone's got any solutions.
My full spec:
Athlon XP3200
1Gb (2*512Mb) Corsair PC3200
WD 80Gb IDE HDD
WD 200Gb SATA HDD
Sony DVD-RW
Generic 56k modem
Connect3D x800 Pro VIVO 256Mb
After installing WindowsXP + SP1, and setting up all the drivers etc, my graphics would not display correctly. When running in VGA mode (windows drivers), it was ok, but I could not increase the resolution past 800*600.
With the ATi drivers installed, the text and graphics would not display correctly (at any resolution) - they were garbled, and the colours were messed up (eg, the logon screen had a bright pink triangle covering the bottom 8th of the screen). Also, anything 3D doesn't work (even the 'car scene' in the ATi control panel - just shows either a grey box, or it flashes black/white/green etc). I also ran dxdiag, and the 'DirectX cube' test didn't display properly (the sides of the cube would randomly disappear).
The PC also tends to crash quite randomly too - even just surfing the web with multiple browsers open can cause it to freeze (it'll stop responding, then the screen will turn black for a few seconds, and when it comes back on it's filled with coloured shapes).
I know my components are ok as I pulled them directly out of another system (and I've tested them in another PC since the problems started).
So far I have tried:
Running PC with case panel off (in case it was a heat issue)
Hooked up a standard PSU (480w Tagan)
Flashed the x800's BIOS to different makes (including ATi, ASUS, Club3D etc)
Used CATS v4.5, 5.2 & 5.4. Used Omega's v5.2 & 5.4 (used driverclean between each)
Ran PC with bare minimum install (1 HDD, no modem, 1 stick of RAM)
Tweaked voltages (BIOS)
Underclocked the CPU and FSB
Disabled 'Fast Writes' and 'AGP 8 support'
Installed latest NForce drivers
Used different molex connector for GFX card
I've taken the x800 out for the moment, and had a 9550 running instead. This appeared to work ok, but crashed after 5 or 6 hours sitting idle.
I also tried an old 7500, which worked 100% no problems (looped 3DMark01SE for a few hours).
Now, things get really strange after I do any kind of hardware fiddling.
IE, if I take out the modem, and restart the PC, the x800 will work. But after a reboot it'll **** up again.
The same thing happened when I took out a stick of RAM.
And also when I've taken the 7500 out and put the x800 back in. It'll work when first booted, but will cause problems again following a reset/reboot.
Why would it do this?
One other thing I noticed is that when the ATi control panel is loaded, it states 'AGP Speed: Off'. I've tried setting this to 'x8' and rebooting, but it just reverts back to 'Off' every time.
Has anyone experienced this before? Is it just a GFX incompatibility issue? Anyone know which brand x800's actually work in an SN41G2v3?
thanks
(sorry I've rambled on for so long - just wanted to get as much detail in as possible. I bet I've still missed something!)
I'm having a bit of trouble with my SN41G2v3 and a Connect3D x800 Pro VIVO and was wondering if anyone's got any solutions.
My full spec:
Athlon XP3200
1Gb (2*512Mb) Corsair PC3200
WD 80Gb IDE HDD
WD 200Gb SATA HDD
Sony DVD-RW
Generic 56k modem
Connect3D x800 Pro VIVO 256Mb
After installing WindowsXP + SP1, and setting up all the drivers etc, my graphics would not display correctly. When running in VGA mode (windows drivers), it was ok, but I could not increase the resolution past 800*600.
With the ATi drivers installed, the text and graphics would not display correctly (at any resolution) - they were garbled, and the colours were messed up (eg, the logon screen had a bright pink triangle covering the bottom 8th of the screen). Also, anything 3D doesn't work (even the 'car scene' in the ATi control panel - just shows either a grey box, or it flashes black/white/green etc). I also ran dxdiag, and the 'DirectX cube' test didn't display properly (the sides of the cube would randomly disappear).
The PC also tends to crash quite randomly too - even just surfing the web with multiple browsers open can cause it to freeze (it'll stop responding, then the screen will turn black for a few seconds, and when it comes back on it's filled with coloured shapes).
I know my components are ok as I pulled them directly out of another system (and I've tested them in another PC since the problems started).
So far I have tried:
Running PC with case panel off (in case it was a heat issue)
Hooked up a standard PSU (480w Tagan)
Flashed the x800's BIOS to different makes (including ATi, ASUS, Club3D etc)
Used CATS v4.5, 5.2 & 5.4. Used Omega's v5.2 & 5.4 (used driverclean between each)
Ran PC with bare minimum install (1 HDD, no modem, 1 stick of RAM)
Tweaked voltages (BIOS)
Underclocked the CPU and FSB
Disabled 'Fast Writes' and 'AGP 8 support'
Installed latest NForce drivers
Used different molex connector for GFX card
I've taken the x800 out for the moment, and had a 9550 running instead. This appeared to work ok, but crashed after 5 or 6 hours sitting idle.
I also tried an old 7500, which worked 100% no problems (looped 3DMark01SE for a few hours).
Now, things get really strange after I do any kind of hardware fiddling.
IE, if I take out the modem, and restart the PC, the x800 will work. But after a reboot it'll **** up again.
The same thing happened when I took out a stick of RAM.
And also when I've taken the 7500 out and put the x800 back in. It'll work when first booted, but will cause problems again following a reset/reboot.
Why would it do this?
One other thing I noticed is that when the ATi control panel is loaded, it states 'AGP Speed: Off'. I've tried setting this to 'x8' and rebooting, but it just reverts back to 'Off' every time.
Has anyone experienced this before? Is it just a GFX incompatibility issue? Anyone know which brand x800's actually work in an SN41G2v3?
thanks
(sorry I've rambled on for so long - just wanted to get as much detail in as possible. I bet I've still missed something!)