any success using ATI Radeon 9600xt/9800pro on K7TA ?

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I want to upgrade my old geforce2 but I am afraid to buy a card that won't
work.
Already tried a fx5600 card , the system didn't even turn on !! (no psu
problem, I've a 500W)
Any experience is welcome

Dan

 

[Chuck]

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On Mon, 24 May 2004 19:16:39 +0200, "~DP~" <c@ad.it> wrote:

>I want to upgrade my old geforce2 but I am afraid to buy a card that won't
>work.
>Already tried a fx5600 card , the system didn't even turn on !! (no psu
>problem, I've a 500W)
>Any experience is welcome
>
>Dan
>

Bad, bad idea Dan.
Some may offer other experiences, but mine was a long deathmarch to
the realization that if I wanted to use my new ATI-built 9600XT I was
going to have to dump my KT7A v1. You'd think AGP4x would be AGP4x and
everyone would play nicely but in my case I went thru two RMA's and
the best I could get was a machine that would boot up after 30-40
resets. The other cards wouldn't even click in.

Went thru all the t-shooting procedures (stripping the system down to
the card, the cpu and one stick of RAM), upgraded BIOS and a
more-than-adequate PSU (Turbo Cool 510).

I was finally told off the record by a second or third level tech at
ATI that the board was probably too old (ABIT didn't seem to care).

Get yourself an NF7 series and be much happier!

Chuck

 

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There is another thread discusing same topic in this thread, on 17.mai,2004.

Look for "
KT7A and newest video cards"





"~DP~" <c@ad.it> wrote in message news:c8takn$eh$1@newsread.albacom.net...
> I want to upgrade my old geforce2 but I am afraid to buy a card that
won't
> work.
> Already tried a fx5600 card , the system didn't even turn on !! (no psu
> problem, I've a 500W)
> Any experience is welcome
>
> Dan
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit (More info?)

"> Bad, bad idea Dan.
> Some may offer other experiences, but mine was a long deathmarch to
> the realization that if I wanted to use my new ATI-built 9600XT I was
> going to have to dump my KT7A v1. You'd think AGP4x would be AGP4x and
> everyone would play nicely but in my case I went thru two RMA's and
> the best I could get was a machine that would boot up after 30-40
> resets. The other cards wouldn't even click in.
>


Hi Chuck, these are bad news ! I really hoped in a cheap ugrade able to last
1 or 2 years before building a new pc .
I must say that Abit disappointed me here, at least they should publish a
list of card not compatible, saving their customers precious time and money
!
Thanks anyway
Dan

 

[Guest]

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Eh.. I'm running a 9600se card, Powercolor, no problem at all.

Tried following cards, all work: 5200ultra, Gainward Fx5500, Saphire 9200se,
Hercules 8500Le and 9500, Radeon 9600XT.


"~DP~" <c@ad.it> wrote in message news:c908d9$m9o$1@newsread.albacom.net...
>
> "> Bad, bad idea Dan.
> > Some may offer other experiences, but mine was a long deathmarch to
> > the realization that if I wanted to use my new ATI-built 9600XT I was
> > going to have to dump my KT7A v1. You'd think AGP4x would be AGP4x and
> > everyone would play nicely but in my case I went thru two RMA's and
> > the best I could get was a machine that would boot up after 30-40
> > resets. The other cards wouldn't even click in.
> >
>
>
> Hi Chuck, these are bad news ! I really hoped in a cheap ugrade able to
last
> 1 or 2 years before building a new pc .
> I must say that Abit disappointed me here, at least they should publish a
> list of card not compatible, saving their customers precious time and
money
> !
> Thanks anyway
> Dan
>
>
>