Radeon 9700 Pro and Asus A8V. Keeps rebooting or locking up

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I upgraded my system to an Athlon 64 3500+ on an Asus A8V.

However when I use my Radeon 9700 Pro is crashes,locks up the PC or reboots.

However it works fine with a GeForce 4 MX 440.

I tried the Radeon 9700 in my original motherboard (Asus A7V266-E) and it
works fine.

Anyone know how to fix this or are these cards incompatible with this board?

 

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"David Travers" <david@travers.NOSPAM.force9.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I upgraded my system to an Athlon 64 3500+ on an Asus A8V.
> However when I use my Radeon 9700 Pro is crashes,locks up the PC or
> reboots.
> However it works fine with a GeForce 4 MX 440.
> I tried the Radeon 9700 in my original motherboard (Asus A7V266-E) and it
> works fine.
> Anyone know how to fix this or are these cards incompatible with this
> board?

Did you use the latest drivers from www.atitech.ca? Did you
install the latest BIOS for your motherboard?

Does the system work fine until you try to run a a game or something?


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"David Travers" <david@travers.NOSPAM.force9.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I upgraded my system to an Athlon 64 3500+ on an Asus A8V.
>
> However when I use my Radeon 9700 Pro is crashes,locks up the PC or
> reboots.
>
> However it works fine with a GeForce 4 MX 440.
>
> I tried the Radeon 9700 in my original motherboard (Asus A7V266-E) and it
> works fine.
>
> Anyone know how to fix this or are these cards incompatible with this
> board?

I would try the Omega drivers first. Maybe an older version also if the
current causes probs!

 

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The code is PN 109-94200-11

Does this mean I have a defective board? Why does it only cuase problems on
the new motehrboard and not the older board?

 

[Paul]

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In article <95Gud.464$Uh.96@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, "David Travers"
<david@travers.NOSPAM.force9.co.uk> wrote:

> The code is PN 109-94200-11
>
> Does this mean I have a defective board? Why does it only cuase problems on
> the new motehrboard and not the older board?

I don't remember all the details, but a thread like this indicates it
is hit or miss with the different motherboards. This thread is long
and I didn't read the whole thing.

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33634403

If you phone ATI support, they may disavow all knowledge of the
issues, or blame it all on the motherboards, so gather up as much
info as you can from the Internet before you call.

Some threads I read, suggested disabling fast write or running at
4X, but with the damn SmartGART code in the driver, the user
loses control over those, unless you can boot the machine far
enough, to set the options in the SmartGART tab. I don't know if
ATI have changed their approach to this in later drivers or not.
On motherboards where you can set the AGP speed in the BIOS,
SmartGART will ignore the BIOS setting, and run at AGP 8X, if you
let it. As long as booting is not a problem, and your issues don't
happen to frequently, you might be able to configure the SmartGART
tab as you like, and maybe the settings will stick.

It could be that the AGP rate is slower on your A7V266-E, and that
is why the ugly issues never raised their heads.

Here is a lighthearted opinion from theinquirer:

http://theinquirer.net/?article=6207
"Quite a few reports on quite a few fora have suggested that
Radeon 9700 Pro cards conflict with quite a few chipsets."

Good luck (you'll need it),
Paul

P.S. The 6600GT-AGP version could be a good deal 🙂
There are PCI-E (native) and AGP (bridged) video cards,
and so far only a few brands of the latter.

 

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Note I dropped the AGP setting from 8X to 4X in the BIOS and now it seems to
be working OK (touch wood).

Must be a problem with the card not getting enough power at 8X.

Didn't notice much of a performance loss in Far Cry or Doom 3

"David Travers" <david@travers.NOSPAM.force9.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Brmud.583$3d6.49@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
>I upgraded my system to an Athlon 64 3500+ on an Asus A8V.
>
> However when I use my Radeon 9700 Pro is crashes,locks up the PC or
> reboots.
>
> However it works fine with a GeForce 4 MX 440.
>
> I tried the Radeon 9700 in my original motherboard (Asus A7V266-E) and it
> works fine.
>
> Anyone know how to fix this or are these cards incompatible with this
> board?
>