ASUS P5A and ATI RADEON 7000 PCI W2K issues

[THEWIORACLE]

Having trouble keeping new Radeon 7000 PCI 64MB video card working in Windows 2000 prof. It either locks up in a few minutes or causes monitor to go to sleep during bootup. ASUS P5A Super7 ATX motherboard. Newest BIOs 1010 Beta 1. It only works if I have "Hardware Acceleration" set to none in Windows. As soon as I turn acceleration on by moving the slider button...my monitor will go into sleep mode. Monitor is Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 21FS. My original BIOS that I started with was a 1009 Beta BIOS - I have been running with it for 2 years with a older ATI ALL-IN-WONDER PRO PCI Card. I used the original driver that came with the ATI CD and downloaded ATI's newest RADEON 7000 driver. This is a PCI video card and not an AGP card. Running a AMD K6-3 400 with ALI Aladdin V chipset and newer 300watt ATX Power Supply - AMD approved.

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Do you have AGP "turbo" mode enabled in BIOS? If so, try disabling it. I remember this being a problem for RAGE-chipped boards a while ago.

 

[THEWIORACLE]

Except this isn't a AGP vedeo card, it's a PCI card. AGP TURBO setting should not apply, since it's not in the AGP slot. I spent 2 weeks trying to get a Creative Labs Annialator Pro AGP card to work. I gave up on AGP for this P5A motherboard long ago.

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

<< Except this isn't a AGP vedeo card, it's a PCI card. AGP TURBO setting should not apply, since it's not in the AGP slot. I spent 2 weeks trying to get a Creative Labs Annialator Pro AGP card to work. I gave up on AGP for this P5A motherboard long ago. >>



D'oh!! that's what I get for reading too fast...Sorry

 

[THEWIORACLE]

Got the PCI-based ATI Radeon 7000 to work. It was either PCI Latency Timer (0, I changed to 25) or Frame Buffer Posted Write (disable). It works great now.