Freezes with 8500LE fixed, diferent problem now

[Nolan75]

I just intalled a Devil Monster 8500LE and have not been able to run 3DMark or play Warcraft 3 without freeze ups. I have uninstalled my old vid(intel 845G onboard) and removed it from the registry. I also downloaded the drivers from the ATI website. Does anyone have any suggestions to fix the problem, or is the card trash?

Thanks,

Nolan

 

[Operandi]

Which drivers are you running? The latest Catalyst 2.2 drivers have a few bugs in them if your running those I'd suggest going with previous set, the Catalyst 2.1/6094.

 

[Nolan75]

I got the freeze problems solved, but I can't run 3DMark. Every time I try about 2 or 3 tests in the monitor shuts off like I have shut off the computer, and will not turn back on. I have to reset and then the motherboard gives those lovely beeps that says the vid card memory is bad. However, if I wait just a few seconds the computer will start up just fine with no problems. I did not go to older versions of the driver yet, I just removed one piece of a mismatched set of memory, had one singel bank 256 MB PC 2400 and one double bank 256 PC2400. I was able to play WC3 for a couple of hours with no problems. But machine fubared when I tried to run 3DMark.