HIS ATI Radeon X1600PRO

[Fred Rogers]

yes.

 

[Fred Rogers]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a103/FredRogers16/64bb9765.jpg

 

[Steve]

I have a feeling that your AGP driver (part of your chipset drivers) is missing or corrupt. Reinstall it, or the whole chipset driver package if you have to. Ideally it should be installed first before the video card drivers, so you may want to consider uninstalling those before reinstalling the AGP/chipset package.

 

[Fred Rogers]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a103/FredRogers16/98ceb174.jpg
still no help. i uninstalled the video drivers, then i restarted, then i reinstalled the chipset drivers, then restarted, then i installed the video drivers again. and still no help..
grrrr ATI HATES ME!

 

[Steve]

Can you not move that slider over to 4x or 8x?

Where are you located, by the way?

 

[Fred Rogers]

i can but it just resets itself. i am in california on the central coast.

 

[Steve]

You might want to check your BIOS settings. I'll be in San Ramon/Pleasanton area this weekend if that's anywhere close to you.

 

[Fred Rogers]

nope...im in Santa Maria. but my BIOS settings are set to AGP/Onboard. the only other setting for that is PCI. its a store bought comp..so there arent many options to choose from.

 

[Fred Rogers]

k.. i got it to go back into 8X mode...but now its doing the freezing thing again..what should i do now. ive tried the latest chipset drivers. they freeze it up, im trying some older ones now..since my board is a little bit old. if you have ne suggestions that would be great.

 

[Fred Rogers]

i dont know what else to try...

 

[dclive]

BIOS 3.15?
KM400a isn't exactly old - it's mid-2004 timeframe. Is 2 years "old" now? Sigh...
You've attached a power cable from your PC to the graphics card?

 

[Fred Rogers]

yes. ive got the latest drivers from ATI, ive tried the latest chipset drivers, they just freeze the whole computer, i have the latest BIOS for my board. im using some chipset drivers that dont even support AGP..so i can use my card. basicly ATI screwed me....or my computer is gay.

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: Fred Rogers
im using some chipset drivers that dont even support AGP.

Would you mind pointing us to exactly what chipset drivers you downloaded? And can you remind me again what make and model of board you have?

 

[Fred Rogers]

I downloaded the Version 5.09A Chipset drivers and my motherboard is:
Motherboard specifications table
Motherboard Part / Feature Specification / Support
Motherboard Description Mb manufacturer name: ASUS A7V8X-LA

HP/Compaq name: Kelut-GL6E
CPU Socket A

AMD Athlon XP

Core frequency up to Athlon XP 3200+
Chipset VIA KM400A

VIA VT8237
Front Side Bus (FSB) 400 / 333 / 266 MHz
Memory 2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets

Support up to maximum 2 GB memory (PC manufacturer's maximum memory may differ)

Supports unbuffered PC2700/2100 non-ECC DDR SDRAM memory
Expansion Slots Three PCI slots

One AGP 8x/4x (1.5V)
Storage Two UltraDMA 100 IDE connectors

Two Serial ATA connectors
Integrated Graphics VIA UniChrome graphics
Audio Realtek AL658 six-channel AUDIO CODEC

Digital audio via an S/PDIF out interface
LAN Southbridge integrated 10/100 Mbps

VT6103 LAN PHY
Hardware Monitoring Super I/O integrated monitoring of: CPU/chassis fan, MB/CPU temperature
Rear Panel I/O Ports One Parallel

One Serial

One PS/2 Keyboard

One PS/2 Mouse

One RJ45 port

One Audio I/O

One VGA

One IEEE 1394

Four USB 2.0/1.1 (Two connectors)
Internal I/O Two USB connectors support additional four USB 2.0 ports

One IEEE 1394 connector for an additional IEEE 1394 port

CPU/chassis fan connectors

20-pin ATX power connector

Front panel connector

CD/AUX connectors

Front panel audio connector
BIOS Features 4Mb Flash ROM

Award BIOS

Enhanced ACPI

DMI 2.0

Green features

PnP features
Industry Standard PCI 2.2

USB 2.0/1.1
Manageability WOL

WOR

Wake on PS/2 mouse
Support CD Contents Device drivers

ASUS PC Probe

ASUS Screensaver

Award BIOS Flash Utility

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Trend Micro PC-cillin 2002
Form Factor Micro-ATX form factor: 9.6 inches x 9.6 inches (24.38 cm x 24.38 cm)

 

[Steve]

Is the Via/S3 Unichrome IGP disabled either in BIOS or Device Manager, and have you used Driver Cleaner to remove its files?

 

[Fred Rogers]

it cant be disabled,,..because the only options in the BIOS is to use 1. AGP/Onboard 2. PCI...those are the only two options in there. and yes i have used driver cleaner pro to clean the drivers off.

 

[Steve]

Okay, see if it is listed in Device Manager. If it is, right-click on it and choose Disable. If it's not, or it is but shows as Video (VGA) Controller, try this: install the IGP's video driver (seriously), then go into Display Properties, right-click on its monitor and uncheck Attached. You may or may not have to disable it in Device Manager as well.

Good luck! I'm off to California in the morning for five days. I hope this gets resolved.

 

[Fred Rogers]

nope taht didnt work.grrr ihate ATI!

 

[Fred Rogers]

still no dice BTW...

 

[Steve]

Quit banging your head against the wall, dude. Uninstall all video card and chipset drivers in Safe Mode, run Driver Cleaner Pro and clean out all lingering files and reg entries for the vid card, reboot, don't let them reinstall automatically. Instead reinstall them manually - chipset drivers first (including the AGP driver), then reboot, then the video card drivers. Make sure you've got the proper drivers for your chipset as listed here:
http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=420&OSID=1&CatID=1070

If that doesn't work, I'd be inclined to reformat/reinstall but that is up to you. If that didn't fix it, there are larger problems present.