MSI Radeon 9800 Pro/XT?

[solonbr]

I've read someone (RockHydra11) mention this problem in a previous thread, but haven't seen anything on how to solve it, or whether it can be solved.

The thing is, I have a MSI 9800 Pro that detects as an XT. And it invariably crashes some 30 seconds into ANY game, be it DirectX or OpenGL. I've tried Catalyst drivers, I've tried Omega drivers, I've tried reinstalling the damn drivers with the 'net turned off and after running driver cleaner on safe mode, I've even tried reinstalling windows from scratch (full HD format), and absolutely nothing seems to solve the problem.

I've tried the videocard on my father's rig and it works there, no problem.

Does anyone has any idea what my problem may be, and how to solve it?

my system specs:
ASUS A7N8X-X
DDR400 512MB
Athlon 1800 XP+
Quantum Atlas 36.7GB SCSI Ultra-Wide2
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 40GB
Seagate Barracuda 9LP 9GB SCSI Ultra-Wide2
Akasa Pax Power (460W)

 

[artikk]

Maybe the psu is the problem since the video card is fine. You said it yourself that the 9800 Pro didn't have problems on your father's rig.

 

[solonbr]

and how would the psu make the card detect as an XT when it is a Pro?

 

[solonbr]

and, BTW, as long as VPU Recover is on (yes, I've tried turning it off, also to no avail), the games crash back to Windows. so, I really don't think it has anything to do with the PSU.

 

[Melchior]

PSU, Motherboard, drivers.. something like that. The card is not the problem, so try and find whats causing the conflict in your system.

 

[biostud]

sounds like "someone" has tried to flash the card with an XT BIOS rendering it unstable.

 

[solonbr]

guys, again: RockHydra11 mentioned the problem in a previous thread. someone asked about the MSI Radeon 9800 Pro, and he said "oh, the one that detected as an XT".