Please Help with Radeon VIVO and any version of Windows!

[Workin']

Ok, I'm about ready to start throwing things out the window...:disgust:

I have an AGP Radeon 64MB DDR VIVO, and I can't get it to work correctly using DirectX under any version of Windows (98, Me, 2000, XP), with any version of the drivers, or any combination of associated hardware. No matter what, every time DirectX is invoked the display becomes extremely garbled - and requires a cold boot to fix, since when the machine restarts from a ctrl-alt-del or reset button push after the corruption, the display is STILL garbled!

I've done clean installs of 4 versions of Windows, clean installs of every driver version (including 4-in-1's), and had the bare minimum other hardware installed. The problem happens no matter what. I've tried 3 different mobos (2 KT266A's and a SiS 735), 2 processors, 6 sticks of memory, etc. All configurations work perfectly with a Geforce2, but this friggin ATI card just won't cooperate. Oh, also tried various size AGP apertures and 2x/4x AGP settings in the BIOSes. The only thing I haven't tried is an Intel-based system.

Any ideas?

edit: I would prefer to use WinXP, if that makes a difference to you.

 

[rbV5]

<< No matter what, every time DirectX is invoked the display becomes extremely garbled - and requires a cold boot to fix >>



Very odd, by DX, I'm assuming you mean using D3D for Game, rather than Direct X period, as in Direct Show and Media Player, just booting into Windows, ect.?

What does Dxdiag say?

 

[Freewolf]

I would give ati a call . After trying all that I would be thinking it is the card itself. Did you try with another monitor?

 

[Workin']

<< What does Dxdiag say? >>

Testing DirectDraw causes the display to be corrupted - the first test, drawing on the primary surface in normal (not fullscreen) mode, crashes it every time.

Sometimes you can play a game using D3D, like Unreal Tournament, and it works OK - unless you exit the game and start over, then it corrupts. Most of the time the display is corrupt when you first try to play. But DXdiag will crash it every time you run the test.

I'm starting to think it might be the card. It was in a machine I built for a client last October, and they have been having this problem since the beginning. I finally got sick of hearing from them, and swapped the Radeon for a Geforce2 Pro. The Geforce worked perfectly, BTW. Besides all the other stuff I tried, I've used 3 different monitors as well.

 

[rbV5]

Yea, sounds like RMA time to me, I've never seen anything like that with any of my Radeon cards, the only thing I can think of is a fubured driver\DX installation, with a clean OS install, I can't see how thats possible. Especially considering the cards history.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

that sounds a lot like a bad card, I suggest you give ATI a call

-Ice

 

[Alex]

does gl work?

have ya tried running 3dmark2001?

have ya tried NOT updating 4in1s? sometimes it does more harm than good ya know...

neways still sounds like an rma to me... i have the same radeon and i LUVVVV it in windows xp with 6032 drivers...

 

[Workin']

<< does gl work? >>

Yes

<< have ya tried running 3dmark2001? >>

No

<< have ya tried NOT updating 4in1s? sometimes it does more harm than good ya know... >>

Tried that, and every other possible combination of 4in1s. Also tried it on a SiS 735 board and an Intel BX board. Same problem.

<< neways still sounds like an rma to me... i have the same radeon and i LUVVVV it in windows xp with 6032 drivers... >>

I'm looking into that at the moment. I bought the card from newegg in the end of September 2001, so I doubt they'll take it back. I've been in contact with ATI, we'll see what they say....