prob w/ display driver for Radeon 8500

[spectreh2o]

hi all....new to forum...was wondering if anyone could help me with this issue
my system hangs and then locks up or displays corrupt text
the message on reboot says that there was a problem with a drawing operation and the instability in the system was caused by the driver for Radeon 8500

also in the error log:
szAppName Drivers.Display
szAppVer: 1002514C007149174B
szModName: ati2dvag.dll
szModVer: 6.14.1.6307
OffSet: DD2B06EA

I'm running Win XP Pro and ATI Radeon 8500 64Mb AGP and have tried old and new versions of the catalyst driver software

If anyone can help me with this it'd be greatly appreciated. Thx a bunch in advance!

 

[Markfw]

OK, what are the other system specs ? What was the last video card before this ? Have you re-formatted and re-installed ?

All of these are pertinent to find the answer. When in doubt, re-format the driver, and re-install from scratch. This almost allways fixes problems, but reply and maybe there is an easier fix.

 

[spectreh2o]

i've tried reinstalling and reformatting and using old and new versions of the catalyst software. seems that once the ATI control panel gets install this always happens..here are the specs:

Duron 1.0GHz
ECS K7S5A motherboard
512Mb SDRAM
80G HD and 20G HD
compaq MV70 monitor
Radeon 8500 AGP w/ 64Mb
DVD, CD-RW, modem, ethernet......
WIN XP PRO
DirectX 9.0

Its it possible to use the multi-monitor feactures and S-video w/o installing the control panel software?

 

[spectreh2o]

PS to above...the older card was a GeForce2 i think

 

[Markfw]

AH!! ECS K7S5A, what is your PSU ? Have you tried updating your bios ? I have that same card (but the 128 meg version) on that same motherboard.

Here are the 3 standard things that make that motherboard work better:
1) GOOD at least 300 wat PSU, Antec, Enermax, etc....
2) Updated bios.
3) DDR ram, one stick only works best.

I am not saying you need all of these, but the bios fix is free, and the PSU (depending on what you have) could be critical. DDR is last on the list.

 

[spectreh2o]

i have a 300W PSU ....don't know the brand tho....the bios is AMIBIOS ver 1.21.11

 

[rogue1979]

I have seen several threads lately where Radeon 8500's have had problems when using the ECS K7S5A motherboard.

 

[spectreh2o]

If this is the case then does ECS or ATI have a fix since it seems to be big problem?
can i somehow manage to get my current setup to work properly? (ie bios?)

ps. there doesn't seem to be a new bios for the K7S5A on the ECS site....does anyone know if i need to update it?

 

[JJSuperman]

I had the SAME setup, Radeon 8500 64mb K7S5A and I couldn't get that combo to work hardly at all since the first Catalyst drivers were released. My solution after MONTHS of trying to get it to work was dump the motherboard and get a Nforce2 board. And I am having some problems with that board also! Good luck. Wish there was an answer.

Jared

 

[HappyNic]

So are yours a "built by ATI" card or a "power by ATI" card. there are big differences in the 8500 series.

 

[vexingv]

let me jump in the mix here since spectreh2o is a personal friend of mine...the vid card is an OEM radeon 8500 LE 64mb on a 420 wt channel well psu w/ specs that are well beyond the power requirements of his system, which i put this together for him. i suggested maybe to up the voltage to the agp and maybe that might help stabalize the system. bout the increase in voltage....could it fry his card or mobo and would the stock HSF on the 8500 be suficient?

 

[gtd2000]

I went thru a solid week of evenings to get my Sapphire Radeon 8500LE to work in 3D on my ECS K7S5A.

I tried everything - formatting, different OS's, different motherboard BIOS's (fast-writes, non-fast-writes), different Radeon BIOS's, different drivers - ATI, Sapphire, etc etc.

Nothing helped!!

I got a replacement card - and then it all worked perfectly

Save yourself a lot of time and hassle - return the card if possible. The problem is - the original card works fine in other systems and other cards work fine in the ECS board....

Edit: And a higher rated PSU