Problem with ChainTech GF4 TI 4600

[Xprotozoid]

Hi
I have ChainTech GeForce4 TI 4600.

My System:
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 807 MHz
Mother: ASUS A7V
Bios: Award Medallion BIOS v6.0 Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Award Modula
Memory: 384 MB
OS: Win 2kPro

Problem:
When the windows loads I get a full screen of colorful squares of equal size and a mouse leaves a trail of garbaged graphics.
Even before the windows loads - the bios logo appears messed up.

My Solution:
Tried to install the old (came with the card) (28.30) nvidia drivers and new (latest from the nvidia web) drivers. Tried the card on another system.

Results:
Same problem. Nothing helps. When I put back my GeForce 2 MX 200 everything is back and works fine.

What I think:
My card is screwed, wasted, I should return it...
Or my hardware doesn't fill the card's requirements.


Please express your opinions, solutions, etc

thanks

 

[Deeko]

Sounds like what happens when you OC too much. You aren't OC'ing are you?

 

[Xprotozoid]

nope, no OCing


P.S.
i wander, may be I need more volts in my power supply. The one I have it's 300 v.

I heard like TI 4600 needs more power. Is that true?

 

[Deeko]

More watts you mean....300 should suffice, unless you are running 10 drives. I ran essentially the same setup as you, except it had a Voodoo5, and that required external power, and I only had a 300w. Hmm....download the latest AGP drivers for your mobo? Try a third set of drivers? Or its always possible that its just a bad card...

 

[Xprotozoid]

hmm, ok
thanks

I'll try to update the AGP for mobo

 

[Xprotozoid]

It didn't help
I think the card is screwed. I'm gonna replace it!
ANy other ideas?