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Radeon Ate my Hard Drive

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After installing the Radeon 8500, I got numerous bizzare error messages as the system tried to boot, then my two week old Maxtor began to click, then bang, then it locked. I restored a recent Drive Image to another HD, and as the system tried to boot I got the same messages and immediately turned off the system. Then I formatted the surviving HD, did a clean install of Win XP then Radeon drivers, then everything else, and now it all works great.

I had used Matrox software to uninstall my old G400 drivers, as well as the Ontrack registry fixer and defragger, but I guess I should have gone into the registry and deleted individual Matrox keys before installing the Radeon...

BTW, after years of Matrox, I was afraid even the 8500 would disappoint in 2D image quality. No way, I love the Radeon now, 2D & 3D, and the dualhead is even better than Matrox.

 
Thats strange.
Glad you are up and running. I have had my 8500 for alittle over a week and
I love it.
 
I've been fighting with my system for a week now, and the only part I haven't replaced is my 8500. My problem is that every time I install drivers for the 8500, CHKDSK finds errors in my NTFS partitions. I'm going to try to get a new 8500 tonight...I've already tried 2 motherboards, ddr ram & sdram, and 2 harddrives.

Maybe ATi had a recent bad batch...I bought mine from z-buy.com, btw.
 
The whole thing was pretty wierd. I guess I had a bad hard drive, and the stress of all the action while the install was failing pushed it over the brink. I bought the Radeon from NewEgg, and the Maxtor from Best Buy. Now I'm afraid to return the hard drive, as it will not run so I cannot erase all my personal info :-/

I like The Radeon 2D as much as the G400, perhaps more so. It seems more crisp on text, and more clear and detailed on video. It also seems a bit hotter or livelier, is the only way I can say it. It is subtley different, and some may prefer Matrox, but I have had the G400 since the month it came out and I love the 8500. Even if it did turn my new hard drive into a lifeless hunk of metal.


Thanks for listening!
 
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