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| Thread ID: 47734 | 2004-08-04 08:29:00 | 9600 xt : n0t playing nicely with a Asus A7v8x-x Motherboard. | ilikelinux (1418) | Press F1 |
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| 258120 | 2004-08-04 08:29:00 | As the subject says, my brothers new 9600xt (Gecube Platinum Edition) is not playing well with his system. Problems: 1.Most of the time (99%) The bios screen does not show, and nothing would show until windows gets to the Login screen. 2. Some times his games will not play, e.g Vice city complaining that there is not enough Video Ram. System Specs: MB: Asus A7v8x-x CPU: Amd Athlon xp 2200+ Mem: 512 ddr Hdd : 80gb seagate Os: Windows Xp Home Sp1 / Soon to be Gentoo linux as well. I have run out of ideas, and if I dont fix it, we will have to take it back and get a nvidia, as my brother before has a Geforce 4 Mx440 Thx, ILikeLinux |
ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 258121 | 2004-08-04 09:05:00 | have u got the latest ati vga drivers installed.???.make sure u havent got to dif drivers fighting over the agp bus too. | ferrite (4221) | ||
| 258122 | 2004-08-04 09:09:00 | yes i ahve got the latest catalyst drivers installed. | ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 258123 | 2004-08-04 09:25:00 | hi i have an asus 9600xt. with much the same system as ures no game problems whats ure psu volltage. | ferrite (4221) | ||
| 258124 | 2004-08-04 09:32:00 | 300 watt power supply | ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 258125 | 2004-08-04 09:36:00 | well ive only got 250w.u should have enogh power to play most games well.dont know much about ure mother brd sorry i know they did have issues with dodgy agp buses a while back.wuld be interested in hearing how u fix ure problems regards ferrite. | ferrite (4221) | ||
| 258126 | 2004-08-04 09:45:00 | Just a thought. If you are planning on installing Gentoo on this computer you would be better off buying a nVidia card. The support for ATi cards isn't all that good at the moment. Quite funny really as when nVidia had the better cards they didn't offer any linux support and ATi did. Now the roles and drivers are reversed :D |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 258127 | 2004-08-04 09:57:00 | >Just a thought. If you are planning on installing Gentoo on this computer you would be better off buying a nVidia card. The support for ATi cards isn't all that good at the moment. I know all about that, i Have an Ati in mine...... Btw: Ati is going to propperly support linux very soon. |
ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 258128 | 2004-08-04 11:52:00 | Thanks for the tip :) I just checked out there site and they have 2.4 kernel drivers for the 8500 to 9800 series. Not much help for you at the moment though as they are RPM based as well. Although they say they are working on 2.6 kernel drivers and are hoping to have some other distros offer their specific format drivers. Cheers! |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 258129 | 2004-08-04 12:31:00 | Can you get into the BIOS screen at all by pressing DEL. Have you checked for a BIOS update for your mobo. Just a few random things that may help. Have you got the latest chipset drivers installed for your mobo. I would try another graphics card and see if you get the same problem. cheers chiefnz |
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