bear^ October 11, 2004 Share bear^ Member October 11, 2004 Well well well, I cannot get my computer to run my 9700 pro in AGP 4X (which my mobo supports) Got the latest drivers thinkin it might fix the problem, but its the same deal When I boot with AGP 4X, it gets to windows...but then seems kinda chop-E About 10-15 seconds after windows is boot'd up, my screen wigs out, and ATIs recovery program says that "your vid card stop'd werk'n and couldnt be restarted, software mode is what yer werkin with now bear" (translated, of course) I just got the SP2 update, hope'n that would fix it, but still have the same prob... Would update my mobo BIOS, but the only update for it deals with 3 things that arent related Mobo drivers, vid card drivers, and directX are all the latest versions... Any ideas?! btw, my specs are: -MSI KT4 Ultra mobo -AMD2100XP -WinXP Prof. -ATI 9700 Pro vid card -768 pc2700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman October 11, 2004 Share Batman Member October 11, 2004 I have the same problem with my 9700... I have to open smartgart from the run bar, and turn off agp read and write for a stable pc.. Try that dude.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear^ October 11, 2004 Author Share bear^ Member October 11, 2004 do you mean turn off AGP Fast Writes? Cuz thats the only other option i have in the SMARTGART tab, and i tried em both, n get duh same ol problem... ty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman October 11, 2004 Share Batman Member October 11, 2004 No no no you big bear. Hit start, hit run, type smartgart... You get a whole new window, its cool... Try it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman October 11, 2004 Share Batman Member October 11, 2004 Did you try it???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r October 11, 2004 Share All Kill3r Member October 11, 2004 i bet he did, and you killed his card. lol jk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman October 11, 2004 Share Batman Member October 11, 2004 LOL well it wouldnt be the first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r October 11, 2004 Share All Kill3r Member October 11, 2004 ahhah, i've killed stuff too. wait... why are we happy about this again ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX October 11, 2004 Share NOFX Member October 11, 2004 its all fun and games until someone loses an eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r October 11, 2004 Share All Kill3r Member October 11, 2004 (edited) You weren't suppose to hear that conversation at such a young age nofx... Edited October 11, 2004 by All Kill3r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear^ October 12, 2004 Author Share bear^ Member October 12, 2004 They were already in the "off" position both read and write : / but now i know about run>smartgart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman October 12, 2004 Share Batman Member October 12, 2004 Thats weird that it was already off, is the agp acceleration on in dxdiag?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear^ October 12, 2004 Author Share bear^ Member October 12, 2004 In dxdiag it says agp acceleration: not available I've heard there are lots of problems with the KT400 chip set n this ati card... neither company will admit there is a problem with this combo looks like i need a new mobo u guys with the AGP acceleration are gettin far better frame rates than me... thanks for try to help meh tho! I appreciate it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman October 12, 2004 Share Batman Member October 12, 2004 Im having that problem on a KT-600 mobo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoul October 13, 2004 Share Xoul Member October 13, 2004 Did you guys try installing the drivers for the mobos chipset? I always had problems with my ATI card not running at 8x... then installed the drivers for the mobo and it all worked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman October 13, 2004 Share Batman Member October 13, 2004 Ive tried everything you could think of... Except my mobo doesnt let me adjust the agp votage, and im not gonna do a hard mod.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear^ October 15, 2004 Author Share bear^ Member October 15, 2004 i did the hard mod no dice. : ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman October 15, 2004 Share Batman Member October 15, 2004 This is the last via chipset mobo i buy... I had been a SiS guy for a long time, im gonna try an amd or nforce chipset next.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auggybendoggy October 16, 2004 Share auggybendoggy Member October 16, 2004 (edited) ahhhh so now you guys understand why I gave up the horsepower on ATI. It's all nvidia for me now... I had different kinds but similar problems with a number of ATI's. One was my own and I just got frustrated. But good luck anyhow, I'll keep following the thread cause it's always helpful to fix freinds' computers. Aug Edited October 16, 2004 by auggybendoggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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