Please help whit my Radeon 9800 pro card, "lost focus" error

gamerdude · Feb 15, 2004, 05:36 PM

Hi

I have like 3 weeks whit my Radeon 9800 pro, and it worked great, until yesterday, i have this strange message "Lost Focus" when i try to run a game or a Ati demo (like chimp demo or bear demo), and even whit 3dmark03 i get that strange message, and i cant run anything right now, all games will minimize and go to the desktop, and i cant run anygame...

Please help me, because i dont know what else to do, i reinstall the drivers (4.2 omega) and it doesnt work, i download the 4.1 catalyst and omega and nothing, i always get that error message, i even reinstall all, the OS, everything, and the same error message.

I have:

Windows xp sp1
gigabyte GA-7s748
amd athlon xp 2400+
kingston 512mb pc2100
ati radeon 9800 pro 128mb
cd-rw lg
dvd-r piooner

my power supply is 400W

Please help... cause im thinking my Radeon 9800 its dead and i expend a lot of money for that cool vidcard...sniff.... =(

PoopyTheJ · Feb 15, 2004, 05:47 PM

running with 2 video out's connected? I think it's jumping to another display or thinks it is, make sure you're only connected to one output device monitor/tv and if that's the case try pulling the plug on your monitor, could be a refresh issue and some monitors remember resolution/refresh info.

gamerdude · Feb 15, 2004, 10:17 PM

I only have 1 monitor plugged to my pc, only one, its a Compaq MV740 17"

What should i do?

Dyre Straits · Feb 15, 2004, 10:26 PM

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Originally posted by gamerdude
I only have 1 monitor plugged to my pc, only one, its a Compaq MV740 17"

What should i do?

Go into your Device Manager and REMOVE all instances listed beneath Monitors. No matter how many are listed, highlight each one and select to REMOVE. Do this without rebooting until all of them are gone. Then reboot and let Windows redetect your monitor.

gamerdude · Feb 15, 2004, 10:52 PM

Ok i remove the monitor (only shows one, compaq mv740), right click and uninstall, but nothing happends, i reboot the pc and the same error message appears when i try to run a game

Dyre Straits · Feb 15, 2004, 10:56 PM

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Originally posted by gamerdude
Ok i remove the monitor (only shows one, compaq mv740), right click and uninstall, but nothing happends, i reboot the pc and the same error message appears when i try to run a game

Have you tried reinstalling the video drivers yet?

Also, you might try turning off the VPU Recover in the Display Properties settings.

Beyond that, do you recall doing anything/installing anything new since the card last worked properly? Any new hardware, software, etc?

gamerdude · Feb 15, 2004, 11:05 PM

Yep, VPU its off and same fastwrites (i have omega 4.2), im gona reinstall the drivers right now

Hm... last hardware was a keyboard, just that, software... prince of persia TsoT demo, FFXI benchmark and aquamark... just that, i only moved the refresh rate for my monitor, and then it seems that every game crashes to my desktop, now my monitor its 1280x1024 60hz

in fact, when i run for example Halo, i can hear the game but its minimized and when i try to restore the game to the original size, again the window minimize, in every game, in FFXI benchmark it says lost focus, same for 3dmark and any ati demo.

Im reinstalling omega drivers..

Dyre Straits · Feb 15, 2004, 11:22 PM

If the problem persists, try uninstalling Omega's drivers and then install the official drivers. (I'm a fan of his drivers, too, but this will help determine whether it's a driver issue or not.)

PoopyTheJ · Feb 16, 2004, 12:43 AM

change resolution to 1024x768 60hz try running your games opr benchies see if you get the same error. Also shut down unplug monitor wait a couple minutes plug it back in and reboot see if that helps. oh yeah also unplug your monitor from your vid card make sure you have no bent pins, I think I had this same issue and I had a bent pin, if I remember correctly.

Zebra · Feb 16, 2004, 10:20 AM

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Originally posted by Dyre Straits
Go into your Device Manager and REMOVE all instances listed beneath Monitors. No matter how many are listed, highlight each one and select to REMOVE. Do this without rebooting until all of them are gone. Then reboot and let Windows redetect your monitor.

Be sure to click on the Views(or tools) menu within the device manager, and select, Show Hidden devices. Then delete every monitor you see.

gamerdude · Feb 16, 2004, 01:50 PM

Ok guys, check this:

i put the splinter cell demo, and i can play but in extremely low resolution (640x480), and when i try to change the resolution (for example 1152x864) the game always crash to the desktop, i can hear the game but i cant restore the window, again...

maybe its a problem whit my monitor but im not sure, if thats the case, do i have to change my monitor?

Dyre Straits · Feb 17, 2004, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gamerdude
Ok guys, check this:

i put the splinter cell demo, and i can play but in extremely low resolution (640x480), and when i try to change the resolution (for example 1152x864) the game always crash to the desktop, i can hear the game but i cant restore the window, again...

maybe its a problem whit my monitor but im not sure, if thats the case, do i have to change my monitor?

There could be a problem with your monitor. That's one thing to consider. Do you have access to another monitor you can try? From a friend?

I had a monitor go bad a couple of years ago but it would simply go to a black screen. This would happen when the image got too bright. I had it repaired and am still using it on my other computer.

meggablockx · Jun 23, 2005, 01:26 AM

gamerdude has the same problem i do

i know that "focus" has some thing to do with the keyboard or hot keys i think its just a bug that needs to be fixed in the software

i read some one talking about an update to fix this problem ..

i know when i use my keyboard to play games it does not crash my games or minimize my game to the desktop

it has to be the keyboard !!!!

please help

this is what gamedude had to say . and its the same thing thats going on with my computer

"i have this strange message "Lost Focus" when i try to run a game or a Ati demo (like chimp demo or bear demo), and even whit 3dmark03 i get that strange message, and i cant run anything right now, all games will minimize and go to the desktop, and i cant run anygame..."

email me at

boombox60@yahoo.comboombox60@yahoo.com

im running

p4 3.0 1mb
2 raptor 10000 rpm sata drives in raid 0
ati 9800 pro
lanparty pro875b
zalman 7700 cooler

BWX · Jun 23, 2005, 01:34 AM

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