A Really Wierd And Big Problem With My 9800 Pro...

Pain_Slayer · Nov 7, 2004, 12:15 PM

Hey guys, did anyone of you have ever player a game over 30seconds? My computer sometimes restart and then an empty blue page appears( i have been logged out to a dos program)...A blank blue page...And I tried to install The official patches ( none of them works correctly- The Ati Catalyst Never worked)...I updated my bios on my motherboard...When i didn't update It had the same Problem that

always crash to desktop or goes to DOS with a Blue Screen ( Blank one)...I have tried omega..It didn't Work...My computer is :

3200 Amd 64
1gig ddr ram
ATI 9800 Pro 128mb
200 Hd WD(sata150)
power supply 400W
Asus K8N-E Deluxe

Thx in advance

refraction · Nov 7, 2004, 02:31 PM

what game?

bake15 · Nov 7, 2004, 02:34 PM

Have you got fast writes turned on in bios?if you have turn them off

or it might be a psu problem.

Sargentwhitey · Nov 7, 2004, 03:23 PM

It might be a PSU problem... although it depends on the brand.. if its an off brand then it definitely might be. Try and check how much voltage it is supplying on the 3.3v line.. I used to have the same problem with my old system with a 9700 Pro...
and Turning off fast writes does work... it did with my Athlon XP system

Pain_Slayer · Nov 7, 2004, 08:31 PM

ok thx let me try

Pain_Slayer · Nov 7, 2004, 09:27 PM

I have disabled the fast write in the bios...The problems keeps doing it ( that Blue screen)....so... Psu?

Pain_Slayer · Nov 7, 2004, 09:28 PM

the 3.3v supply's around 3.12

Sargentwhitey · Nov 7, 2004, 09:54 PM

hmm.. that may be a little low.. is it at least somewhat stable that low? it might be dropping to far down and cutting out on enough voltage for your card

Lchevy79 · Nov 7, 2004, 09:58 PM

ok what game is it and what driver version are you using is it rebooting when you are in windows and other games???

Falstaff · Nov 7, 2004, 10:37 PM

is there a turbo in the bios for the system clock, you know a selection like
normal
broad spectrum
turbo

Son_of_Thunder · Nov 7, 2004, 11:19 PM

3.12 is a bit low, the general rule of thumb is around 5% lower than usual is OK. the 5% mark is 3.135 :P you're nearly 10% below where you want to be.

Pain_Slayer · Nov 8, 2004, 02:42 PM

Playin Rome to War at resolution 1280x960..nop i dont think there's a turbo in the bios...the problem occurs to 5 games ( call of duty,rome to war,battlefield,soldier of fortune 2, command and conquer generals).. I installed the lastest official ati driver without catalyst ( the program says that i didnt install my driver properly )...

thx again

Pain_Slayer · Nov 8, 2004, 02:52 PM

its a blank blue page in DOS

bake15 · Nov 8, 2004, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pain_Slayer

the 3.3v supply's around 3.12

3.12

what make is your psu?

refraction · Nov 8, 2004, 03:18 PM

what drivers are you using? if its the 8.07 betas a few people have had problems with it crashing, also there was something i read about SP2 not liking GART drivers anymore because microsoft decided to change the way it interfaces with the AGP port, so removing smartgart may fix your problem.

Pain_Slayer · Nov 8, 2004, 03:20 PM

i have change to a True Blue 480W(cost around 150$)

Pain_Slayer · Nov 8, 2004, 03:21 PM

ihave windows SP2 by the way

refraction · Nov 8, 2004, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pain_Slayer

ihave windows SP2 by the way

well try removing the smartgart and see if that helps.

Powercolour · Nov 8, 2004, 04:13 PM

i think blue screen either means bad ram or bad driver, or an ocational glitch

refraction · Nov 8, 2004, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Powercolour

i think blue screen either means bad ram or bad driver, or an ocational glitch

well youd think ram, but the fact it only happens on certain games points more to the driver and the fact microsoft decided to change the way windows interacts with the agp without mentioning it doesnt really help! i think ATi had something on their site about users with windows sp2

Pain_Slayer · Nov 8, 2004, 04:32 PM

Pain_Slayer · Nov 8, 2004, 04:46 PM

i am regretting of buying this video card man.... why does this problem occurs? is it compatible with the asus K8N-Deluxe motherboard?

refraction · Nov 8, 2004, 04:47 PM

i dont see why not, if its select games its more likely to be a driver problem.

have you tried the Catalyst 4.9 drivers?

Pain_Slayer · Nov 8, 2004, 04:53 PM

the latest driver on ati.com?

Pain_Slayer · Nov 8, 2004, 05:03 PM

i tried the 4.10

refraction · Nov 8, 2004, 05:34 PM

no try the 4.9's im sure you can get them somewhere

Pain_Slayer · Nov 8, 2004, 05:47 PM

oh Sh*t Catalyst Control Working with 4.9!!!( Not normal for me) ;p

refraction · Nov 8, 2004, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pain_Slayer

oh Sh*t Catalyst Control Working with 4.9!!!( Not normal for me) ;p

very good ;p now try some games, let us know if your all fixed

Pain_Slayer · Nov 8, 2004, 06:11 PM

ok.. can any one explain this (why the my catalyst only worked for a while)? It does'nt now...man this is very wierd
.

refraction · Nov 8, 2004, 06:15 PM

try using driver cleaner then installing the drivers again, it could be you have something left over from earlier drivers...