Radeon 9600XT issue

[hjr2000 0]

Hi

 

I have bought and fitted a Connect 3D 9600XT 256MB card. AGP version.

 

The problem is am getting is with 3D graphics. For example I open the Catalyst Control centre and click on the 3D tab. The animation of the car starts and then within 1 second the screen goes blank. I believe the Monitor is in fact not receiving a signal anymore. Or, when I start Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and start the game the same thing happens.

 

I have followed to installation path to the letter (rebooting after each step):

 

Remove old (Nvidia GeForce 3 ti 200) driver

 

Upgrade AGP software (NForce2 using Nvidia's latest all in one upgrade executable)

 

Install driver from CD

 

The problem mentioned happened in this situation. I then downloaded and installed the latest Radeon driver from ATI and had the same problem.

 

My PC configuration is as below :

 

Windows XP SP2

 

AMD 2800+ CPU

 

Asus A78NX 2.0 Deluxe Motherboard, BIOS version 1007.(Latest BIOS versions do not have any mention of a ATi card problem which is fixed).

 

512MB RAM

 

LG1710B TFT 17" Monitor

 

Netgear 512 network card

 

If anyone can advise me as to what the problem is I would be very grateful. If the issue is not resolved I will have to return the card which I would prefer to not have to do.

 

Many thanks

 

Haden Robbins

 

[thatsteveguy 0]

You may still want to try a bios update anyways if there is a more recent one. Althought they may not mention a fix for ATI cards they may have fixed a voltage or timing issue with agp that might fix your problem.

then post back with news.

S