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Problem with ATI Radeon 9200
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ukguy24
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9. July 2004 @ 07:34 |
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I was wondering if anybody could help....?
I have a Radeon Excalibur 9200AGP Vivo Edition 128MB Graphics Card. I have been having pc problems since i got it the first minor problem is when i set my display setting colour to 32MB the desktop runs slow and everything seems to refresh twice. Secondly during playing a lot of games my pc will just crash and reboot completly. I have the up-to-date drivers from the ATI webpage but the problem persists.
My Comp Specs are -
Pent 4 2.4 speed
80gig hard drive
512 RAM with regular soundcard that came with my pc.
Also the AGP setting on the ati box says it is 8x but my comp will only allow AGP at 4x. I will be grateful for any help!
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Praetor
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9. July 2004 @ 08:33 |
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when I set my display setting colour to 32MB the desktop runs slow and everything seems to refresh twice.
Dang, (a) what't the refresh on the monitor set to? (b) I take it the video acceleration is set to max? (c) Is there a possibility the card is screwd? (Test on another computer) (d) as for the reboots: unstable memory? overheating core?
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ukguy24
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9. July 2004 @ 09:19 |
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Sorry mate i should have put the refresh rate in its is 1024 x 768.....i should also note that on some games the card works fine with no problems and yes the hardware acceleration is maxed
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cozza1987
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9. July 2004 @ 09:39 |
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1024 x 768 is the Screen Resolution not refresh rate...
Refresh rate is measured in Hz (hertz)
Right Click Desktop -> Properties -> Settings -> Advanced -> Monitor
Screen refresh rate....
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ukguy24
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9. July 2004 @ 09:48 |
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60hz doh! Refresh rate
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Praetor
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9. July 2004 @ 10:46 |
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Well 60Hz would be the reason why you say its "refreshing twice" .. try increasing it. The higher the better.
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9. July 2004 @ 11:17 |
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Also, under the same setting that cozza1987 gave to you, make sure that the name of your monitor is the one listed and not a generic monitor.
If yours is not listed, then you have to get the .inf file for it off of the manufaturer's website.
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Praetor
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9. July 2004 @ 11:40 |
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Well you dont technically have to do that (do you? i've never bothered)
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ukguy24
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9. July 2004 @ 15:47 |
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Thanks for that! Changing the refresh rate has solved the desktop problem but the game problem still persists
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Praetor
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9. July 2004 @ 16:53 |
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1. What games?
2. Heat issues.
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ukguy24
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9. July 2004 @ 17:03 |
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works fine on call of duty but when it comes to football like euro 2004 it will crash during a game
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Praetor
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9. July 2004 @ 21:35 |
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Can u be more specific when you say "crash"? There are about a dozen completely different ways things can crash. :)
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ukguy24
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10. July 2004 @ 11:01 |
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crash = The whole system reboots
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Praetor
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10. July 2004 @ 11:05 |
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crash = The whole system reboots
Is it possible the system is overheating? Or even just something like just the memory subsystem?
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quake237
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18. July 2004 @ 05:06 |
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dude Radeon 9200 owns. a Radeon 9200 will look st doom 3 like its a piece of shit. k Radeon 9200 can probly and most likley handle any game coming out right now
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ukguy24
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18. July 2004 @ 07:19 |
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Here is an update, sorry i havent posted anything on here for a few days. Ive tried all different screen resolutions and refresh rates and the problem is still occuring it happens all the time on Euro 2004 game as for the system overheating i am pretty basic on computers could you explain this more and give me more options to try i would be most grateful. I know a while back when my system rebooted it would come up when windows restarted that my system had just recovered from a serious error and when i posted the report it stated that the problem was due to the graphics card and the ATI website offers no help at all to me really.
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matty8887
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18. July 2004 @ 11:19 |
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Does it crash just on euro 2004, try using another game. Also have you got all the latest catalyst drivers if not try getting them from the website.
-Xbox v1.0, X-ecuter2 lite, EVO-X DASHBOARD,
-PS2 V4(gap), PS2 V5, duo2
-BARTON 3200+, wInDoWs XP(sp2),
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ukguy24
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18. July 2004 @ 11:48 |
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It seem like it only crashes on euro 2004, games like call of duty gta vice city and others seem to work fine will i just have to face the problem of not being able to play this game on the pc?
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matty8887
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18. July 2004 @ 11:52 |
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Could just be that this game makes the pc generate alot of heat. What is your cpu temperature on each of the games, this may solve the problem. Or it could be something to do with the game but i wouldnt have thought it would have restarted the pc.
-Xbox v1.0, X-ecuter2 lite, EVO-X DASHBOARD,
-PS2 V4(gap), PS2 V5, duo2
-BARTON 3200+, wInDoWs XP(sp2),
asus A7V600-X,120GB
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ukguy24
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18. July 2004 @ 16:06 |
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How do i check my cpu temp on each of the games?
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matty8887
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19. July 2004 @ 01:36 |
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You can get a program, i have motherboard manager 5. You can get it from
mbm.livewiredev.com/download.html.
This will tell you your cpu temp and motherboard temp. During each game record the temperature of the cpu and motherboard and tell us what you got.
-Xbox v1.0, X-ecuter2 lite, EVO-X DASHBOARD,
-PS2 V4(gap), PS2 V5, duo2
-BARTON 3200+, wInDoWs XP(sp2),
asus A7V600-X,120GB
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19. July 2004 @ 01:40 |
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ukguy24:
Use Lavalys EVEREST Home [Free][Formerly AIDA32] [Go to Computer, Sensor, Teperatures: check the CPU temp, along with motherboard, HDD, PSU]
[ http://lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=1&lang=en&pageid=1 ]
I used to have an ATI Radeon 9200 PCI 256MB. It was old and ran on PCI, so I recommend to BUY A NEW CARD to play games the way thery're meant to be played, even if yours is AGP. [23x faster now p/sec.: I own BFG Tech nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900XT OC] BFG Tech is a very good, respectable, professional, awesometastic company. No kidding, really.
[ http://www.BFGtech.com ]
Also, check out this WIERDazz, homosapien, loony-bin DOOM 3 site. You have to see to believe. It hurts me to see people like this still alive.
[ http://www.bandoom.tk/ ]
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 19. July 2004 @ 01:49
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Praetor
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19. July 2004 @ 10:28 |
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so I recommend to BUY A NEW CARD to play games the way thery're meant to be played, even if yours is AGP
LOL!
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19. July 2004 @ 20:57 |
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quake237 (Newbie)
"dude Radeon 9200 owns. a Radeon 9200 will look st doom 3 like its a piece of shit. k Radeon 9200 can probly and most likley handle any game coming out right now"
hahahahahahahaha. OK. What are they, like $50 right now at CompUSA/Best Buy?! That's a pretty good sign about how "good" the card is most of the time. I guess you were saying the 9200 is good, I couldn't really make those first few sentences...
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ukguy24
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20. July 2004 @ 08:51 |
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Ok Guys ill check all that stuff out and get back to you thanks for your help (for now lol)
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