G400MAX CRASHES!!!!

[CPU]

Hi there...
My G400Max crashes on windows desktop if i install the matrox drivers..(flickering screen when i change res etc.) in save mode or without the matrox drivers (IN 640*480*16) everything runs perfect.

SYSTEM:
Abit Bx6 2.0
333C@416 (84FSB)
128Ram
Agpclk 1/1
IBM DTTA351680 (16GB)
G400MAX
Terratec Xlerate pro (Vortex2)
Network Device (10Mb/s Surecom)
Miro PcTV

[ALBPM]

Try re-seating the G400 Max and see if that helps.

Paul

[Bilbo]

Just guessing I'm afraid but try re-seating your Max in its slot(there is a section about Abit problems on MURC News)and check that the IRQ is higher than 9 and not shared with anything. These seem to be main culprits for most G400 problems

[Ed]

I got my G400 a couple of days ago and it crashed numerous times since. Going back to 66 mhz fsb seems to help though (at least it's been stable so far.)

The quality of a lot these cards just plain sucks if you ask me (I even had to unscrew the back of my pc to make it fit properly).. :-(

[DuRaNgO]

yes, when screwing the card into the (abit) mobo, the rear of the card can pop up slightly, also, be sure there are no cards in the slot closest to the card, if possible
jim

and ed, you're not gonna get a lot of help talking like that

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PIII-500mhz @ 620!
Abit BE6 mobo
128mb pc-100
Mill G400(YAHOO!!!) 32mb @ 165/205 with MGATweak)
PD 5.30
Maxtor 13.2 gb Uata66 hdd
SB Live!
Winblows 98se
DX7
THREE BIG FANS, six little ones and a case that sounds like a turbine engine...doh!



[This message has been edited by DuRaNgO (edited 14 October 1999).]

[CPU]

hi
tried to reseat and removed all other cards ==> same problem

[DuRaNgO]

what drivers and bios are you using?

[Bilbo]

What was the old Graphics Card that you had in the system?
Is there a possibility of some old drivers still kicking around?
Have you tried removing your TV card AND removing the drivers?

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G400 32MB DualHead,
PIII450@504,
64Mb,
QDI Brilliant 1 Mobo,
Goldstar 32X CDROM,
6.4Gb UDMA SAMSUNG HD,
3.2GB Quantum Fireball UDMA HD,
Int. IDE ZIP Drive,
ASUSCOM ISDN TA (Internal)
10/100MB Fast Ethernet Card,
SB AWE64 Gold,
Belinea 10 70 10, 17" Monitor,
Hmmmm and a Floppy Drive

[CPU]

Graphics BIOS: 1.5 22
DirectX 7.0
AbitBX2.0: Newest (30/8 dont remember name)
Powerdesk 5.30
Irq of MGA : 11

[CPU]

i removed all cards, and formatted hdd (+fdisk) = same problem (win98 se, wn95b, win98)

[DuRaNgO]

Hmmmm,
I remember this same problem someone else had, what type of monitor do you have?
jim

[DuRaNgO]

also, why are you running the agp at 1/1? try running it at 2/3
jim

[CPU]

eizo flexscan f56

[CPU]

2/3 the system does not boot...

[DuRaNgO]

will the system do 100 fsb?
also, is that a higher end monitor or economy? there were problems with ktx (i think that was the name) monitors
jim