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  • #1

    why are you having so many problems!!! (G400)

    I don't understand why so many people are having such bad problems with the G400, I've installed two of them into two completely different systems and whalah! no problems, Oone is even running on irq 5!?! AGP 2x from the start, ogl from the start, and wicked cool o/c'ing FROM THE START!!!

    STEP 1) REMOVE ALL PREVIOUS DRIVERS FROM ALL PREVIOUS VIDEO CARDS

    STEP 2) BE SURE THE CARD IS PLUGGED INTO THE MOBO, DUH!

    STEP 3) DON'T SHARE IRQS!!!!!

    STEP 4) INSTALL THE NEWEST DRIVERS FOR YOUR MOBO

    STEP 5) INSTALL G400 LATEST DRIVERS

    STEP 6) ENJOY!

    oh well, just needed to express my feelings(tm) about all the belly aching
    jim

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    PIII-500mhz @ 620! with an Abit BE6 mobo
    128mb pc-100
    Mill G400(YAHOO!!!) 32mb @ 165/205 with MGATweak), PD 5.30 & bios 1.5-22
    Maxtor 13.2 gb Uata66 hdd
    SB Live!
    Winblows 98se & DX7
    FOUR BIG FANS, six little ones and a case that sounds like a turbine engine...doh!
    3DMark Result 5954.69 3DMarks
    Synthetic CPU 3D Speed 9325.69 CPU 3DMarks
    Rasterizer Score 2791.72 3DRasterMarks
    Game 1 - Race 65.07 FPS
    Game 2 - First Person 54.89 FPS
    Fill Rate 268.79 MTexels/s

    System 1:
    AMD 1.4 AYJHA-Y factory unlocked @ 1656 with Thermalright SK6 and 7k Delta fan
    Epox 8K7A
    2x256mb Micron pc-2100 DDR
    an AGP port all warmed up and ready to be stuffed full of Parhelia II+
    SBLIVE 5.1
    Maxtor 40g 7,200 @ ATA-100
    IBM 40GB 7,200 @ ATA-100
    Pinnacle DV Plus firewire
    3Com Hardware Modem
    Teac 20/10/40 burner
    Antec 350w power supply in a Colorcase 303usb Stainless

    New system: Under development
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  • #2
    Someone give DuRaNgO a beer!!!!! QUICK!!!!

    These are new G400 owners with problems who were probably recently refered here because we do such a good job They weren't around during the past few months when we solved all these issues. And ya know what?? They won't stop comming for quite awhile.

    Feel better yet??? We still need ya in here.

    Paul
    "Never interfere with the enemy when he is in the process of destroying himself"

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    • #3
      AHHH! that beer definately helped, thanks Paul
      jim
      System 1:
      AMD 1.4 AYJHA-Y factory unlocked @ 1656 with Thermalright SK6 and 7k Delta fan
      Epox 8K7A
      2x256mb Micron pc-2100 DDR
      an AGP port all warmed up and ready to be stuffed full of Parhelia II+
      SBLIVE 5.1
      Maxtor 40g 7,200 @ ATA-100
      IBM 40GB 7,200 @ ATA-100
      Pinnacle DV Plus firewire
      3Com Hardware Modem
      Teac 20/10/40 burner
      Antec 350w power supply in a Colorcase 303usb Stainless

      New system: Under development

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      • #4
        BEER??? Where??

        Jim needs some laxative more, me thinks.
        But you're both right. And we'll keep on going, trying to help them all. Just wish this would be a paid job for once

        Jorden.
        Jordâ„¢

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        • #5
          doh!
          System 1:
          AMD 1.4 AYJHA-Y factory unlocked @ 1656 with Thermalright SK6 and 7k Delta fan
          Epox 8K7A
          2x256mb Micron pc-2100 DDR
          an AGP port all warmed up and ready to be stuffed full of Parhelia II+
          SBLIVE 5.1
          Maxtor 40g 7,200 @ ATA-100
          IBM 40GB 7,200 @ ATA-100
          Pinnacle DV Plus firewire
          3Com Hardware Modem
          Teac 20/10/40 burner
          Antec 350w power supply in a Colorcase 303usb Stainless

          New system: Under development

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          • #6
            sorry
            but it almost seams like some of these are plants from "brand x" marketing instead of real people needing help
            jim

            [This message has been edited by DuRaNgO (edited 17 October 1999).]
            System 1:
            AMD 1.4 AYJHA-Y factory unlocked @ 1656 with Thermalright SK6 and 7k Delta fan
            Epox 8K7A
            2x256mb Micron pc-2100 DDR
            an AGP port all warmed up and ready to be stuffed full of Parhelia II+
            SBLIVE 5.1
            Maxtor 40g 7,200 @ ATA-100
            IBM 40GB 7,200 @ ATA-100
            Pinnacle DV Plus firewire
            3Com Hardware Modem
            Teac 20/10/40 burner
            Antec 350w power supply in a Colorcase 303usb Stainless

            New system: Under development

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            • #7
              I had major problems with mine becuase i decided to upgrade my shitty video card before i upgraded my motherbaord and chip, becuase i belived the awesome vid card would boost my fps in games and would be cheaper.
              What i failed to take into acount was the fact that my new G400 MAX was TOO powerful for my AMD 300 and VIA motherboard.

              With my new PIII 450 and BX6 motherboard everything worked great from the start.

              My motherboard just couldnt handle the power of the G400 MAX! > : )

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              • #8
                hey hey hey!
                ANOTHER TIP :REINSTALL OR BETTER UINSTALL AND THAN INSTALL THE WINDOZE
                guess what, it helps
                Matrox Millennium G400 Dual Head - English
                Resolution 800*600
                Color Depth 16-bit Color
                Frame Buffer Triple buffering
                Refresh Rate VSync Off
                CPU Optimization AMD 3DNow!(tm)
                3DMark Result 5420.49 3DMarks
                Synthetic CPU 3D Speed 9142.76 CPU 3DMarks
                Rasterizer Score 2206.33 3DRasterMarks
                Game 1 - Race 63.58 FPS
                Game 2 - First Person 47.24 FPS
                Processor Type AMD-K7(tm) Processor
                Processor Speed 500 MHz
                Physical Memory 128 MB

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                • #9
                  just a question, i just chekced my system settings after i read this post and it seems my sblive and g400 max are both sharing irq 11 !! but i am having NO problems at all except for the bit of tv flickering that is getting annoying!

                  any idea on what i should do ?

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                  • #10
                    IRQ sharing is _very_ bad. One common example is your network card and your soundcard using the same IRQ. Everything _seems_ to work, but during network play of Q3test you have massive packetloss and lag.
                    In your case, check to see in your BIOS under the Plug and Play/PCI submenu if there is the option to assign a specific IRQ to a certain slot, otherwise, just try moving the SB Live! to different slots and find one that doens't conflict.

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                    P3-450@558mhz@2.1v, ABit BE6, 128megs PC133 SDRAM, SB Live! Value, G400 32meg Dualhead, Acer ALN-201 PCI 10bT NIC, 6.5gig Seagate Medalist Pro 7200rpm, 13gig Quantum Fireball CR, Yamaha 4416e Burner, Pioneer 10x DVD-ROM
                    P3-450@558mhz@2.1v, ABit BE6, 128megs 7.3125ns PC133 SDRAM, SB Live! Value, G400 32meg Dualhead (@120%), Acer ALN-201 PCI 10bT NIC, 6.5gig Seagate Medalist Pro 7200rpm, 13gig Quantum Fireball CR, Yamaha 4416e Burner, Pioneer 10x DVD-ROM, Panasonic e70 17" Monitor, Antec KS-188 24" Tower, 6 year old Honeywell-SUH 101key Keyboard, Logitech Trackman Marble+

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                    • #11
                      yeah, kick the SBLIVE of the poor IRQ, lol

                      ppl, what is a difference between pci128/pci512/live?
                      i have PCI 128, and i am happy for it, why is it so cheap?
                      Matrox Millennium G400 Dual Head - English
                      Resolution 800*600
                      Color Depth 16-bit Color
                      Frame Buffer Triple buffering
                      Refresh Rate VSync Off
                      CPU Optimization AMD 3DNow!(tm)
                      3DMark Result 5420.49 3DMarks
                      Synthetic CPU 3D Speed 9142.76 CPU 3DMarks
                      Rasterizer Score 2206.33 3DRasterMarks
                      Game 1 - Race 63.58 FPS
                      Game 2 - First Person 47.24 FPS
                      Processor Type AMD-K7(tm) Processor
                      Processor Speed 500 MHz
                      Physical Memory 128 MB

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                      • #12
                        Speedy,

                        The PCI128 is just the Ensoniq chipset Creative bought. So is the 512... although it's tweaked (I think). The Live! is an all-new chip (well ok a year old now). Better, faster, less CPU overhead, more nifty stuff.

                        In most applications, same sound quality though. I wouldn't upgrade (if I were you) until the next generation of chips.

                        - Ash

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                        • #13
                          Actually the 512 uses the emu10K1
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                          • #14
                            Well, I've had a PCI128 for nearly a year now. I've had no noticeable problems. It's worked just fine.

                            Paul

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                            Retail Celeron 300a @ 464MHz
                            Abit BH6 v1.01(LN Bios)
                            128mb Generic PC-100 SDRAM
                            G400 32mb SH @ Fo=300MHz(5.30 Drivers)
                            Ovislink 10/100 Realtek NIC
                            E-Tech 56Kbps Modem
                            SB PCI128 Sound Card
                            Asus 40x CDROM
                            Western Digital Caviar 6.4GB (Win 98SE)
                            Western Digital Caviar 4.3GB (Red Hat 6.0)
                            17" Shamrock C708 .25 "Diamondtron" Monitor
                            (1) 120mm Panaflo Blow-hole
                            (2) 80mm Fans Card Cooler Style
                            (1) 80mm Fan @ case front

                            Despite my nickname causing confusion, I have no religious affiliations.

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                            • #15
                              My G400 is sharing an IRQ with my SBLive! and it has worked (in three different systems) faultlessly.

                              The Soundblaster Live!, Value, Player, Platinum, etc, all use the Creative EMU10K1 processor.

                              ------------------
                              aka Chris H

                              [This message has been edited by RoGuE (edited 18 October 1999).]

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