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  • I have a really annoying problem with my G400!

    Ok, I install drivers, i play games, surf internet (have to force to agp1x cause of the collored lines)
    and after i turn my computer and go to windows (like after a night) when my desktop comes up, there are no desktop but all the coloder lines, only the lines are still, and computer freezes, i can boot back to windows thru safe mode, and reinstall driver, or go to system>performance> graphics, and move the slider all the way to left (removes all acceleration) to go back to normal windows.
    ALso I have windows 2000 installed with latest drivers, and when someting happends in windows 98,I go to 2000, and everything is fine than, so whan can I do to fix the problem, and my card is NOT overclocked.

    my system specs:

    Athlon 500mhz
    MSI MS-6167
    Matrox G400 DH (not max)
    Toshiba 6x DVD
    SB PCI 128
    128 RAM
    blah blah blah

  • #2
    Interesting first off what are your interupts and what version are your drivers. Have you also used the Matrox uninstaller to remove all traces of the previous drivers.
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    • #3
      My irqs are fine, G400 + IRQ for pci steering are on 9, nothing else
      I use 5.41, and yes I used uninstall utility.
      It is so ANNOYING
      blah blah blah

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      • #4
        People come one, today i had to go some place during the day, and when I came home, same thing happend, i am in w2k now, cause i cannot reinstall drivers anymore, cause i am annoyed!!!
        please please please please please please please please!!!!!
        blah blah blah

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        • #5
          A couple of possibilities:

          Is your power supply one recommmended for use with an Athlon by AMD?

          Have you tried reseating your card?

          Have you had this problem with all other cards removed from the system? If not, which card (when added) causes the problem to reappear?

          Are you able to try a different memory module? If so, does the problem still occur with the other module?

          Have you tried reinstalling Win98?

          Is your case well ventilated? If not, heat may be affecting the system from a number of angles, such as processor, memory, video card and maybe others.

          Are you able to try your G400 card in a different computer? Does it appear to work fine?

          Did you assemble the processor/heat sink yourself or did you buy it preassembled? Do it correctly? (sorry)

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          • #6
            Is your power supply one recommmended for use with an Athlon by AMD? > I am not sure cause i got my system from www.axissystems.com but as far as I remember its 230v.

            Have you tried reseating your card? > Yes

            Have you had this problem with all other cards removed from the system? If not, which card (when added) causes the problem to reappear? > I didnt have this problem with poserdesk 5.25 (i think) and lower (but i am not 100% sure.

            Are you able to try a different memory module? If so, does the problem still occur with the other module? > I dont have any other sdram sticks.

            Have you tried reinstalling Win98? > Yeah

            Is your case well ventilated? If not, heat may be affecting the system from a number of angles, such as processor, memory, video card and maybe others. > I have a fan in the "fan place" (near pc speaker), and reg x86 fan right near the g400s heat sink...
            (this happends when i leave my comp off for some time (so it should be cold)

            Are you able to try your G400 card in a different computer? Does it appear to work fine? > I didnt try to do it.

            Did you assemble the processor/heat sink yourself or did you buy it preassembled? Do it correctly? (sorry) > I didnt...


            ANy help?
            blah blah blah

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            • #7
              I had that problem when i had a g200 and
              tried to force it AGP 2x.
              I recommend you get the g400 registry hacks
              at this site and force the card 1x.
              Believe, theres no relevant performance
              decrease.
              Happy new year

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              • #8
                I had that problem when i had a g200 and
                tried to force it AGP 2x.
                I recommend you get the g400 registry hacks
                at this site and force the card 1x.
                Believe, theres no relevant performance
                decrease.
                Happy new year

                ------------------
                -Does your dog byte?
                -Nop (The man enters and the dog bits him)
                -You sayed it didnt
                -It's not my dog
                (Tribute to Greg Moore)

                -Does your dog byte?
                -Nop (The man enters and the dog bits him)
                -You sayed it didnt
                -It's not my dog
                (Tribute to Greg Moore)

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                • #9
                  o have to force my card to agp1 to make it run games, and this all happends in APG1
                  blah blah blah

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                  • #10
                    What is the power supply wattage? If it is 230W, then that is almost certainly not enough for a stable Athlon system. AMD recommends 300W or better.
                    Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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                    • #11
                      http://www1.amd.com/athlon/power

                      Time to go shopping, Speeder. Get a big one!

                      Paul
                      paulcs@flashcom.net

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                      • #12
                        Ppl, you have any suggestions on what power supply to buy? cause there are so many of em..
                        I want sometng not expensive but good
                        blah blah blah

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                        • #13
                          i have $50 to spend so if ne1 will give me any suggestinons on what to buy (not more than 50 with shipping)
                          blah blah blah

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                          • #14
                            Hi,

                            You asked for it, here it is:
                            http://www.allstarshop.com/shop/Subs...AL0NHTDLQN8ND5

                            Pretty good PS, 300W, it's on the approved list, and good price from a good company

                            Rags

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                            • #15
                              Remember Speeder. 300 Watts or higher. Beg, borrow, or steal, but 300 Watts or higher. You now have a big honkin' computer, and you need a big honkin' power supply.

                              Paul
                              paulcs@flashcom.net

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