Re: Pb w/ K7S5A + RADEON 8500LE 64

I use the exact same card in my early version k7s5a, you may have a
bad vid card.

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Best regards,
Kyle
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"LesGratuites.com" <> wrote in message
news: om...
| Hi!
| I just bought a Radeon 8500 LE 64Mo DDR (Hercules) Clock 250/500 and
| got a freezed black screen with vertical lines when trying to
| Benchmark
| the card with 3DMark2001
|
| No problems when DOWNclocking Radeon 8500 GPU to 200Mhz (instead of
| 250)
|
| I've tried latest SiS AGP Driver 1.16, differents ATI display
drivers
| (3.2, 3.4, 3.5) Ati Omega drivers (www.omegacorner.com) and I still
| get the same
| problem : 3D displays freeze the system with a black screen.
|
| I also tried to change some parameters in the Bios : AGP 4x -> 2x,
| Fast writing and so on... No luck !
|
| I suspect a weak voltage for my AGP slot ? Is there anybody who
faced
| (solved) this problem ?
| I previously used a ATI 7500 and it was rock stable !
| Thanks for any help
|
| Regis

I must admit, my prior post was not totally correct, I have a "built
by ATI" 8500LE 64Meg. However, the card should be substantially the
same as yours, although my card will run at 275/300.

What OS are you using, and what version of directx?

You might try changing your dram timings in the CMOS setup to very
conservative settings.

Further, are you certain you removed and/or uninstalled all of the old
drivers each time you tried different video drivers?

Also, can you run DXDIAG and perform the D3D tests?

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Best regards,
Kyle
tired of spam, no email address
"LesGratuites.com" <> wrote in message
news: om...
| Hi !
| Nothingwrong with then card ! I've already change it for an other
| Hercules FDX Radeon 8500 LE.
| So card is OK (Latest Bios in the video card : 7.8.1)
| Also flash bios of ECS K7S5A
| Tried to change AGP 4X Control in the Bios
| Tried downclock BUS on the motherboad (100Mhz instead of 133)
| Tried to overclock BUS for CPU (143, 147Mhz)
| Tried to remove SiS AGP driver (v1.16)
| Tried Catalyst Drivers 3.2, 3.4 and 3.5
| Tried Omega Drivers (www.omegacorner.com)
|
| The only thing that works is to downclock GPU/Mem on the Radeon
| 200/250 (instead of 250/250)
| This way it is more stable.
|
| Any solution ?
|
|
| "Kyle Brant" <> wrote in message
news:<bdo0tk$v2o7e$>...
| > I use the exact same card in my early version k7s5a, you may have
a
| > bad vid card.
| >
| > --
| > Best regards,
| > Kyle
| > tired of spam, no email address
| > "LesGratuites.com" <> wrote in message
| > news: om...
| > | Hi!
| > | I just bought a Radeon 8500 LE 64Mo DDR (Hercules) Clock 250/500
and
| > | got a freezed black screen with vertical lines when trying to
| > | Benchmark
| > | the card with 3DMark2001
| > |
| > | No problems when DOWNclocking Radeon 8500 GPU to 200Mhz (instead
of
| > | 250)
| > |
| > | I've tried latest SiS AGP Driver 1.16, differents ATI display
| > drivers
| > | (3.2, 3.4, 3.5) Ati Omega drivers (www.omegacorner.com) and I
still
| > | get the same
| > | problem : 3D displays freeze the system with a black screen.
| > |
| > | I also tried to change some parameters in the Bios : AGP 4x ->
2x,
| > | Fast writing and so on... No luck !
| > |
| > | I suspect a weak voltage for my AGP slot ? Is there anybody who
| > faced
| > | (solved) this problem ?
| > | I previously used a ATI 7500 and it was rock stable !
| > | Thanks for any help
| > |
| > | Regis

Bunch Of Fun <> wrote in message news:<5VuMa.40734$>...
> I've got a Radeon 8500LE 128MB that runs at 250/250 with no problems.
>
> You mention it runs fine when you downclock the GPU, that seems to
> indicate that your card can't handle the higher clock speed. I don't
> think it's a motherboard problem.
>

Hi !
This is what I first thought about... But, this model is manufactured
to run 250/250. I think that vcore voltage on AGP is not high enought
to have it stable. Just try to run you CPU at normal clock speed and
lower cpu voltage -> this will get your system unstable and crash
In my opinion, this is what happens with my ECS K7S5A (maybe there is
a new BIOS changing the voltage on AGP bus) ?

I still need more help ;o)


>
> LesGratuites.com wrote:
> > Hi !
> > Nothingwrong with then card ! I've already change it for an other
> > Hercules FDX Radeon 8500 LE.
> > So card is OK (Latest Bios in the video card : 7.8.1)
> > Also flash bios of ECS K7S5A
> > Tried to change AGP 4X Control in the Bios
> > Tried downclock BUS on the motherboad (100Mhz instead of 133)
> > Tried to overclock BUS for CPU (143, 147Mhz)
> > Tried to remove SiS AGP driver (v1.16)
> > Tried Catalyst Drivers 3.2, 3.4 and 3.5
> > Tried Omega Drivers (www.omegacorner.com)
> >
> > The only thing that works is to downclock GPU/Mem on the Radeon
> > 200/250 (instead of 250/250)
> > This way it is more stable.
> >
> > Any solution ?
> >
> >
> > "Kyle Brant" <> wrote in message news:<bdo0tk$v2o7e$>...
> >
> >>I use the exact same card in my early version k7s5a, you may have a
> >>bad vid card.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Best regards,
> >>Kyle
> >>tired of spam, no email address
> >>"LesGratuites.com" <> wrote in message
> >>news: .com...
> >>| Hi!
> >>| I just bought a Radeon 8500 LE 64Mo DDR (Hercules) Clock 250/500 and
> >>| got a freezed black screen with vertical lines when trying to
> >>| Benchmark
> >>| the card with 3DMark2001
> >>|
> >>| No problems when DOWNclocking Radeon 8500 GPU to 200Mhz (instead of
> >>| 250)
> >>|
> >>| I've tried latest SiS AGP Driver 1.16, differents ATI display
> drivers
> >>| (3.2, 3.4, 3.5) Ati Omega drivers (www.omegacorner.com) and I still
> >>| get the same
> >>| problem : 3D displays freeze the system with a black screen.
> >>|
> >>| I also tried to change some parameters in the Bios : AGP 4x -> 2x,
> >>| Fast writing and so on... No luck !
> >>|
> >>| I suspect a weak voltage for my AGP slot ? Is there anybody who
> faced
> >>| (solved) this problem ?
> >>| I previously used a ATI 7500 and it was rock stable !
> >>| Thanks for any help
> >>|
> >>| Regis