Need BIOS Help ( Original Graphics card prob )

2006-09-22 04:14:43

#26

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|7079|Finland

Your power supply unit could be an aspect that you might want to conside, as EricTViking (and I) pointed out. What's your current wattage?

Case-file: [FF]Ubersturmbannfuhrer

A while ago, when he still had his AGP mobo, Uber had a 9800 which drew power so much that it caused crashing. After getting himself a 400W PSU, the problems stopped.

Check your PSU specs, just to be sure.

Last edited by DonFck (2006-09-22 04:18:51)

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2006-09-22 04:24:08

#27

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7080|Derby, England

DonFck wrote:
Your power supply unit could be an aspect that you might want to conside, as EricTViking (and I) pointed out. What's your current wattage?

Check your PSU specs, just to be sure.

Where do I check that ?

2006-09-22 04:25:31

#28

tupla_s: .; +455|7040|Finland

badhq wrote:
DonFck wrote:
Your power supply unit could be an aspect that you might want to conside, as EricTViking (and I) pointed out. What's your current wattage?

Check your PSU specs, just to be sure.
Where do I check that ?

Open the case and read what's printed at the side of it

2006-09-22 04:26:46

#29

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|7079|Finland

Remove the side panel of your PC, In the top left corner lies your PSU (If you have a standard ATX tower, which the mobo indicates you have). On the unit, you see a label showing output voltage and wattage.

https://www.quietpc.ca/images/qt02300.jpg

Last edited by DonFck (2006-09-22 04:26:59)

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2006-09-22 04:32:21

#30

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7080|Derby, England

Model ATX-300GTF

Ac input 200-240v-,4A,50hz

DC out put 300

2006-09-22 04:34:21

#31

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|7079|Finland

That might be it..

Do you have a friend who owns a 400+ watts PSU, and who might be willing to offer his helping hand for some testing still today, before the PC-boutiques close?

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2006-09-22 04:38:01

#32

<[onex]>Headstone: Member; +102|7149|New York

This sure does sound like a Power supply problem. This might sound silly, But your old card, did it have a power plug attached to it? Does the 9550 have a power connector? and is it connected to a power cord?

The biggest reason for a crash like this, because you mention it doesnt happen unless you try to use the card(after booting) It seems like its not getting enough power. most premade computers come with 80 to 150 watt power supplies. Thats barely enough to run anything no a days. Your best bet is to get atleast a 400 watt power supply and plug it in and boot up your computer. Id bet everything would be fine.

If you want to try something, try uninstalling your ATI drivers, Then BEFORE you reboot Goto ATI and get the 5.9 drivers(they are safe) youll find them under Old Versions of XP drivers on the left side of the page). Then, Before you reboot after uninstalling drivers, UNPLUG your internet cord, this is important. Then reboot(without internet). When you reboot, windows will try to install drivers, CANCEL the install TWO times. Then it will say there was a problem. Thats fine, just ignore it. After that, Install the 5.9 drivers you downloaded. After installing them, REHOOK your internet cable and reboot. IF your powersupply is OK you should now have your vidio card working. If Not, Your power supply is either too small, or your Vidio cards Processor is not working properly.

The reason you Unhook your internet during ANY vidio card driver install is to Not allow windows to find a driver on the internet when you install a new vidio card. Because it will do so without you knowing it and you will have all kinds of conflicting driver files on your computer.

Last edited by <[onex]>Headstone (2006-09-22 04:38:44)

2006-09-22 04:38:07

#33

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7080|Derby, England

DonFck wrote:
That might be it..

Do you have a friend who owns a 400+ watts PSU, and who might be willing to offer his helping hand for some testing still today, before the PC-boutiques close?

Should I just go and buy one anyway ?

2006-09-22 04:38:58

#34

DoctorFruitloop: Level 13 Wrongdoer; +515|6994|Doncaster, UK

I don't think it's the PSU unless it's faulty. I was running a 250W PSU with the same card, and had two optical drives and two HDDs as well.

2006-09-22 04:40:05

#35

Rogue_Delta: Member; +6|6903

DoctorFruitloop wrote:
I don't know if this will help, but I seem to remember the last time I looked at my BIOS there was an option to select the primary display device. Maybe that's it.

What mobo have you got Boris?

+ disabling from control panel-->system?

2006-09-22 04:40:54

#36

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|7079|Finland

-80+ € for a Nexus 400W, is my guess.
-But what if it's not the part causing your issues?
-Still, a decent PSU is never a bad thing to have..

It's your call, m8!

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2006-09-22 04:43:23

#37

DoctorFruitloop: Level 13 Wrongdoer; +515|6994|Doncaster, UK

DonFck wrote:
-80+ € for a Nexus 400W, is my guess.
-But what if it's not the part causing your issues?
-Still, a decent PSU is never a bad thing to have..

It's your call, m8!

That's a good call. If you've got the cash a better PSU won't go amiss.

Try looking on dabs.com for decent deals.

2006-09-22 05:03:14

#38

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|7079|Finland

DoctorFruitloop wrote:
DonFck wrote:
-80+ € for a Nexus 400W, is my guess.
-But what if it's not the part causing your issues?
-Still, a decent PSU is never a bad thing to have..

It's your call, m8!
That's a good call. If you've got the cash a better PSU won't go amiss.

Try looking on dabs.com for decent deals.

*Pads DoctorFruitloop on the back*

"We've regained control, good work men!"

On a more serious note: badhq, tell us how everything worked out once you know more, k?

Last edited by DonFck (2006-09-22 05:12:25)

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2006-09-22 05:17:30

#39

High Spirit: Member; +5|7019|Canada, Eh?

I don't think it is a power supply problem... first, he said everything was working fine before he formatted. Second, if the power supply was causing the problem, it would crash when he loaded up a game (BF2) and started to make the video card demand more power.

BADHQ, you should not be disabling anything in the device manager to install video card driver. If you disable the "VGA Controller", you are disabling your video card.

2006-09-22 05:19:01

#40

SkoobyDu: 'CLICK JOIN NOW'... OK lets go... BOOM!!!! =FFS=; +120|7009|Cheshire, UK

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2006-09-22 05:38:33

#41

DoctorFruitloop: Level 13 Wrongdoer; +515|6994|Doncaster, UK

DonFck wrote:
DoctorFruitloop wrote:
DonFck wrote:
-80+ € for a Nexus 400W, is my guess.
-But what if it's not the part causing your issues?
-Still, a decent PSU is never a bad thing to have..

It's your call, m8!
That's a good call. If you've got the cash a better PSU won't go amiss.

Try looking on dabs.com for decent deals.
*Pads DoctorFruitloop on the back*

"We've regained control, good work men!"

On a more serious note: badhq, tell us how everything worked out once you know more, k?

ZOMG, Padder! Call IndianScout!

2006-09-22 07:28:28

#42

SkoobyDu: 'CLICK JOIN NOW'... OK lets go... BOOM!!!! =FFS=; +120|7009|Cheshire, UK

badhq - check your messages

2006-09-22 17:23:58

#43

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7080|Derby, England

SkoobyDu wrote:
badhq - check your messages

Thanks bro sent u reply back

Problem is still there

I went and bought 515w SPU 2day i tought it made a differents but it dident, still it was good invesment it looks badass

Anyways problem is still there

Loaded fresh version of windows, ( no problem PC works fine )
Installed SP2 ( no problem PC works fine )
Installed ATI Drivers ( PC freez every time ) it ether loads till it brongs up windows xp logo where u see the blue bars loading, or it will load windows and then freez up, have to restart manualy every time.

Sumone sujested installing ati 5.9 drivers does anyone have a link for it ?

Thanks for the tips guys. Help still need it.

Peace Boris

2006-09-22 17:28:52

#44

{A.K.A}LordBeefman: Member; +32|7049|Sydney, Australia

go into your bios and change the graphics from 32mb to what ever your card is will fix the problem i had them samething most people don't even think about looking at what their bios says

2006-09-22 17:39:00

#45

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7080|Derby, England

{A.K.A}LordBeefman wrote:
go into your bios and change the graphics from 32mb to what ever your card is will fix the problem i had them samething most people don't even think about looking at what their bios says

I cant find Graphics card in BIOS ? can u direct me where exactly it is located ? or what its called? Ca's I cant even see anything that resemble graphics card

2006-09-22 17:45:56

#46

dubbs: Member; +105|7079|Lexington, KY

Guys, this seems to be a software issue not a PSU issue. Bad, before you install your ATI drivers, check the color quality in you display Properties. This is probally set really low, just set it to highest.

2006-09-22 18:00:19

#47

EricTViking: Yes, I am Queeg; +48|6999|UK

You could try the Omega ATI drivers

Another thing to try ( this is a long shot though ;-) is to go into the BIOS and disable your COM Ports & Parallel Ports. You will find settings for these in the "Integrated Peripherals" page of the BIOS. Set them to disabled and see if the drivers will work. On the same page you could also disable 1394 if you're not using firewire. Like I said this suggestion is a long-shot but it worked for me a few years ago. I had a GeForce card that would only run in VGA mode, disabling one of the com ports free'd up resources and allowed the card to spring to life.

Also in the BIOS check that "PNP OS Installed" is set to "Yes" on the "PNP/PCI Configuration" page.

I don't think thr BIOS tweaks above are very likely to fix things, but sometimes it can be something silly that stops a system working. Never assume anything - it makes an ASS out of U and ME ;-)

Last edited by EricTViking (2006-09-22 18:02:37)

2006-09-22 18:06:32

#48

EricTViking: Yes, I am Queeg; +48|6999|UK

dubbs wrote:
Guys, this seems to be a software issue not a PSU issue. Bad, before you install your ATI drivers, check the color quality in you display Properties. This is probally set really low, just set it to highest.

It does sound like a software problem, but setting the colour quality won't stop the system freezing and locking up.

2006-09-22 18:07:03

#49

joker3327: =IBF2=; +305|7046|Cheshire. UK

Boris try this .....

Surf too

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/def … olderID=27

this screen comes up ...

Knowledge Base
ATI Customer Care Site Map > Drivers and Software >

Drivers and Software

1. Windows XP Drivers and Software

2. Windows 2000 Drivers and Software

3. Windows XP Media Center Edition Drivers and Software

4. Windows 98 Drivers and Software

5. Linux Display Drivers and Software

6. Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Drivers and Software

7. Windows ME Drivers and Software

8. Windows Vista Drivers and Software

9. Utilities

10. Mac OS Drivers and Software

click on 9 Utilities

This comes up

Utility software is available for the following configurations:

* RAGE I/II/II+
* Various

click various

this comes up

Various

1. 737-1447: CATALYST - ATI Maintenance Utilities

2. ATI Adapter Utilities

click 1.

to get here

CATALYST Uninstaller
This tool is used to delete all ATI related files from your system. This includes ATI CATALYST software suite and any ATI Demos.

* Filename: cat-uninstaller.exe
* File Size: 300 KB
(Download time approximately 2 minutes at 28.8K.)
* Posted: 10/08/2003

download and run ...this will remove all your old ATI drivers

Then go to here

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/def … olderID=27

make your way to the radeon drivers and dl 6.9

ATI Customer Care Site Map > Drivers and Software > Windows XP > RADEON >

RADEON
Display Drivers and Software for RADEON Products

1. Catalyst 6.9 Windows XP - Driver Download

Also found this for you to try boris

http://www.drivercleaner.net/professional.php

2006-09-22 18:09:01

#50

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7080|Derby, England

dubbs wrote:
Guys, this seems to be a software issue not a PSU issue. Bad, before you install your ATI drivers, check the color quality in you display Properties. This is probally set really low, just set it to highest.

My whole screen looks like it has rubish all over it or sumthing i do set it to high but everything is unreadable if I install ATI crads PC freez is up

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