GA-7VAX and Radeon 9500 Pro

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I'm having difficulties with all components of my computer from BIOS all the
way to Catalyst 4.5 drivers for the card itself. What is the combination
for BIOS, AGP setting, Graphics Drivers, and any other misc settings? My
computer crashes every ten minutes of game play and I can't figure it out.
Here's my specs....

Athlon XP 3000+
512 MB PC3200
250 GB Harddrive
BIOS version F4
Catalyst 4.1 drivers
all other drivers for main board are very first versions, no updates.

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"Bryan Tharp" <tharpb35@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<10ao0h7tmfsa8c4@corp.supernews.com>...
> I'm having difficulties with all components of my computer from BIOS all the
> way to Catalyst 4.5 drivers for the card itself. What is the combination
> for BIOS, AGP setting, Graphics Drivers, and any other misc settings? My
> computer crashes every ten minutes of game play and I can't figure it out.
> Here's my specs....
>
> Athlon XP 3000+
> 512 MB PC3200
> 250 GB Harddrive
> BIOS version F4
> Catalyst 4.1 drivers
> all other drivers for main board are very first versions, no updates.

I suspect it is a heat problem or a power problem. Check temperatures,
and what is the Power of your Power Supply Unit?
If your system works fine with another agp graphic card then it is
either the graphic card(overheating, mulfunctioning, incompatibility
with the mobo)or a power issue(not enough power to the graphic card).
I have a 7VAXP ultra and a sapphire Radeon 9700 and no problem at all.
My PSU is HEC 525watt.
Try these:
1) Turn AGP fastwrite off. Put AGP aperture size to 128. Put main
memory CAS latency to 2.5. Force AGP to 4x.
2) Get a bigger PSU(costs some money unfortunately. Recommended Antec
480.)
3) Be sure to have the latest Via hyperion drivers. Prior to (1) above
remove graphic drivers, reboot, change settings in bios, enter
windows, install latest via drivers, reboot and install ati drivers.

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Oh yeah, I am running a VAXP mobo with the 9700 Pro, 512 PC2100 Crucial RAM
(GB mobos are picky about RAM too, you may have compatibilty issues) and a
AXP 2100+



"Bryan Tharp" <tharpb35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:10ao0h7tmfsa8c4@corp.supernews.com...
> I'm having difficulties with all components of my computer from BIOS all
the
> way to Catalyst 4.5 drivers for the card itself. What is the combination
> for BIOS, AGP setting, Graphics Drivers, and any other misc settings? My
> computer crashes every ten minutes of game play and I can't figure it out.
> Here's my specs....
>
> Athlon XP 3000+
> 512 MB PC3200
> 250 GB Harddrive
> BIOS version F4
> Catalyst 4.1 drivers
> all other drivers for main board are very first versions, no updates.
>
>