Problem with my Ti4200 Driver

[Oct_7]

Hi,

I got problem with my gainward ti4200 after i used it for about 1.5 years. I dunno what the reason, sometimes my monitor simply display no source signal. I have tried both the new driver from nvidia and the old driver that come with the card. I suspect either the driver or the card that have problem. Cos after i installed a fresh windows and ran it without installing the vga driver, the comp ran smoothly. Then when I tried to install the driver, the problem came. The no source signal message displayed when I enter windows (when logging in or loading personal settings). Can someone point to me what is the real problem and how to fix it?

My system:
Athlon XP 1600
Windows 2000
256 DDR
350 Watt Enermax power (for 3 HD and 1 cd rom)
Gainward ti4200 special edition (with VIVO)
ECS K7S5A

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[GeneticWeapon]

Your lucky your computer is booting at all. I once had a ti4200/ECS K7S5A setup, and I got the "no signal" problems right from the onset. K7S5A's dont deliver enough voltage to the AGP slot to run the graphics card, and after you install the drivers, and the card is fully enabled, it fails. I remedied the problem by removing my pci sound card, and running onboard audio, pci peripherals draw power away from the AGP slot on this particular board. You need to try only running your pc with the graphics card in, and see if it boots/acts normally, if it does, try putting your pci cards in one at a time, untill the problem returns.

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[Titanion]

now that is the kind of arcane knowledge this forum is awesome for...

BTW, my 2nd computer (ECS L7S7A2) is running an XFX Ti4200, and I have not had a problem... but I am only using one pci card... of course I have not had this cheap ECS board for even a year yet, and the voltage regulators were crippled on this board from the start...

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[Oct_7]

Hmmm, ok. I got 3 pci cards attached to my pc. 2 network card (one is disabled though), and one sound card. Thanks for ur point out. I'll check it whether my vga card is alright. ok, let say i can't live without them (one network card and the sound card), can u suggest any mobo? I hesitate to replace the cpu.

Just wondering, is it the same problem that caused my comp to hang when i tried to run a DX8 test?

Thanks alot,

Regards,

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[JP5]

I used to have a 1600+ and K7S5A with a Ti4200 along with some other PCI cards like audigy live, LAN, and modem. I never had a problem. I always thought the board was pretty stable for a VIA based board.

I had a loud-ass Swiftech 372 cooler and delta fan on that CPU. That was the dumbest cooler purchase I ever made.

 

[pauldh]

It's an SIS 735 chipset, not Via. To me it has been a stable board as long as you do not run the memory bus higher than the cpu bus. Basically if you have a Duron or TBird 200bus chip, run your mem at DDR200 not DDR266 speeds, even if it is faster memory. Same with PC100/133.

Contiversial board but I have had good luck on 4 out of 4 systems based on that board. Only issue was in Win Me with a Duron and PC133. Setting the ram to 100 intead of 133 solved that problem. Definately always was a budget board though. It performs like a AMD 760 or KT266.

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[pauldh]

I have used GF2MX, Radeon 32DDR, GF3, GF4Ti4200, and Radeon 8500 on that board without problems.

ABIT IS7, P4 2.6C, 512MB Corsair TwinX PC3200LL, Radeon 9500 Pro, Santa Cruz, Antec 1000AMG, TruePower 430watt

 

[Oct_7]

Did u use those cards with the board for a long time? Cos as i stated above, i have used the card for more than 1 year with out a problem. But suddenly the problem occured. Well, I just hope that it is not my graphic card. Can suggest me a good for money card? (U can count ECS out though).

Thanks alot,

Regards,

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[davemar14]

If its your video card, I would suggest a 5900XT. The eVGA 5900XT is only $188 at newegg, and has very good performance.

 

[Oct_7]

Hi,

I have upgraded my mobo to ABIT NF7-S. After installed the driver, it was on without no prob. Then I started to updated my windows. When i updated my windows with Windows2000-KB823980-x86-ENU.exe. I got back the problem. I just fed up yesterday, is it my vga card that have problem?

Thanks,

Regards,

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[agcheavin]

The Gainward TI4200 had a problem with the ram failing after receiving a bad batch of them during production. I had the same card except it was the golden sample and with me it was game freezes and scrammbled images along with the odd boot up problem which started about 8 months after I bought it. I returned it (under warrent luckily) and the new card ran sweet.

Gary



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[Oct_7]

Well, my card is also a golden sample. I dont think my card still under warranty. Haiz, cant afford a new card with a VIVO, maybe i'll try to send it back for repair. Just curious, how long has your new card been with you?

Thanks,

Regards,

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[agcheavin]

I picked up as a replacement a TI4200 8x AGP, it wasn't a GS, but it was a bit faster. I kept it for another 5 months then ended up with the 9800 pro extreme...a great card.

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<font color=red>Gecube 9800 pro Extreme<font color=red>
<font color=blue>ASUS A7N8X deluxe<font color=blue>
<font color=blue>1024 meg Dual Channel DDR 3200<font color=blue>
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