[SOLVED] More Radeon 9600 Pro troubles

Mandragora · 10-03-2007, 01:11 AM

Hey guys :)

I've had issues with my RADON 9600 Pro before and apparently solved them... I was so very wrong =/

256mb RADEON 9600 Pro problem This is the previous thread.

Basically, I have the infinite loop error. To get around it, I have to turn AGP Read and AGP Write off in SMARTGART.

I upgraded my drivers to Catalyst 7.9, in which I couldn't turn AGP Read off. So I rolled back to Catalyst 7.4, and I can turn AGP Read off... but everything is dead slow, scrolling down the screen takes ages and you can SEE the screen refreshing.

I tried to play GTA 3, and it told me that the game couldn't launch because of insufficient video memory. Odd, I thought, I should have 256 megs available on my video card.

Then I ran the Direct X diagnostic, and it tells me that Direct Draw, Direct 3D and AGP Acceleration is "not available".

I'm stumped. If I turn AGP Read on again, the infinite loop error will crash my games. If I turn have it off, even Windows crawls. What can I do? :(

My Specs:

Windows XP SP2
ASUS A7V8X-X motherboard
1.65 gigahertz AMD Athlon 2000+ XP
Two 512 Mb DDR400 RAM sticks running at DDR333
Gigabyte 256Mb RADEON 9600 Pro
HP71 17" Monitor
One 160 gig hard drive
One 80 gig hard drive
One LG 16speed DVD burner
Philips [Tevion] TV7131 WDM Video Capture
SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio (Integrated)
3Com 3C905TX-based Ethernet Adapter (PCI)
VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter (Integrated)
NetComm NB6 Modem
450 Watt PSU

Mandragora · 10-04-2007, 06:17 PM

Eeep, no-one knows how to fix this?

Is there any way I can figure out the voltage of my video card?

**Doby** · 10-04-2007, 06:35 PM

I have my agp voltage set at 1.6 for my 9600XT card this may be a bit high.

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=5&ArticleID=9

There is a artical on the loop error hope it helps, there is no one fix for this problem, it my personel oppinion that most of the time its related to a poor quality or under powerd psu

Mandragora · 10-04-2007, 06:45 PM

I changed my PSU for just that reason, didn't help much =/

My BIOS and the Gigabyte utilities have nowhere to change my video card's voltage...

**Doby** · 10-04-2007, 06:51 PM

My bios defaulted to the voltage of 1.6, I can change it in bios however.

Some bios don't allow you to change voltages, sorry could not be of more help

What psu do you have? You should have a bare minimum of 18 amps on the +12V it would be better to have something in the mid 20's

Mandragora · 10-04-2007, 07:18 PM

My PSU, if memory serves, is around 450watts.. which I calculated to be more than enough.

I read somewhere that my motherboard can only support AGP 8x cards of 1.5v... though turning my card down to 4x doesn't help, the games last longer then crashes.

I know there's a way to fix this, but what it is I have no idea... I've even cleaned and reseated my video card, which helped before, but doesn't do anything now. I'm at a loss =/

Mandragora · 10-05-2007, 09:08 PM

I've solved the issue, I went back to the original drivers that came with my installation CD for the video card, then turned AGP Read off.

However, this is just a workaround... the companies that make these products really need to do something about it.

10-03-2007, 01:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mandragora Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 30 OS: Windows XP	[SOLVED] More Radeon 9600 Pro troubles Hey guys :) I've had issues with my RADON 9600 Pro before and apparently solved them... I was so very wrong =/ 256mb RADEON 9600 Pro problem This is the previous thread. Basically, I have the infinite loop error. To get around it, I have to turn AGP Read and AGP Write off in SMARTGART. I upgraded my drivers to Catalyst 7.9, in which I couldn't turn AGP Read off. So I rolled back to Catalyst 7.4, and I can turn AGP Read off... but everything is dead slow, scrolling down the screen takes ages and you can SEE the screen refreshing. I tried to play GTA 3, and it told me that the game couldn't launch because of insufficient video memory. Odd, I thought, I should have 256 megs available on my video card. Then I ran the Direct X diagnostic, and it tells me that Direct Draw, Direct 3D and AGP Acceleration is "not available". I'm stumped. If I turn AGP Read on again, the infinite loop error will crash my games. If I turn have it off, even Windows crawls. What can I do? :( My Specs: Windows XP SP2 ASUS A7V8X-X motherboard 1.65 gigahertz AMD Athlon 2000+ XP Two 512 Mb DDR400 RAM sticks running at DDR333 Gigabyte 256Mb RADEON 9600 Pro HP71 17" Monitor One 160 gig hard drive One 80 gig hard drive One LG 16speed DVD burner Philips [Tevion] TV7131 WDM Video Capture SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio (Integrated) 3Com 3C905TX-based Ethernet Adapter (PCI) VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter (Integrated) NetComm NB6 Modem 450 Watt PSU

10-04-2007, 06:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mandragora Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 30 OS: Windows XP	Re: More Radeon 9600 Pro troubles Eeep, no-one knows how to fix this? Is there any way I can figure out the voltage of my video card?

10-04-2007, 06:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 8,094 OS: XP sp2/ Vista My System	Re: More Radeon 9600 Pro troubles I have my agp voltage set at 1.6 for my 9600XT card this may be a bit high. http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=5&ArticleID=9 There is a artical on the loop error hope it helps, there is no one fix for this problem, it my personel oppinion that most of the time its related to a poor quality or under powerd psu __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF

10-04-2007, 06:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mandragora Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 30 OS: Windows XP	Re: More Radeon 9600 Pro troubles I changed my PSU for just that reason, didn't help much =/ My BIOS and the Gigabyte utilities have nowhere to change my video card's voltage...

10-04-2007, 06:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 8,094 OS: XP sp2/ Vista My System	Re: More Radeon 9600 Pro troubles My bios defaulted to the voltage of 1.6, I can change it in bios however. Some bios don't allow you to change voltages, sorry could not be of more help What psu do you have? You should have a bare minimum of 18 amps on the +12V it would be better to have something in the mid 20's __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF

10-04-2007, 07:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mandragora Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 30 OS: Windows XP	Re: More Radeon 9600 Pro troubles My PSU, if memory serves, is around 450watts.. which I calculated to be more than enough. I read somewhere that my motherboard can only support AGP 8x cards of 1.5v... though turning my card down to 4x doesn't help, the games last longer then crashes. I know there's a way to fix this, but what it is I have no idea... I've even cleaned and reseated my video card, which helped before, but doesn't do anything now. I'm at a loss =/

10-05-2007, 09:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mandragora Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 30 OS: Windows XP	Re: More Radeon 9600 Pro troubles I've solved the issue, I went back to the original drivers that came with my installation CD for the video card, then turned AGP Read off. However, this is just a workaround... the companies that make these products really need to do something about it.