[aqua illusion78]

UGH! this is so annoying so i hope someone can help.. ok i just go my new card and i put it in and everything and it all looks fine for a few minutes and then wham, everything freezes.. alright so i goto the ati website and i find it in the common problems, so it says update your BIOS, i already have the most up-to-date BIOS.. load AGP drivers, well the motherboard i have already comes with them and you dont need to install them as far as i can tell, and if there are any out there ANYWHERE, i sure cant find them and they arent on the cd that came with my motherboard, ok so last thing i can do is to change some CMOS settings, alright so i run setup when i restart my computer and the settings it wants me to look at arent even available.. so ok i dunno what to do and i really dont feel like taking it to those guys up at best buy where i got the card to have them do it for me cause it makes me feel stupid and its a hastle AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO FIX IT!! so if anyone could help it would be really awesome.. alright anyone who thinks they know something here are my system specs:
933 P III
Intel motherboard, model # D815EEA2, chipset 815
WinXP
ATI all-in-wonder radeon 8500DV
i think thats all you would need to know about it AND SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!

 

[Valacosa]

Hmmm...Well, I don't think I'm in much of a position for giving credible help, seeing as I'm having Video Card Installation issues of my own. :upset:

However, if you're looking for drivers, ANY driver, try www.driverguide.com . They want you to register, but I have been registered there well over a year and they have never bothered me...

 

[KnightCJD]

I have the same card, and I also had problems with my card when I got it ... it would freeze and vertical lines would appear on the screen ... turns out you need to look at the card, and you have to switch off two switches on the card and actually plug a floppy power cable into the side of the card. This will fix it.

Go to this page to read about it, lots of people had the problem and this guy figured it, so hope it works for you...

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthr...page=20&highlight=vertical lines&pagenumber=1