9800 pro problem solved

I was having problems with my 9800 pro hanging during gameplay.....the remedy ?
Disable the vpu recovery and bump up the agp voltage from 1.5 to 1.6. I am not sure which one did the trick but no more hanging. I will investigate further to find out exactly which one fixed it.

Good to hear that.

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I don't know if this is related.. but I've been battling multiple problems ever since I upgraded my G5 to Leopard a week ago. Everything was perfect under Tiger.
The problem that only occurred directly after upgrading to Leopard... is that my graphics now get corrupted and garbled. I've got two video cards running two LCD monitors. The card giving me problems is the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (256MB). What happens is.. first all the window shadows and top menu bar start getting checkerboard patterns.. then the whole screen starts getting variants of different colors and checkerboard patterns. After awhile and refreshing the screen a few times... the problem goes away for a bit. Then comes back.
Again, this card and my entire system and drives were working fine under Tiger. Now, I don't know if I have a bad card? Is there something wrong with Leopard on my G5 2Ghz DP? Did my Maxtor 750GB triple interface drive just go bad with the upgrade?
I don't know where else to look, I'm guessing the "geniuses" at the Apple store won't help me since this machine is out of warranty. Any help would be HUGELY appreciated. I've been battling all these problems ever since I started the Leopard upgrade 4 days ago and have not got much sleep.

I've already reset PRAM with the option,command,P,R keys... letting it chime a couple times... and have already done this many times over the last few days. Doesn't seem to help. I don't know how to reset NVRAM via open firmware and the instructions are vague. But, supposedly a PRAM reset is all you have to do.
If it is a heat problem, why would it only have presented itself directly after a Leopard upgrade? It also does it when I boot off the Leopard disk. Actually does it worse. I'd just get a new card if I wasn't suspicious about the Leopard upgrade... not convinced it's a hardware problem yet. Though the card is mounted on the bottom slot above the CPUs. It has a fan on top that appears to be working but it doesn't look like much clearance between the card and the top of the CPUs case.
I could move it up a slot to give it more air... but it still doesn't explain why until last Monday, it worked fine under Tiger.

Core clock on a powercolor 9800 SE (EDIT: SOLVED...See below if having core clock problems)

I have a 9800 SE soft modded to a 9800 pro and with this mobo every time I look my core clock has been knocked down a couple of notches. I know it can run at 400+ but it always semms to get knocked down to around 386 or so. I know it isnt the card because I used this card in my old Athlon XP system and it was fine. Anybody else have this problem with their video cards? I'm using atiTool to monitor the core clock.

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PLEASE LOOK AT MY POSTS IN THE 1.31 BIOS THREAD !!!!!:rtfm:
VEEEEERY IMPORTANT !!!!
I CAN'T WRITE EVERYTHING HERE AGAIN.HAVE A LOOK THERE AND IF YOU WANT MORE ANSWERS LET ME KNOW
You mentioned in that thread that you are back to bios 1.1 and you found a way to fix temp readings. How did you do it?

RX 9800 Pro 128 mb AGP Display problem...

Got an odd problem with my recently purchased MSI Rx 9800 Pro. Once installed my computer boots properly, but i get small lines, odd looking graphics, or simply missing parts of characters, displayed on my screen.
I'v updated my bios on my MB, the rx9800 already has the lastest bios rev. The problem happens during post as well has within windows. But I did pull the latest drivers anyways from MSI, still displays funny.
I cleaned the leads on the AGP connection and made sure it was securely in place.
I thought it may be a power problem, I've got a 400 watt power supply with 3 cd/dvd roms and 2 Hard drives, so I disconnected the power to everything but my primary hard drive and the MSI vid card.
I also hooked up the DVI to VGA converter, incase there was a problem with the interface, but to no avail, it still does not function properly.
Just to make sure i wasnt being retarted I swtiched monitors as well, same problem.
I finally got frustrated and hooked my 3d prophet 32mb DDR Geforce card back up.
I've installed hundreds of video cards (ok, maybe not literally hundreds), but I can't fix this problem. I'm thinking there has to be something wrong with the hardware?
Would the experts out here agree? Any comments or addtional troubleshooting tips would be greatly appreciated.
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ASUS P4P800 Deluxe Motherboard
P4 2.6 no HT
512 mb DDR 3200 ram
Windows XP SP 1
2 Western Digital SATA 120 GB HD's

In that situation, I would try the card in another comparable PC to see if the problem is duplicated. If so, then I would think an RMA would be in order.
If I have a similar class of card available, that I know is in good working order, I will then try it in the PC with the problem to do a thourough session.
It's not always possible to do that as most of us don't own a store.
I have often put things on my credit card temporarily to troubleshoot and then return witin the alloted return window. It's not recommended unless you intend to return one and then keep the other.
Just some ideas.

Problems installing Radeon 9800 Pro on K8N Neo2

Hi All!
I am trying to upgrade from ABIT Nforce2 to K8N Neo2 Nforce3. I assumed that this should be possible without reinstalling Windows XP.
I now ran into problems with re-installing the drivers for the Radeon 9800 pro, the videocontroller is not recognised and the drivers will not install. The same happened when I tried an Nvidia FX-5600 card.
IMHO this will exclude problems with the 0800, as well as PSU problems. Which will leave me two options: re-install Windows since it looks like a driver/software problem (have I been too optimistic?) or RMA the board right away (even if the d-bracket will show 4 greens ...)
Thanks in advance for your response!
Hans

I am pretty sure this is a windows problem. I would never recommend to use different board on an installation allready made. Anyway you could try to install unifed nforce drivers for the nforce 3 250 chipset. This might fix the problem. If you want a stable system I would install windows from the scratch.

MSI 9800 PRO Display problems on my TV

Hi. i use MSI 9800 PRO R360. when i want to watch my desktop on both my MOnitör and Tv There is only seems my desktop scene. when i put the icons on right part on monitör with mouse , icons seems on Tv From left. and icons seems only on Tv now not on monitor... i hope you understood me.what is the problem?

Check if you are "extending" or "cloning" your video, probably the first one (gives you extra deskto space, instead of a replica of your monitor on tv.)
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I've got the Built By ATI Radeon 9800 Non-Pro and I've set Perf Mode to Slow and DOT to Disabled. This enabled me to OC the Proc stably.
I've played SWG with all terrain and video settings to the MAX and have had only one problem where the game itself crashed. But that was an anomaly not the norm.
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Radeon 9800 pro and memory problem

Hey i was wondering if someone could help me. I have a kt4av-l board. I just put in a radeon 9800 pro and When i play some games im getting crappy fps i updated the chipset drivers and the card drivers but still no help i have a 2400+ processor. also I bought a stick of ddr 2700 1 gig and for some reason i can't use the ram get alot of errors with it. i have two sticks of ddr 400 in there now 2 different brands and sizes and that runs fine but when i put that other stick in there by itself it doesn't work.

Hello,
It could be a weak power supply, have a look on your power supply's sticker for the following
eg
400w
+12v = 13a
+5v = 40a
+3.3v = 28a
The new stick may actually be faulty.
http://www.memtest.org/download/1.51/memtest86+-1.51.floppy.zip
Here is a program to test the memory.
Try increasing the voltage to 2.7v and set the frequency to match the CPU FSB. (133Mhz)
Is the CPU running at 2Ghz?
Sometimes when you buy a new video card the previous cards driver may conflict with the new one.
Try a reinstall of windows.
Also did you plug a power connector into the 9800pro?
Are you using any ATi drivers?
Your board may need a bios update to fix a 9800 compatibility issue.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=456&kind=1

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Wierd Lines Bad Card -- The solution

After updating my Computer to 10.4.8, I frequently had odd lines and Weird Colored Shapes dancing across my screen. Restarting was the only thing that solved the problem but It started becoming more frequent as time went on, Every 30 minutes having to do a restart. The Graphics card is the Retail ATI 9800 Pro 256 Special Edition 8x AGP, the card is 6 months old.
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Hi,
As has been stated above, the 9800 has heat issues in most Mac towers. I was politely told I didn't know what I was talking about, but I'm afraid I do and those who choose to ignore the hundreds of posts about this issue do so at their own risk. If you have a warranty, that's nice.
The Arctic Cooling Silencer 1 (Rev. 2) is a good brand of GPU cooler. It's your call, put a better cooler on the card or get another card. For $25 and 10 minutes work I'd put a cooler on it and see how it works.
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Until the RoHS compliant ATI Mac Edition cards are available, it is VERY hard to find a better video card. The ATI x800xt 256MB is the best card for performance and it will push a 30" display - for over $300. Most vendors are saying 3 weeks availability and have been saying that for 6 months.
Regards,
Dave

Can I replace an ATI RADEON 9800 PRO-(256MB)-MAC EDITION with Mac ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb Video Card For G4/G5

Hi,
I am trying to help a friend whose graphics card has bust.
The old one was an ATI RADEON 9800 PRO-(256MB)-MAC EDITION.
I've been looking on ebay and it seems a lot cheaper to get a Mac ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb Video Card For G4/G5.
Can I just swap them over? The connectors are not identical according to the photographs.
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I'd like to thank everyone for all the really useful information in this thread. It helped me solve a similar problem, which I'll describe here briefly in case it helps someone else.
I have a 2004/5 dual 2 Ghz PowerPC G5 and an Apple Cinema HD display linked, as I later found out, with the now defunct ADC connector. The display suddenly started to look like that scene in The Matrix, when code falls like rain down the screen, and I worked out I needed to replace my Radeon 9800 pro video card (I discovered the board was blue when I removed a thick layer of dust).
I took japamac's excellent advice and bought a Geforce 6800 Ultra from the linked eBay seller in Hong Kong, who delivered it extremely quickly, along with the cables to plug it into the DVD drive power source and a CD with installation instructions. It was only then that I realised the card had two DVI connectors and my display needed ADC (I hadn't understood the difference).
eBay came to the rescue again with a seller who had a secondhand DVI to ADC adapter, which Apple produced when it phased out ADC about six years ago but no longer sells. It has its own power supply and looks like a large version of the Mac laptop power cables - and has added signifcantly to the pile of spaghetti under my desk.
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Finally, with the G5 reassembled, plug the adapter's DVI connection into the back of the card, plug the Cinema Display ADC cable into the adapter block, plug the adapter's USB cable into the G5 (this enables the the USB ports on the back of the display to work), and power up.
At the time of writing, the display has been up and running for a couple of hours and all seems fine.
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MEGA180 - Samsung Drive & Radeon 9800 Pro

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Hi-
You can use the 9800 Pro in the MDD if you tape pins #3 and #11.
As for using the Zalman (or other cooler), the memory problem can be solved by using 1GB DIMMs, which would allow for up to two open slots.
Clearance of the optical drive is another issue.
If is just the EFI shield that is in the way, removing it can give a few more mm's of space.
Other drive brands are also shorter, so changing the optical drive out may be an option.
Otherwise, changing the cooler for a lower profile cooler is about all that you can do. At a minimum, reinstalling an OEM fan will give all the clearance that you need.
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ATI Radeon 9800 pro+ KT4AV-L

Yo i purcased a ATI 9800 pro today and i had problems with 8x agp so i put it on 4x then i played counterstrike. So i saw some strange problems the game runs on 80 fps okay thats good. But the game stil lags not lag because of the fps but just a strange lag. so i tried a higher Hz but it on 70 Hz but stil the same problem. what could it be help me.
Mobo: MSI KT4AV-L
RAM: Corsair 2x 256 ddr pc 2700
GPU: Sappire ati radeon 9800 pro
HD: maxtor 120 gb 8 mb cache
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2800+
PS: unnamed 300 W

PROBLEM SOLVED i just had to turn on vsync from the control panel lol

KT4V + Radeon 9800 PRO - Crash

Ho guys
I have a problem with my kt4v mobo and ati 9800 pro card.. i recently was running an ati 9600 256 working fine with latest cat drivers and via 4in1. I bought the 9800 fitted it rebuilt windows. installed the via drivers and then cats. I started to get error msgs that the vpu had recovered from an error. I tested the card in a nother machine xp1900 a7v333 and it worked great. i really dont know how to solve this. I have read that kt400 boards are the best at coping with ati's but surely i cant be the only one.
my setup
athlon xp 2600
kt4v
2xpc2700 ram
400w psu
i have flashed the bios to version 1.9 and reiinstalled and still the same issue. I have also tried disabling fast writes in the bios but still.
anyone got any suggestions?
muchly appreciated
jamster

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Radeon 9800 Pro overheating?

I have the K8T Neo2-FIR. Just was wondering if anyone else had noticed an "artifact" drawing and then shutdown of Windows when using a Radeon 9800? I believe this is an indication of overheating of the graphics card?
If anyone else has experienced this, please let me know what options I have. I have been told to try the Artic VGA Silencer (?), and some people at work told me to just get a cheapo PCI dual-fan card.
Setup:
I have a pretty nice Antec case that supposed to have a nice PSU, somewhere over 400W. I currently only have the two exhaust fans on the back, and an intake fan on the side (with spots to add an additional two intake(?) fans on the front, which I'll probably do at some point). I notice that at the BIOS the 12V reading seems a little low, at 11.3ish, but was assured by MSI tech that this was within the OK parameters. Any thoughts on this contributing to my problem? What should be the normal/average VCore and voltage readings with AMD64 3500+, Radeon 9800 Pro, 2 512 DIMMs of Kingston RAM (1GB total), SATA HD, DVD-burner, and an Audigy card?

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Basically in our case it is the Via 4 in 1 drivers or Via Htperion. Typically it is best to install that, then the card drivesr then the DirectX drivers. Sometimes when they install out of order they get screwed up and cause issues. No worries about being somewhat new to this. If we say something you don't understand then please ask. None of us may know what level of expertise you may have.
Hi TS Thanks, I did'nt know they had to go in in some kind of order. This proly explains problems I had some time back.
:-))indur if you solve the problem can you post back please, it's cool if everyone knows what got it sorted
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PC random lock up/crash *PROBLEM SOLVED*

At first, my system specs
A64 3000+ boxed
1GB Kingston valueram DDR 400 + 512MB Transcend DDR 400
K8N Neo Fisr
Antec Truepower 430W
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro @ XT
SB Live! 5.1
Maxtor diamondmax 9+ 120gb + some old 40gb ibm deskstar
Plextor PX712A
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I bought and installed K8N Neo Fisr but now I encounter some real problems.
I've tried to play two games: Pro evolution soccer 4 and GTA san andreas. Both worked fine yesterday
with my old mobo.
PES4 locks up on loading screen (at random point), on the menu or in the
actual game. The computer might also crash/reboot after playing a few seconds.
GTA locks up/reboots my computer on the main menu. Sometimes after GTA crash, Windows doesn't load.
It just locks up after the blue loading bar has disappeared. If I go to safe mode or keep the comp shut down for a while,
it will usually load windows again.
Things I've tried without any help:
-Using different IDE and power cables
-Installing memories to different slots
-Using both memories independently
-Using maxtor hd alone as a primary master (has windows installed)
-removing Nvidia ide drivers and using windows standard drivers instead
-installing different graphic drivers
-updating bios
-checking temperatures (around 35-50 with load)
-reinstalling windows
Dxdiag video and audio test run without problems. Everything worked just fine yesterday with the old mobo.
Any ideas?
EDIT: "reinstalling windows"
EDIT: SOLVED, Mobo failure. Tried a different copy -> no problems

Quote from: Dream_true on 30-June-05, 08:48:04
The OS should be installed on the MB,guarantee it. Do not remove the HDD with OS from your old MB.
Change other memory to verify. Verify different VGA drivers. Use Liveupdate to update MB's drivers to the latest version.
Have done that, don't help. I formatted my HD and installed windows again for this MB.
What I noticed is that when I had my comp turned off for a few hours and started to play PES4 immediately after turning the power on, I was able to play it for like 5 minutes. Usually I can hardly get to the menus before it locks up. Sometimes I can play but it locks up after like 5-10 seconds. When it lock ups, the screen turns blue.

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