Looking to upgrade my computer

skoolincraze · 10-12-2005, 12:15 PM

I think it would too if I could get it to work. Every time I use it, it works for a few days then the screen goes blank, and the computer restarts itself. When I try to turn it back on, the screen is just blank but the LED on the case is on. As soon as I take it out it works with the onboard video. Is the video card conflicting with the onboard video? Can anyone help me?

**Praetor** · 10-12-2005, 06:26 PM

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I'm looking to upgrade my computer for mostly playing World of Warcraft. I don't want an ATI video card because mine has not worked since I got it so I'm looking for an NVIDIA.

Well for WoW, any money you spend will probably be a waste -- spend a few minutes and get the 9600 to work -- the 9600 is already more than enough to handle WoW. You say "it doesnt work" -- so what's wrong with it?

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I think it would too if I could get it to work. Every time I use it, it works for a few days then the screen goes blank, and the computer restarts itself. When I try to turn it back on, the screen is just blank but the LED on the case is on. As soon as I take it out it works with the onboard video. Is the video card conflicting with the onboard video? Can anyone help me?

1. Did you install drivers? if so, what version?
2. What power supply do you have? are your rails stable?

skoolincraze · 10-12-2005, 10:42 PM

I went to ATI's website and they said that this has been a problem with the 9600 series. To fix the problem, it says to change AGP speed to 4x. Will this be a big performance decrease?

**Praetor** · 10-13-2005, 01:53 AM

Ive never heard of that problem ... in fact ive got a 9600 running on a ABit NF7-S 2.0 and it plays WoW AGP8x without any issues ... can u link me to that page?

Edit:
Well it seems there are issues on selected chipsets:

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Originally Posted by ATI

3D applications may hang on some AGP 8X capable systems
The information in this article applies to the following system configurations:
• RADEON 9600 Series graphics card
• Certain motherboards supporting AGP 8X, including those based on Intel i865 or SIS655 chipsets
3D applications may hang under the following conditions:
• AGP Speed for the system is set to 8X
• RADEON 9600 Series graphics card and drivers are installed
This does NOT occur in all systems.
To work around this issue, set AGP transfer mode to AGP 4X. Steps are provided below:
1. Go to Display Properties > Settings > click Advanced button
2. Select the SMARTGART tab
3. Set the AGP Speed to 4X
4. Apply the settings change
5. Restart the system

10-12-2005, 12:15 PM	#11 (permalink)
skoolincraze New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Dallas Age: 17 Posts: 18	I think it would too if I could get it to work. Every time I use it, it works for a few days then the screen goes blank, and the computer restarts itself. When I try to turn it back on, the screen is just blank but the LED on the case is on. As soon as I take it out it works with the onboard video. Is the video card conflicting with the onboard video? Can anyone help me? __________________ Athlon XP 3000+ 160gb Maxtor SATA HDD 512 mb pc3200 ram NVIDIA 6200 256mb Asus a7v8x motherboard samsung syncmaster 530tft sony cdrw sony dvd-rom

10-12-2005, 10:42 PM	#13 (permalink)
skoolincraze New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Dallas Age: 17 Posts: 18	I went to ATI's website and they said that this has been a problem with the 9600 series. To fix the problem, it says to change AGP speed to 4x. Will this be a big performance decrease? __________________ Athlon XP 3000+ 160gb Maxtor SATA HDD 512 mb pc3200 ram NVIDIA 6200 256mb Asus a7v8x motherboard samsung syncmaster 530tft sony cdrw sony dvd-rom

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