Hi all

Just installed the Cat 3.8 drivers and got a desktop with about the same
speed as an arthritic slug on valium. Just restored back to 3.7 and all's
fine again - anyone got a possible solution to this problem (apart from
waiting for the Cat 3.9 drivers)?

Bill L

Sys spec/config
AMD XP1700+ TB(B) @ 2.2 GHz (10.5 x 200 1.55v)
Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro (Using on-board audio & NIC)
OCZ 512 MB DIMM PC3200
Sapphire 9700 (non-pro) (128MB)

GlobalWin 802 ATX Midi Case
Antec TruePower 330 Watt PSU

Primary IDE Channel
1 x 120 GB Maxtor ATA133 (Master)
1 x 40 GB IBM ATA66 (slave)

Secondary IDE Channel
Liteon 40x12x48x CDRW (Master)
Liteon 16x DVD (Slave)

OtherHW
HP 940C USB Printer
Cannon LiDE30 USB Scanner
Belkin 7 Port USB HUB
Hauppauge WinTV PCI

OS: WinXP Pro SP1

try disabling vpu recover in the advanced display properties?

Bill L wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Just installed the Cat 3.8 drivers and got a desktop with about the same
> speed as an arthritic slug on valium. Just restored back to 3.7 and all's
> fine again - anyone got a possible solution to this problem (apart from
> waiting for the Cat 3.9 drivers)?
>
> Bill L
>
> Sys spec/config
> AMD XP1700+ TB(B) @ 2.2 GHz (10.5 x 200 1.55v)
> Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro (Using on-board audio & NIC)
> OCZ 512 MB DIMM PC3200
> Sapphire 9700 (non-pro) (128MB)
>
> GlobalWin 802 ATX Midi Case
> Antec TruePower 330 Watt PSU
>
> Primary IDE Channel
> 1 x 120 GB Maxtor ATA133 (Master)
> 1 x 40 GB IBM ATA66 (slave)
>
> Secondary IDE Channel
> Liteon 40x12x48x CDRW (Master)
> Liteon 16x DVD (Slave)
>
> OtherHW
> HP 940C USB Printer
> Cannon LiDE30 USB Scanner
> Belkin 7 Port USB HUB
> Hauppauge WinTV PCI
>
> OS: WinXP Pro SP1
>
>
>

Chris Driscoll <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> try disabling vpu recover in the advanced display properties?
>
> Bill L wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > Just installed the Cat 3.8 drivers and got a desktop with about the same
> > speed as an arthritic slug on valium. Just restored back to 3.7 and all's
> > fine again - anyone got a possible solution to this problem (apart from
> > waiting for the Cat 3.9 drivers)?
> >
> > Bill L
> >
> > Sys spec/config
> > AMD XP1700+ TB(B) @ 2.2 GHz (10.5 x 200 1.55v)
> > Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro (Using on-board audio & NIC)
> > OCZ 512 MB DIMM PC3200
> > Sapphire 9700 (non-pro) (128MB)
> >
> > GlobalWin 802 ATX Midi Case
> > Antec TruePower 330 Watt PSU
> >
> > Primary IDE Channel
> > 1 x 120 GB Maxtor ATA133 (Master)
> > 1 x 40 GB IBM ATA66 (slave)
> >
> > Secondary IDE Channel
> > Liteon 40x12x48x CDRW (Master)
> > Liteon 16x DVD (Slave)
> >
> > OtherHW
> > HP 940C USB Printer
> > Cannon LiDE30 USB Scanner
> > Belkin 7 Port USB HUB
> > Hauppauge WinTV PCI
> >
> > OS: WinXP Pro SP1
> >
> >
> >

Retest smartgart and ok and restart that should do it.

OLIRC

I had the problem, rerunning GART did nothing for me. Had to go back to
3.7's.

XP2400+
ATI 9500 Pro 128MB
512MB RAM
XP Pro
NFORCE 1 Mobo...


"Bill L" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:w3Chb.3290$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all
>
> Just installed the Cat 3.8 drivers and got a desktop with about the same
> speed as an arthritic slug on valium. Just restored back to 3.7 and all's
> fine again - anyone got a possible solution to this problem (apart from
> waiting for the Cat 3.9 drivers)?
>
> Bill L
>
> Sys spec/config
> AMD XP1700+ TB(B) @ 2.2 GHz (10.5 x 200 1.55v)
> Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro (Using on-board audio & NIC)
> OCZ 512 MB DIMM PC3200
> Sapphire 9700 (non-pro) (128MB)
>
> GlobalWin 802 ATX Midi Case
> Antec TruePower 330 Watt PSU
>
> Primary IDE Channel
> 1 x 120 GB Maxtor ATA133 (Master)
> 1 x 40 GB IBM ATA66 (slave)
>
> Secondary IDE Channel
> Liteon 40x12x48x CDRW (Master)
> Liteon 16x DVD (Slave)
>
> OtherHW
> HP 940C USB Printer
> Cannon LiDE30 USB Scanner
> Belkin 7 Port USB HUB
> Hauppauge WinTV PCI
>
> OS: WinXP Pro SP1
>
>
>

Ho hum Cat. 3.7's work fine I think I'll stick with these until the 3.9's
come out or perhaps take a chance with the Omega druvers ...

BillL
"BabyJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:JR-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I had the problem, rerunning GART did nothing for me. Had to go back to
> 3.7's.
>
> XP2400+
> ATI 9500 Pro 128MB
> 512MB RAM
> XP Pro
> NFORCE 1 Mobo...
>
>
> "Bill L" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:w3Chb.3290$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi all
> >
> > Just installed the Cat 3.8 drivers and got a desktop with about the same
> > speed as an arthritic slug on valium. Just restored back to 3.7 and
all's
> > fine again - anyone got a possible solution to this problem (apart from
> > waiting for the Cat 3.9 drivers)?
> >
> > Bill L
> >
> > Sys spec/config
> > AMD XP1700+ TB(B) @ 2.2 GHz (10.5 x 200 1.55v)
> > Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro (Using on-board audio & NIC)
> > OCZ 512 MB DIMM PC3200
> > Sapphire 9700 (non-pro) (128MB)
> >
> > GlobalWin 802 ATX Midi Case
> > Antec TruePower 330 Watt PSU
> >
> > Primary IDE Channel
> > 1 x 120 GB Maxtor ATA133 (Master)
> > 1 x 40 GB IBM ATA66 (slave)
> >
> > Secondary IDE Channel
> > Liteon 40x12x48x CDRW (Master)
> > Liteon 16x DVD (Slave)
> >
> > OtherHW
> > HP 940C USB Printer
> > Cannon LiDE30 USB Scanner
> > Belkin 7 Port USB HUB
> > Hauppauge WinTV PCI
> >
> > OS: WinXP Pro SP1
> >
> >
> >
>
>

I had the same problem and changing to a lower resolution then back fixed it
(I might have had to reboot too, can't remember). The menus took like 5
seconds to generate, slowly increasing in steps of opaqueness.

Mike

"BabyJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:JR-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I had the problem, rerunning GART did nothing for me. Had to go back to
> 3.7's.
>
> XP2400+
> ATI 9500 Pro 128MB
> 512MB RAM
> XP Pro
> NFORCE 1 Mobo...
>
>
> "Bill L" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:w3Chb.3290$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi all
> >
> > Just installed the Cat 3.8 drivers and got a desktop with about the same
> > speed as an arthritic slug on valium. Just restored back to 3.7 and
all's
> > fine again - anyone got a possible solution to this problem (apart from
> > waiting for the Cat 3.9 drivers)?
> >
> > Bill L
> >
> > Sys spec/config
> > AMD XP1700+ TB(B) @ 2.2 GHz (10.5 x 200 1.55v)
> > Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro (Using on-board audio & NIC)
> > OCZ 512 MB DIMM PC3200
> > Sapphire 9700 (non-pro) (128MB)
> >
> > GlobalWin 802 ATX Midi Case
> > Antec TruePower 330 Watt PSU
> >
> > Primary IDE Channel
> > 1 x 120 GB Maxtor ATA133 (Master)
> > 1 x 40 GB IBM ATA66 (slave)
> >
> > Secondary IDE Channel
> > Liteon 40x12x48x CDRW (Master)
> > Liteon 16x DVD (Slave)
> >
> > OtherHW
> > HP 940C USB Printer
> > Cannon LiDE30 USB Scanner
> > Belkin 7 Port USB HUB
> > Hauppauge WinTV PCI
> >
> > OS: WinXP Pro SP1
> >
> >
> >
>
>