ATI RAGE128 problem with WINDOWS XP

[bruno]

I have problems with my AGP card, a ATI RAGE 128,
in windows XP adn windows 2000:

1)
The system becames instable (hangs randomly,
the screen freezes, maybe audio keeps on for a while,
then it reboots). After reboot windows XP
shows a message like this:

A problem occurred with the video adapter driver
Report problem YES/NO


2)
The directx test (DXDIAG) of direct3D always hangs
in the same way... more often during the direct3D 8 test
and sometimes during direct3d 9 test


In the same system I have windows 98 and ME (multiboot)
and newer had anything like this, everything work fine.


.....
Tried cooling down the cards with oversized fan,
Tried reducing AGP to 1x and 2x in the BIOS,
Done RAM test,
Tried removing RAM from MoBo slots
Nothing...



Maybe someone out there can tell me what is happening
or has any suggestion

Thanks
U.Bruno


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If usefull I add an extract of my configuration

MoBo: GIGABYTE GA-6VXC7-4X VIA APOLLO CHIPSET
DRIVER VIA_4in1_443v (LATEST UPDATE from VIA)
RAM: 64MB slot1 512MB slot2
AGP CARD: RAGE 128 32MB AGP VGA TVOUT PAL
BIOS PN:11368107100
CARD PN:1026810700
DRIVER 6.13.3279 (LATEST UPDATE from ATI)
DIRECTX: 9.0(4.09.0000.0902)

Both windows XP and 2000 are clean install
with only the drivers listed above

 

[Guest]

Boot the computer in safe mode(Strat tapping f8 when you satrt
computer).Choose safe mode and hit enter.
Click on start--control pannel--system--hardware--devices manager
Look for display adapter.Click on plus sign beside it.
Select the ati card right click on it and click on disable.
Boot the computer in normal mode and see it works fine or not.
If it works fine than this issue is with drivers.
If you face the same error in safe mode also than it could be the display
dapter.

 

[bruno]

Boot the computer in safe mode(Strat tapping f8 when you satrt
computer).Choose safe mode and hit enter.
Click on start--control pannel--system--hardware--devices manager
Look for display adapter.Click on plus sign beside it.
Select the ati card right click on it and click on disable.
Boot the computer in normal mode and see it works fine or not.
If it works fine than this issue is with drivers.
If you face the same error in safe mode also than it could be the display
dapter.

Yesterday I tried reducing hardware acceleration to MIN
in Screen-Settings-Advanced-Troubleshooting

it worked fine: no crash within 2 hours of work
but really poor graphic performances.

The problem now is:
is it the main board driver?
the graphic adapter driver?
or directx 9 itself?

All drivers are up-to-date

Can you/anybody tell what is happening.

Thanks
U.Bruno

 

[Guest]

It depicts me the driver of display card.But you can download the direct x
from download.microsoft.com and install it.