Peak Radeon x800 Pro Graphics Card & Dell 8250

[Bob Huntley]

I've just bought a Peak Radeon x800 Pro card, but can't get it to work
correctly in my PC.

My computer is a Dell Dimension 8250 - fitted with a 3.06 GHz Pentium 4, 1
GByte of RDRAM on an Intel 850E chipset. I've previously used an Ati Radeon
9700 Pro card without any problems, and in fact have put it back and am
using it to type this.

My problem is that after installing the X800 card the machine won't boot
properly - I can see the BIOS sign in messages, so I know that the card is
installed correctly. However, after the BIOS the machine just freezes - as
if the hard disk can't be accessed to start the boot up into Windows.

a. I've checked in the BIOS screen, and the machine correctly identifies the
types of both hard disks fitted - but for some reason won't read from them.

b. I've tried unplugging the power supply leads from both DVD drives
(suspecting that the card may have overloaded the power supply) - but it
made no difference. I've also tried booting from the Windows CD to attempt a
repair install - but that doesn't work either, the machine still freezes at
the end of the BIOS sequence.

c. I also tried starting up the hard disk diagnostics from the BIOS - but
again it froze at that point.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Bob Huntley

 

[Larry Caldwell]

My problem is that after installing the X800 card the machine won't boot
properly - I can see the BIOS sign in messages, so I know that the card is
installed correctly. However, after the BIOS the machine just freezes - as
if the hard disk can't be accessed to start the boot up into Windows.

Delete the Radeon drivers before you shut down.

 

[spinlock]

Uninstall the old radeon drivers would probably be better.

 

[Bob Huntley]

Thanks for the reply.

I did that anyway - but I've been checking and I don't think it matters. The
machine can't find the hard disk to boot from (even though you can see it in
the BIOS) - so the drivers on it don't have a chance to affect it one way or
the other.

I've just flashed the BIOS to the latest version (Version A04) which made
no difference - not sure what else to try.

 

[Glzmo]

I've just bought a Peak Radeon x800 Pro card, but can't get it to work
correctly in my PC.

My computer is a Dell Dimension 8250 - fitted with a 3.06 GHz Pentium 4, 1
GByte of RDRAM on an Intel 850E chipset. I've previously used an Ati Radeon
9700 Pro card without any problems, and in fact have put it back and am
using it to type this.

My problem is that after installing the X800 card the machine won't boot
properly - I can see the BIOS sign in messages, so I know that the card is
installed correctly. However, after the BIOS the machine just freezes - as
if the hard disk can't be accessed to start the boot up into Windows.

a. I've checked in the BIOS screen, and the machine correctly identifies the
types of both hard disks fitted - but for some reason won't read from them.

b. I've tried unplugging the power supply leads from both DVD drives
(suspecting that the card may have overloaded the power supply) - but it
made no difference. I've also tried booting from the Windows CD to attempt a
repair install - but that doesn't work either, the machine still freezes at
the end of the BIOS sequence.

c. I also tried starting up the hard disk diagnostics from the BIOS - but
again it froze at that point.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Bob Huntley

Try reseating the IDE cable and all other cables in the case. They might
have become loose during the upgrade.
Another option would be that the power supply can't handle the load, but
then you should be fine with just the video card, mainboard, HDD and CPU
powered. You might want to connect your HDD and X800 to seperate power
rails.
I hope this will help a little bit.

 

[Brenden D. Chase]

Try reseating the IDE cable and all other cables in the case. They might
have become loose during the upgrade.
Another option would be that the power supply can't handle the load, but
then you should be fine with just the video card, mainboard, HDD and CPU
powered. You might want to connect your HDD and X800 to seperate power
rails.
I hope this will help a little bit.

Do you have the ext power supply plugged into the video card??

--Brenden

 

[Matthew Sickler]

Do you have the ext power supply plugged into the video card??

--Brenden

has anyone found a fix for this issue, i'm experiencing the same
problem with the dell bios

Matt

 

[Jon]

has anyone found a fix for this issue, i'm experiencing the same
problem with the dell bios

Matt

I'm also having the same problem, I have a dell 8200 series with a gig of rdram