A7V8X-MX & ASUS 9600XT/TVD...Stability Issues

[Dave G]

Hi Group...

I've finally got around to adding a graphics card to my budget system.
Previously the A7V8X-MX was running under it's own onboard VGA.

I added an ASUS Radeon 9600XT/TVD but have encountered some instability
problems... it seems to hang for no reason at all and often "resets"
itself for no apparent reason using the VPU recover function.

I'm using latest Ati drivers, latest motherboard drivers and bios and so
on. Has anyone else experienced stability issues with this card?

Here are basic system details if they help:

A7V8X-MX, Athlon 2400XP, 512Mb, Onboard Soundmax Sound, XP Home SP1 (+
all updates)

Thanks in advance for any hints and tips to improve stability

Dave G

 

[JimBob]

Hi Dave,
Recently built a computer for my daughter based on the A7V8X-MX motherboard
and could not find mention (in the user manual) of any BIOS settings to
change if one wanted to add a graphics card. Sent email to Asus but never
received an answer. Would you mind sharing any info you found about adding a
graphics card. Thanks.

 

[dino]

should be auto..if you add a card I believe it disables the on-board
graphics

 

[Dave G]

I just happened to be in the right place at the right time to see what
dino wrote in alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus and:

should be auto..if you add a card I believe it disables the on-board
graphics

That's correct... my card was correctly identified and the BIOS set
itself correctly as 8xAGP etc. Problem is whatever drivers I've used...
old, current, beta for both the motherboard and the card I can't get
this Ati one to remain stable.

If you have the manual for the A7V8X-MX look on page 1-13 for the AGP
slot details and on page 2-14 for the BIOS details concerning the AGP
settings.

Might take it back tomorrow and go for a Gainward 9600 NVidia with ViVo

Incidentally... I built this budget system for my son... and he can't
tell the difference between onboard graphics and the card 'cos he's only
two.


Regards