Asus A7N8X Deluxe, Win 2000, Radeon 9600XT -> Problem

[David Henderson]

Hi
I have just put together a system containing
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
Athlon (Barton) 2500+
Sapphire Radeon 9600XT
512MB Crucial Ram

I installed Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Then installed the Nvidia
Nforce2 drivers supplied with the Mboard. All was well up until this
stage.

Next I installed the latest Win2K catalyst drivers for the Radeon.

Now when I try to log into windows at the Ctrl-Alt-Del prompt it fails.
Or rather it just displays the login prompt without any error.

When I uninstall the catalyst drivers the problem goes away.

I was able to install the catalyst drivers and had them working fine
only when the nvidia nforce2 drivers had not been installed.

Are there any known issues with these drivers and windows 2000? I am very
reluctant to spend money on Win XP if there is a simple solution to this
problem.

Thanks

 

[bob cox]

Curious, how is that system for gaming? Was considering using adv.
server myself, as it has addtional disk configuration options for the
dynamic disks, but I was worried about the effect possible extra
system overhead would have on my gaming...

 

[Inglo]

Hi
I have just put together a system containing
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
Athlon (Barton) 2500+
Sapphire Radeon 9600XT
512MB Crucial Ram

I installed Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Then installed the Nvidia
Nforce2 drivers supplied with the Mboard. All was well up until this
stage.

Next I installed the latest Win2K catalyst drivers for the Radeon.

Now when I try to log into windows at the Ctrl-Alt-Del prompt it fails.
Or rather it just displays the login prompt without any error.

When I uninstall the catalyst drivers the problem goes away.

I was able to install the catalyst drivers and had them working fine
only when the nvidia nforce2 drivers had not been installed.

Are there any known issues with these drivers and windows 2000? I am very
reluctant to spend money on Win XP if there is a simple solution to this
problem.

Thanks

Have you got your memory set to large system cache? The catalysts don't
like that. But that usually causes delayed write failures, speaking
from XP experience. Thought you might have 2000 server set with server
memory settings.

 

[John]

I tried the 3.9 drivers with my new 9600xt and the system would not work
with my nvidia nforce2 driver motherboard either. The 3.8 does work just
fine and that came with my Sapphire. Maybe we need to wait for 4.0 or later
drivers.

John

 

[David Henderson]

I tried the 3.9 drivers with my new 9600xt and the system would not work
with my nvidia nforce2 driver motherboard either. The 3.8 does work just
fine and that came with my Sapphire. Maybe we need to wait for 4.0 or later
drivers.

John

Thanks all for your help.

I eventually bit the bullet and bought XP. I just couldn't get things
to work with Advanced Server.

Works fine now. I'm using the 3.9 catalyst drivers and the latest
nvidia nforce2 drivers.

cheers

 

[Antal van Kalleveen]

I've found that NONE of the current ATI Catalyst drivers (3.7, 3.8
and/or 3.9) work with Windows 2000 Server edition.

Note this only affects the "Server" editions of 2000.

This is a bug which should be solved by ATI or don;t they support
"Server" editions ?

Antal

 

[dgk]

I've found that NONE of the current ATI Catalyst drivers (3.7, 3.8
and/or 3.9) work with Windows 2000 Server edition.

Note this only affects the "Server" editions of 2000.

This is a bug which should be solved by ATI or don;t they support
"Server" editions ?

Antal

I tried installing the Catalyst driver on Win2003 Enterprise Server.
The first time I was simply installing all the software and got a
message saying that some file (begins with ATI ends with .DLL) is not
logo approved and contact the manufacturer for an update. I continued
anyway and it wouldn't boot afterwards. Just does a memory dump.

I restored from Ghost, tried installing just the driver. No warning
this time but wouldn't reboot. I contacted the manufacturer and am
awaiting any sort of resolution.

 

[Ben Pope]

I've found that NONE of the current ATI Catalyst drivers (3.7, 3.8
and/or 3.9) work with Windows 2000 Server edition.

They've all worked for me without problems.

Ben

 

[Antal van Kalleveen]

Server Edition ? really ? what card do you have and what services do
you run on the machine ?

 

[Ben Pope]

Server Edition ? really ? what card do you have and what services do
you run on the machine ?

Crucial 9800 Pro.

I tend not to run MS Servers like IIS, FTP, Telnet etc but everything else
is there.

Ben

 

[bob cox]

just to be precise, is it server or advanced server?

 

[Ben Pope]

just to be precise, is it server or advanced server?

Windows 2000 Server.

Ben

 

[Antal van Kalleveen]

Right..

Then do you have Terminal Services running ? coz i'm suspecting this
service to be the culprit.
I gotta figure this one out. it's driving me mad that i cannot seem to
get a Radeon 7000 running on this platform..

Antal

 

[Ben Pope]

Right..

Then do you have Terminal Services running ? coz i'm suspecting this
service to be the culprit.

Currently disabled

Ben

 

[Ben Pope]

Here's the whole list... view in fixed width font for best results -
although it'll probably wrap and look terrible anyway


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LocalSystem
DefWatch Started Automatic
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DHCP Client Started Automatic
LocalSystem
DirectUpdate engine Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Distributed File System Started Automatic
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Distributed Link Tracking Client Started Automatic
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Distributed Transaction Coordinator Started Automatic
LocalSystem
DNS Client Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Event Log Started Automatic
LocalSystem
HID Input Service Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Internet Connection Sharing Started Automatic
LocalSystem
IPSEC Policy Agent Started Automatic
LocalSystem
License Logging Service Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Logical Disk Manager Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Machine Debug Manager Started Automatic
LocalSystem
MATLAB Server Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Messenger Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Network Connections Started Manual
LocalSystem
Norton AntiVirus Client Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Plug and Play Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Print Spooler Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Protected Storage Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Remote Access Connection Manager Started Manual
LocalSystem
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Remote Registry Service Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Removable Storage Started Automatic
LocalSystem
RunAs Service Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Security Accounts Manager Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Server Started Automatic
LocalSystem
SNMP Service Started Automatic
LocalSystem
System Event Notification Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Task Scheduler Started Automatic
LocalSystem
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Telephony Started Manual
LocalSystem
TrueVector Internet Monitor Started Automatic
LocalSystem
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LocalSystem
Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions Started Manual
LocalSystem
Windows Time Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Workstation Started Automatic
LocalSystem
Application Management Manual
LocalSystem
ASP.NET State Service Manual
..\ASPNET
ATI Smart Automatic
LocalSystem
Background Intelligent Transfer Service Manual
LocalSystem
ClipBook Manual
LocalSystem
Distributed Link Tracking Server Manual
LocalSystem
Fax Service Manual
LocalSystem
File Replication Manual
LocalSystem
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Intersite Messaging Disabled
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Kerberos Key Distribution Center Disabled
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Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service Manual
LocalSystem
Net Logon Manual
LocalSystem
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing Manual
LocalSystem
Network DDE Manual
LocalSystem
Network DDE DSDM Manual
LocalSystem
NT LM Security Support Provider Manual
LocalSystem
Performance Logs and Alerts Manual
LocalSystem
Portable Media Serial Number Service Manual
LocalSystem
QoS RSVP Manual
LocalSystem
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager Manual
LocalSystem
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator Manual
LocalSystem
Routing and Remote Access Disabled
LocalSystem
Smart Card Manual
LocalSystem
Smart Card Helper Manual
LocalSystem
SNMP Trap Service Manual
LocalSystem
Telnet Manual
LocalSystem
Terminal Services Disabled
LocalSystem
Uninterruptible Power Supply Manual
LocalSystem
Utility Manager Manual
LocalSystem
Visual Studio Debugger Proxy Service Manual
LocalSystem
Windows Installer Manual
LocalSystem
Wireless Configuration Manual
LocalSystem

Ben