my radeon9600SE hate me

bum · Post by **bum** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 9:23 pm

ok ive got a serios problem and its made more serios by the fact that i only have a few hours to fix it. ok about 45 minutes ago i bought a radeon9600SE , pluged it i and..................nothing. basicaly my monitor didnt recognise it and prety much acted like it was on pernament standbye. i opened my case again, made sure it was in proerly ( it was ) and tried it again, still, nothing. ok i took it (my whole case, with the radeon in it) to my trusty pc dealer (who usualy is trusty), he tried it on his monitor and it didnt work. then he took out the card and tried it on a different pc and it worked fine. ok then he got a 9200SE out to see if it worked on my pc and it did without any problems. but the 9600SE didnt. so basicaly the only explenation i can get from this is that the card hates me (oh and, ive got agp8x , so that isnt an issue)

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:05 pm

Did you uninstall your current graphic drivers before installing the hardware. To do so you need to go into device manager and uninstall them.

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:10 pm

Have you tried this card in another computer? It may have been faulty since manufacturing, and you simply recived a dud.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:10 pm

>_< Double post. Also make sure you have the lastest AGP Drivers for your motherboard by downloading the latest drivers from the maker of the motherboard's chipset. If you have the installation guide for the 9600 you will find the information you need on page one.

Page three starts off by describing how to do what I described in my first post.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:13 pm

Here is the guide I'm refering to.

http://www.ati.com/support/products/pc/ ... submit.y=6

bum · Post by **bum** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:25 pm

ok i tried it on another pc, worked fine, its just my pc. oh and, i uninstalled my nvidia drivers before puting the card in. i guess the only thing i can do now is make a bios update. anyone know where i can find one for a GA-7MV400M (via km400 chipset) ?

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:33 pm

Before you go off and flash your BIOS you need to try what I suggested and download the lastest graphic drivers for your motherboard chipset.

For the chipset you mentioned go here.
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=70

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:35 pm

Correction this page.

http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300

bum · Post by **bum** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:11 pm

ok i just found out that i forgot to install the latest via hyperion drivers, installed it, but still came up with nothing damn it. luckily i checked the disk that came with my mobo and it has a utility that downloads and updates the bios automaticaly, which im about to do now

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:18 pm

Hmmm.... I'm running out of ideas... Make sure in your BIOS that agp 4x or 8x is selected. If for some odd reason it is set to 2x it probally won't work according to the Radeon 9600 specs.