well....I was reading all the different issues that people have with the ASUS A7N8X deluxe and different ATI 9700/9800 Pro cards, and here I am with a totally different one, that I hope some one has seen it, or had had the same issue and found a solution for it.
I have the PCB version of 1.x (I believe is 1.6) from the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe, and I have the ATI 9700 Pro.
The problem begins "ONLY" if I upgrade the BIOS version to 1004 or 1006.....yes, I run Bios version 1002.003 (1002 Beta 3), with wich I have NO PROBLEMS at all using my card at AGP 8x with FAST WRITE ENABLED and all...it´s just great.
I installed a Barton 2500+ running at 3200+, and with this mobo, it´s required to upgrade minimun to BIOS 1004 if you want a Barton to be recognized....well....the moment I upgrade to any of the latest Bioses....my problems begin, as I am not able to get my ATI 9700 Pro to run in ANY 3D application without freezing.
I run 3dMarks01 or 3dMarks03 and it will just kick me out of the tests....any game will just either kick me back to windows, or freeze and have to do a cold boot. It´s INCREDIBLE...how the SAME hardware, with just a BIOS upgrade could cause such a headache.
I´ve tried removing my Sound Card (Sharing IRQ)...switch PCI slots, switch as well my SCSI card...reducing AGP to 4X (like ASUS tech department told me to do)....disable FAST WRITE, or reduce AGP Aperture to only 32 Megs. Increase voltage in the AGP to 1.7 (it will just not even boot =))....NOTHING!....this is just too weird.
The moment I reduce back to Bios 1002.003....everything runs great again.....weird isn´t it????
Seen that I cannot get any help from the dumb-asses from ASUS, I was hoping I could get some help from you guys, since I am considering changing motherboards to PCB 2.0 or getting myself a FX5900 Ultra.....but I hope to get a "cheaper" solution =)
Hope to hear from you guys...thanks in advance.
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I have the PCB version of 1.x (I believe is 1.6) from the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe, and I have the ATI 9700 Pro.
The problem begins "ONLY" if I upgrade the BIOS version to 1004 or 1006.....yes, I run Bios version 1002.003 (1002 Beta 3), with wich I have NO PROBLEMS at all using my card at AGP 8x with FAST WRITE ENABLED and all...it´s just great.
I installed a Barton 2500+ running at 3200+, and with this mobo, it´s required to upgrade minimun to BIOS 1004 if you want a Barton to be recognized....well....the moment I upgrade to any of the latest Bioses....my problems begin, as I am not able to get my ATI 9700 Pro to run in ANY 3D application without freezing.
I run 3dMarks01 or 3dMarks03 and it will just kick me out of the tests....any game will just either kick me back to windows, or freeze and have to do a cold boot. It´s INCREDIBLE...how the SAME hardware, with just a BIOS upgrade could cause such a headache.
I´ve tried removing my Sound Card (Sharing IRQ)...switch PCI slots, switch as well my SCSI card...reducing AGP to 4X (like ASUS tech department told me to do)....disable FAST WRITE, or reduce AGP Aperture to only 32 Megs. Increase voltage in the AGP to 1.7 (it will just not even boot =))....NOTHING!....this is just too weird.
The moment I reduce back to Bios 1002.003....everything runs great again.....weird isn´t it????
Seen that I cannot get any help from the dumb-asses from ASUS, I was hoping I could get some help from you guys, since I am considering changing motherboards to PCB 2.0 or getting myself a FX5900 Ultra.....but I hope to get a "cheaper" solution =)
Hope to hear from you guys...thanks in advance.
$p@ni$hF|Y
