I just finished my first build with a Radeon 9550 , MSI K8N Neo2 platinum mobo, AMD 64 Athlon 3500+ CPU, 1Gb crucial memory and Zalman 400W PSU
But the graphics card doesn't seem to be working properly. I have only one program that is at all demanding from a graphcis point of view--it's an astronomy program called Starry Night Pro 4.5 which uses OpenGL. Every time I run it, it loads up OK but as soon as it hits any intensive graphics, it crashes.
I've reloaded the chipset drivers on the mobo and made sure I have the latest version of Catalyst but the same thing still happens.
I'm pasting the details from the ATI problem report utility below. Two things bother me.
First, the nVidia chipset drivers are version 5.1.XXX which seems to be the latest version but they date from 2001. Can that be right?
Second, the Display D3D version = 0.0.0.0. And the Control Panel version = 0.0.0.0 . Can that be right? if not, how do I get the correct version?
Anybody know what could be causing the crash and how I can prevent it?
Any advice gratefully recieved...
Problem Report
Graphics Card Manufacturer = Sapphire Technology Ltd.
Graphics Chipset (ASIC) = RV350
Device ID = 4153
Vendor ID = 1002
Subsystem ID = 0200
Subsystem Vendor ID = 174B
Bus Type = AGP
Current Bus Settings = AGP 8X
Primary Display Device = Yes
BIOS P/N = 113-PC2040-68
BIOS Version = 0.2065
BIOS Date = 2004/05/06
Memory Size = 256 MB
Memory Type = DDR SGRAM / SDRAM
Tuner Type = Not Detected
Decoder Type = ImpacTV2+
Video Standard = Not Detected
Audio Type = Not Detected
Display Drivers Version = 8.132-050503a2-022511C-ATI
Display 2D Version = 6.14.10.6546
Display D3D Version = 0.0.0.0
Open GL Version = 6.14.10.5079
Control Panel Version = 0.0.0.0
========================MOTHERBOARD INFORMATION========================
CPU Type = AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
CPU Speed = 2210 MHz
North Bridge Chipset Vendor ID = 10de
North Bridge Chipset Device ID = e1
North Bridge Chipset Revision = a1
North Bridge Chipset Drivers Version = 5.1.2600.2180
North Bridge Chipset Drivers Date = 7-1-2001
South Bridge Chipset Vendor ID = 10de
South Bridge Chipset Device ID = e2
South Bridge Chipset Revision = a2
South Bridge Chipset Drivers Version = 5.1.2600.2180
South Bridge Chipset Drivers Date = 7-1-2001
Presence of Dual CPU = No
System RAM Amount = 1024 MB
But the graphics card doesn't seem to be working properly. I have only one program that is at all demanding from a graphcis point of view--it's an astronomy program called Starry Night Pro 4.5 which uses OpenGL. Every time I run it, it loads up OK but as soon as it hits any intensive graphics, it crashes.
I've reloaded the chipset drivers on the mobo and made sure I have the latest version of Catalyst but the same thing still happens.
I'm pasting the details from the ATI problem report utility below. Two things bother me.
First, the nVidia chipset drivers are version 5.1.XXX which seems to be the latest version but they date from 2001. Can that be right?
Second, the Display D3D version = 0.0.0.0. And the Control Panel version = 0.0.0.0 . Can that be right? if not, how do I get the correct version?
Anybody know what could be causing the crash and how I can prevent it?
Any advice gratefully recieved...
Problem Report
Graphics Card Manufacturer = Sapphire Technology Ltd.
Graphics Chipset (ASIC) = RV350
Device ID = 4153
Vendor ID = 1002
Subsystem ID = 0200
Subsystem Vendor ID = 174B
Bus Type = AGP
Current Bus Settings = AGP 8X
Primary Display Device = Yes
BIOS P/N = 113-PC2040-68
BIOS Version = 0.2065
BIOS Date = 2004/05/06
Memory Size = 256 MB
Memory Type = DDR SGRAM / SDRAM
Tuner Type = Not Detected
Decoder Type = ImpacTV2+
Video Standard = Not Detected
Audio Type = Not Detected
Display Drivers Version = 8.132-050503a2-022511C-ATI
Display 2D Version = 6.14.10.6546
Display D3D Version = 0.0.0.0
Open GL Version = 6.14.10.5079
Control Panel Version = 0.0.0.0
========================MOTHERBOARD INFORMATION========================
CPU Type = AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
CPU Speed = 2210 MHz
North Bridge Chipset Vendor ID = 10de
North Bridge Chipset Device ID = e1
North Bridge Chipset Revision = a1
North Bridge Chipset Drivers Version = 5.1.2600.2180
North Bridge Chipset Drivers Date = 7-1-2001
South Bridge Chipset Vendor ID = 10de
South Bridge Chipset Device ID = e2
South Bridge Chipset Revision = a2
South Bridge Chipset Drivers Version = 5.1.2600.2180
South Bridge Chipset Drivers Date = 7-1-2001
Presence of Dual CPU = No
System RAM Amount = 1024 MB