Re: New MoBo now Windows freezes
From: Bruce J. Weiers (Bruce_J_Weiers_at_msn.com)
Date: 05/04/04
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Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 11:43:16 -0700
<stevebay66@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I had a ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard, Athlon 2200+ CPU,
> and a GeForce4 Ti4200.
>
> I upgraded from 98SE to XP Home a few months ago. No
> problems
>
> Last week I got a Radeon 9800 Pro. After I installed it
> my power supply blew (even though it was 350W and should
> have been more than enough) apparently it took my
> motherboard with it. So I got a A7N8X-X to replace it
> and upgraded to a Athlon Mobile 2500+.
[snip]
> Are my Windows files corrupted?
> Is there some conflict in the display between the
> Motherboard and the ATI drivers?
I'd be reasonably certain that the main, immediate problem is with the
video drivers. I would be somewhat worried that the Radeon has been
damaged. (I don't have a Radeon 9800 Pro in front of me; does it
require a supplementary power connection? Some cards at that level
do -- they cannot draw sufficient power from the PCI bus alone. The
fact that your power supply blew out, and damaged the MB in the process
worries me -- and I would not have been confident that any old 350W
power supply could handle the load, though some certainly could, while
some manufacturers are a bit generous to themselves in rating their
power supplies.) Anyway, keep in mind that the Radeon could be damaged
or defective; the following assumes that it is fine.
I assume you realize that the processor you have is a 266 FSB and though
the MB can do 400 FSB, it should not try it with that processor. Best
to keep BIOS settings conservative till you get thru this.
Video drivers are a fairly complex business, with a AGP Gart driver
underlying the rest, and XP DirectX drivers overlaying them. You have
to be fairly systematic with their installation. I won't confuse you
with more.
One alternative is to backup your personal data files, etc., and do a
fresh reinstall of WinXP Home, (reformatting the disk to NTFS in the
process). If you plan to do this, you download in advance both the
nVidia MB drivers and the latest versions of the ATi video drivers, and
have them available, as you need them in the process. You should also
be able to upgrade XP to SP1, if your XP installation disk is not
already SP1, and be able to install DirectX 9. WinXP installation disk
is not going to have adequate mb or video drivers for your hardware; it
is too new. Install any needed BIOS update, before the OS install.
Install the MB drivers before the video drivers. This is what I would
do.
I think you can probably get away without doing a full reinstall,
despite the change in MB and recent change in videocard. If you don't
want to wipe your disk and do a full OS reinstall, this is what you
should do:
Boot the system into safe mode or VGA mode, by pressing the F8 key just
before Windows starts to boot and using the menu that appears.
In safe mode, in Add/Remove Programs, uninstall both the nVidia and the
ATi drivers/software. Don't restart, if you are allowed to avoid it,
and if you can't, then be sure to boot again into safe mode or into VGA
mode. In Device Manager, remove or uninstall either Display Adapter
(ATi or nVidia) if it appears.
In VGA mode, you should be able to use your internet access, without any
problems introduced by the video drivers.
In VGA mode, do a bios update on your new motherboard, if such is
available and recommended. (this is always a bit of a judgement call,
and the MB makers are sometimes not very helpful in telling you what a
bios update accomplishes)
Again, in VGA mode, update the MB drivers, downloaded from nVidia.
Reboot as necessary, but always back to VGA mode.
Make sure that WinXP Home is SP1, and has DirectX 9 installed.
Finally, install the ATi drivers. Again, download the latest ATi
drivers from their website. Reboot the PC normally (not Safe Mode or
VGA mode) and allow the ATi drivers to install, and reboot again when
required. Then, reset the resolution according to your preference.
If the ATi card is undamaged, you should be on terra firma at this
point.
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