ATI Radeon 7500 screwed up?
Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: ATI Radeon 7500 screwed up?

  1. #1
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Pittsburgh, PA
    Posts
    41

    Question ATI Radeon 7500 screwed up?

    Hey guys,
    I have a 1.3 Ghz computer with an ATI Radeon 7500 AGP in it. I installed the drivers from the ati cd on the computer but the card seems a little messed up. Every once and awhile when I start my computer up, after the windows me splash screen, the computer just goes blank. I restart (it is now in 16 colors) and I have to reinstall the radeon card to get it fixed again. Also, when I play games (half-life) I get strange transparent boxes on the screen. Does anyone know what the problem would be? Thank you.
    -Kaelon
    unload console.log
    dismount /BRAIN
    load computers.nlm
    ADDR OFFSET
    restart brain

  2. #2
    Registered User Lycia's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2001
    Location
    San Francisco, CA USA
    Posts
    1,862

    Post

    [quote]Originally posted by Kaelon:
    <strong>Hey guys,
    I have a 1.3 Ghz computer with an ATI Radeon 7500 AGP in it. I installed the drivers from the ati cd on the computer but the card seems a little messed up. Every once and awhile when I start my computer up, after the windows me splash screen, the computer just goes blank. I restart (it is now in 16 colors) and I have to reinstall the radeon card to get it fixed again. Also, when I play games (half-life) I get strange transparent boxes on the screen. Does anyone know what the problem would be? Thank you.
    -Kaelon</strong><hr></blockquote>


    See if this helps, go into your motherboard bios and set the AGP driving strength to 68, from the normal Auto setting...It helped me with some problems i had on an different motherboard..
    "There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman."
    André Malraux
    (1901-1976)


    "Don't let worry kill you -- let the church help."

  3. #3
    Registered User Quiet Thunder's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Posts
    1,050

    Post

    I would also get the latest drivers from ATI from the internet. That'll also help out.

  4. #4
    Shockman
    Guest

    Exclamation

    Did you uninstall the previous Card drivers/info
    file corectly. If not this could be cause of your problem.

  5. #5
    Registered User Poseidon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2001
    Location
    Knoxville, TN USA
    Posts
    1,762

    Post

    What chipset are you using? Apparently there is a known issue with the VIA 694x series and the Radeon 7500.

    I had trouble trying to set up dual monitors with that card as well:
    <a href="http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum3/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=17&t=007883&p=" target="_blank">this thread</a>

  6. #6
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Bentleyville, Pa
    Posts
    462

    Post

    sounds like a via AGP issue. Actually it's identical to the one via had with the chipset used in FIC 503+ I'd try another AGP card to verify that it is not a global Chipset issue.

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •