Last week I tried putting a Radeon 32MB on a Tyan 1598 motherboard. It ran Mad Onions 3D2000 ok, but wouldn't run Winbench 99 graphics tests and 3DWinbench 99 would fail during the quality test. After upgrading to DX8a I tried the new DX8 drivers, during bootup I got a "Windows protection error". So before returning the video card I tried it on the Epox MPV3G5 with the same results. I figured maybe it was to much video card for the socket 7 platform so I tried a Xpert 128, same problems. The Xpert 128 uses the same multimedia accesories as the Xpert 98 that was on the system originally. Tried the ATI DVD player, locked up.
I have several versions of drivers for the Radeon and I tried those.
I tried the MVP3 drivers for the Xpert 128 from ATI's web site and any other rage 128 drivers I could get my hands on.
I know enough to remove the drivers and put the display back to standard VGA before installing new drivers.
I used version 29 of the VIA drivers.
Just for reference:
The MPV3G5 will run my ASUS 6600 Gforce SDR but the 1598 won't, so when the boards failed on the Tyan it didn't surprise me but when they failed on the Epox it did.
I'm trying to stay with ATI because it's the kid's computer and she uses the DVD more than she plays 3D games.
Any ideas?
I have several versions of drivers for the Radeon and I tried those.
I tried the MVP3 drivers for the Xpert 128 from ATI's web site and any other rage 128 drivers I could get my hands on.
I know enough to remove the drivers and put the display back to standard VGA before installing new drivers.
I used version 29 of the VIA drivers.
Just for reference:
The MPV3G5 will run my ASUS 6600 Gforce SDR but the 1598 won't, so when the boards failed on the Tyan it didn't surprise me but when they failed on the Epox it did.
I'm trying to stay with ATI because it's the kid's computer and she uses the DVD more than she plays 3D games.
Any ideas?