RADEON 9200 SE Problem.

July 22nd, 2005, 08:24 PM

Hello all,

I had a 3D RAGE II PCI card and had got a new one now which is RADEON 9200 SE 128Mb TVO.

I CANNOT install the new card in any way !! It will only boot in safe mode (which means it's a driver problem).

I have tried ALL ATI drivers and some of the NGOHQ optimizing drivers but nothing seems to be working.

After every driver installation I'm restarting my computer and after it boots – it's just crashing in the middle of the start-up process (then I have to go to safe mode and remove the driver – so I can try the next one).

Currently I got both cards plugged in, the old one is PCI and the new is AGP).

I tried changing some features in the BIOS, tried using several "driver-cleaners" utilities – but still no joy.

I will really appreciate it if someone can give me a direction or solution.

My PC Details: AMD Athleon 800 Mhz, 655Mb RAM, 80Gb HD, Win XP SP2.

Many Thanks

Papagaio100

**Regeneration** · July 22nd, 2005, 08:36 PM

Welcome to the forums. Can you tell me which motherboard do you have?

July 22nd, 2005, 08:38 PM

I'm not sure but it sais on the montherboard [B]MS6167 VER1.

**Regeneration** · July 22nd, 2005, 08:45 PM

Your motherboard supports AGP v1.0 (X1/X2) - Voltage: 3.3v
Your Radeon card requires AGP v3.0 (X4/X8) - Voltage: 1.5v/0.8v

Now everything seems to make a sense?

July 22nd, 2005, 08:58 PM

Unfortunately it dose make sense now….

That means that it’s a lost case?

I could never use the new card with my motherboard?

10x

**Regeneration** · July 22nd, 2005, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by papagaio100

Unfortunately it dose make sense now….

That means that it’s a lost case?

I could never use the new card with my motherboard?

10x

It seems the card could work with AGP v1.0!
Try to remove the other PCI card and try to install the latest motherboard chipset drivers. Format may help too!

July 23rd, 2005, 04:02 PM

thank you for the help !!

WyreTheWolf · August 10th, 2005, 05:49 AM

That motherboard is the MSI K7 Pro motherboard... as stated before the motherboard only supports 1x/2x... And the video card is NOT AGP 1.0 compliant. I am afraid that the motherboard is too old to support that video card.

I talked to one of the heads of the MSI forum about this issue... and he stated that the only reason why that AGP card works in safe mode is because of the VESA support that is built into most video cards. Which basically means the ability for the video card to work in DOS, and other environments where drivers are either not needed, or required.

The possability of getting that Radeon to work in that motherboard with any kind of driver supported acceleration is slim.

I wish that I had better news... but, after researching this problem of yours for nearly 4 hours... and talking with someone from MSI... I am afraid that it may not be the answer that you want to hear. But, it is the correct answer.

August 11th, 2005, 02:37 AM

many many thabks for your support !!

I had already got a new motherboard and it works perfect with the new video card.

Many thanks again for your effort !!!!!

nCaine · August 11th, 2005, 11:30 AM

Nice Wolfe