Hi

I have bought and fitted a Connect 3D 9600XT 256MB card. AGP version.

The problem is am getting is with 3D graphics. For example I open the Catalyst Control centre and click on the 3D tab. The animation of the car starts and then within 1 second the screen goes blank. I believe the Monitor is in fact not receiving a signal anymore. Or, when I start Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and start the game the same thing happens.

I have followed to installation path to the letter (rebooting after each step):

Remove old (Nvidia GeForce 3 ti 200) driver

Upgrade AGP software (NForce2 using Nvidia's latest all in one upgrade executable)

Install driver from CD

The problem mentioned happened in this situation. I then downloaded and installed the latest Radeon driver from ATI and had the same problem.

My PC configuration is as below :

Windows XP SP2

AMD 2800+ CPU

Asus A78NX 2.0 Deluxe Motherboard, BIOS version 1007.(Latest BIOS versions do not have any mention of a ATi card problem which is fixed).

512MB RAM

LG1710B TFT 17" Monitor

Netgear 512 network card

If anyone can advise me as to what the problem is I would be very grateful. If the issue is not resolved I will have to return the card which I would prefer to not have to do.

Many thanks

Haden Robbins

You may still want to try a bios update anyways if there is a more recent one. Althought they may not mention a fix for ATI cards they may have fixed a voltage or timing issue with agp that might fix your problem.
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