[blurred239]

I have a radeon x700 card that is giving me alot of problems. It first started off as the atidvag infinite loop BSOD, so after messing with it, in a last ditch effort I reformatted and reinstalled XP. XP will install alright until it gets to the video card were the screen will flicker on and off about a dozen times, and then continues on.

After setup is done, i cannot boot into windows normally, I have to use safe mode to get it to do anything. At which point I look in the device manager and see my video card installed 8 times. if i uninstall them all and scan for new hardware all 8 come back.

Ive tried about everything i found on google, but never saw anyone getting 8 card installed by windows.

Thanks for any suggestions/help/advice.

[XSkylerX]

are you using the latest drivers from the ati site or just from the disk that came with the card?

[blurred239]

I've tried every version i could get my hands on, the disc wont install because it tells me to use a standard vga driver first -.-

If the card wasn't already installed, I'll get infinite Found new Hardware dialog boxes, every time I press cancel, it comes back. So, I'm wandering if that infinite loop error isn't confined to the drivers. If thats the case, then what should I do.

thanks

[bonk]

Did you get any other Disks with the PC with drivers on them...like a utility disk.

Have you tried installing the driver from the Device Manager..

[blurred239]

I am pretty sure this has nothing to do with drivers not working, Can't even get windows to boot with a fresh install, all devices working properly in device manager, with 8 Radeon x700 series Display adapters.

[Dan Penny]

I've never seen a display adapter "install" multiple times.

Is it possible the onboard video chip is enabled in the bios causing problems? Some bios's will automatically pick the correct setting if a PCI/AGP card is installed, and some won't.

Have you tried the display adapter card in another machine to verify its integrity?

Have you tried the onboard display adapter to verify its integrity?

[XSkylerX]

xp service pack 2 right?

[scottishparis]

I am having problems as well, another thread on here has directed me to another forum which in turn suggested:

Try the Omega drivers: http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRA...alyst-71.shtml

Just go into safe mode, and install them from there using the setup.

Am in the process of trying to download those drivers to try them.

[scottishparis]

I have installed the Omega drivers but still my graphics card is not working properly.

I tried to install the ATI drivers after the Omega drivers but again I am being told to try and install the standard VGA drivers first.

[mbonci]

This thread seems to have died some months ago, but anyway, I'm having the exact same problem as blurred239, the only difference being that my card is a X800 instead of a X700. I have searched Google for hours and haven't found any other case like this so far. As I can't get to PM anyone here to ask if someone has found a solution, I'm just posting to see if someone shows up...
It seems like something went wrong with AGP. (That number 8 doesn't sound like a coincidence). But anyway I have no idea what to do, and I'm stuck.

Any kind of help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

[scottishparis]

Rebuilding my PC sorted my problems.

[madogs]

Originally Posted by scottishparis

Rebuilding my PC sorted my problems.

I fixed it by removing my video card, turning the PC, and then reinstalling my video card. That worked and only took five minutes. After talking to a bunch of people I think that the Catalyst driver update updated the firmware. Removing the video card and turning the computer on reset it the firmware. I'm not incredibly tech savvy, but this explanation made sense to me and my computer's working fine now.

[mbonci]

I fixed it by removing my video card, turning the PC, and then reinstalling my video card. That worked and only took five minutes. After talking to a bunch of people I think that the Catalyst driver update updated the firmware. Removing the video card and turning the computer on reset it the firmware. I'm not incredibly tech savvy, but this explanation made sense to me and my computer's working fine now.

What's your video card? Did you too experience the problem right after updating the Catalyst driver?

I had already tried removing my card and installing it again, three times... But it made no difference.

[topramenisyummy]

I have the same problem with a x600... I haven't tried to fix it as I'm most likely upgrading cards soon.

[mbonci]

Hey, topramenisyummy, it seems the problem here is my power supply (400W). I've unplugged my DVD drives and underclocked my CPU, and now everything's working fine. Maybe that's your problem too. So pay attention to that before you buy a new card! I'm buying a new PSU *NOW*!