K8T800 chipset and Radeon X700 AGP problems

reitoei · 23-11-2005 06:51PM #1

Hi,
I recently bought a KV8 Pro motherboard (based on Via's K8T800 chipset) and a Radeon X700 AGP card, the 256mb model and have been having awful problems getting them to work together. When I load the latest (v5.11) Catalyst drivers for the X700, windows crashes between the boot splash and the 'Welcome' screen. I tried uninstalling the drivers, using Diver Clean to make sure everything was gone, and installed the 5.5 drivers, which work slightly better but will eventually crash the system after a few minutes. I've tried manually adjusting the AGP voltage, turned off fast writes in the BIOS... everything I can think of.

I'm now beginning to think the card may be faulty. Has anyone else had similar problems with this chipset/card combo, or should I send the card back to Komplett? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cuddlesworth · 23-11-2005 06:56PM

What power supply do you have?

reitoei · 23-11-2005 07:53PM

I have a NorthQ silent 400w supply... should definitely be plenty

Cuddlesworth · 23-11-2005 09:06PM

Rma the card.

reitoei · 23-11-2005 09:55PM

Yeah, just sent the RMA request through. Are Komplett usually cool about this kind of stuff? I've never had to send goods back to them before.

Cuddlesworth · 23-11-2005 11:44PM

Dont know never had to send stuff that was still good for a warrenty back.

gline · 24-11-2005 01:39PM

what brand is the card? What about rma'ing directly to them?

K8T800 chipset and Radeon X700 AGP problems

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