Rage 128 VR Troubles

mzinn · 05-23-2003, 03:28 PM

Running ver 2 on Winxp 2.4ghz 512meg ram system.

Have set monitor and saver to 800 x 600, and saver to 640x480 16 bit on both, reduced fish to 1, closed all open applications, upgraded to direct x 9, checked/unchecked all boxes on saver, downloaded the latest driver for the vid card. All with no luck, the screen keeps locking up.

Vid card is Rage 128 vr agp

What else can i possibly do to get this saver to work?

HELP ME! I am spending more time on troubleshooting than work!

feldon34 · 05-23-2003, 04:18 PM

I'll take "Why I hate ATI for $1,000, Alex!"

Jim Sachs · 05-23-2003, 06:58 PM

2.0 has been tested on that card, and should work (although with a fairly low frame rate). Could you give us a little more info about those drivers?

mzinn · 05-26-2003, 12:31 PM

Was running the latest driver on the ATI web site for Rage 128/WinXP.

Decided to try a new card and p/up the G-Force FX 5200 which has 128 megs on it. Versus the 32? on ATI Rage 128.

The saver has run for 24 hours at 32 bit color on both/bubble on/sound on/1162x864/Having a program log on and off the net/checking for updates with bigfix/Having 4 scheduled tasks running in the background including backups.

As you can see I am trying to tax out my new card to see/prove the ATI was the problem.....

NO LOCKUPS in 24 hours! "Knock on wood"

Thanks for the reply, i appreciate the fact that you were willing to work with me on the problem, but I had had it with the card as my troubleshooting kind of told me the card was having some kind of problem. I hope I did not jinx it....thaniks again....I will let you know the results of anything changes on my end...

THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR CONCERN AND GETTING BACK TO ME!............MZ

Jav400 · 05-26-2003, 06:47 PM

Good Luck with the new card.

Another ATI bites the dust.

feldon34 · 05-26-2003, 10:52 PM

G-Force FX 5200

Good God man. Do you play a lot of games, etc.?

Tiny Turtle · 05-27-2003, 01:08 AM

From a Rage 128 to a FX5200 – Methinks that would provide a visible difference...

/Tiny Upgrade

Jav400 · 05-27-2003, 05:17 AM

Well, he could have gotten a 5900.

mzinn · 05-30-2003, 11:19 AM

The story continues....came home from being out of town and i was locked up. Am adjusting down to 16 bit on both, 1024/768, removing bubble and will see.

I did notice that a MS update was avail, wonder if that program logged on/d-loaded the update and messed up the saver...No that could not be it....MS never causes any issues...Ha Ha

I will turn off auto d/load updates and see if that help. I am sure its just a tweak here or there.

Thanks for always having good info...or good humor to my posts.....mz

Tornado Tom · 06-28-2003, 10:22 PM

ATI Suks big time

It loaded a bunce of crap on my friends pc and still no Video drivers.

so I tool him to the store and bought a Geforce 4

feldon34 · 06-29-2003, 06:46 AM

We all have opinions.

I prefer nVidia because of ease of use, but ATI are a bit more powerful and have much better TV-out quality.

Tornado Tom · 07-01-2003, 03:45 PM

get another card [that's non related to ATI] perhaps.

05-23-2003, 03:28 PM	#1
mzinn Registered Join Date: May 2003 Location: michigan Posts: 3	Screen Freezes - Rage 128 VR AGP Running ver 2 on Winxp 2.4ghz 512meg ram system. Have set monitor and saver to 800 x 600, and saver to 640x480 16 bit on both, reduced fish to 1, closed all open applications, upgraded to direct x 9, checked/unchecked all boxes on saver, downloaded the latest driver for the vid card. All with no luck, the screen keeps locking up. Vid card is Rage 128 vr agp What else can i possibly do to get this saver to work? HELP ME! I am spending more time on troubleshooting than work!

05-23-2003, 04:18 PM	#2
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	I'll take "Why I hate ATI for $1,000, Alex!" "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

05-23-2003, 06:58 PM	#3
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	2.0 has been tested on that card, and should work (although with a fairly low frame rate). Could you give us a little more info about those drivers? Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

05-26-2003, 06:47 PM	#5
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Good Luck with the new card. Another ATI bites the dust. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

05-26-2003, 10:52 PM	#6
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	G-Force FX 5200 Good God man. Do you play a lot of games, etc.? "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

05-26-2003, 12:31 PM	#4
mzinn Registered Join Date: May 2003 Location: michigan Posts: 3	Was running the latest driver on the ATI web site for Rage 128/WinXP. Decided to try a new card and p/up the G-Force FX 5200 which has 128 megs on it. Versus the 32? on ATI Rage 128. The saver has run for 24 hours at 32 bit color on both/bubble on/sound on/1162x864/Having a program log on and off the net/checking for updates with bigfix/Having 4 scheduled tasks running in the background including backups. As you can see I am trying to tax out my new card to see/prove the ATI was the problem..... NO LOCKUPS in 24 hours! "Knock on wood" Thanks for the reply, i appreciate the fact that you were willing to work with me on the problem, but I had had it with the card as my troubleshooting kind of told me the card was having some kind of problem. I hope I did not jinx it....thaniks again....I will let you know the results of anything changes on my end... THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR CONCERN AND GETTING BACK TO ME!............MZ

05-27-2003, 01:08 AM	#7
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	From a Rage 128 to a FX5200 – Methinks that would provide a visible difference... /Tiny Upgrade Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

05-27-2003, 05:17 AM	#8
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Well, he could have gotten a 5900. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

05-30-2003, 11:19 AM	#9
mzinn Registered Join Date: May 2003 Location: michigan Posts: 3	The story continues....came home from being out of town and i was locked up. Am adjusting down to 16 bit on both, 1024/768, removing bubble and will see. I did notice that a MS update was avail, wonder if that program logged on/d-loaded the update and messed up the saver...No that could not be it....MS never causes any issues...Ha Ha I will turn off auto d/load updates and see if that help. I am sure its just a tweak here or there. Thanks for always having good info...or good humor to my posts.....mz

06-28-2003, 10:22 PM	#10
Tornado Tom Tommy Turtle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Edmonton, AB, CA Posts: 78	ATI Suks big time It loaded a bunce of crap on my friends pc and still no Video drivers. so I tool him to the store and bought a Geforce 4 14 Little Fish Needs A New Larger Aquarium!

06-29-2003, 06:46 AM	#11
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	We all have opinions. I prefer nVidia because of ease of use, but ATI are a bit more powerful and have much better TV-out quality. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

07-01-2003, 03:45 PM	#12
Tornado Tom Tommy Turtle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Edmonton, AB, CA Posts: 78	get another card [that's non related to ATI] perhaps. 14 Little Fish Needs A New Larger Aquarium!