ATI 9700 All In Wonder PRO causes system to Freeze

[Grant]

My system freezes despite having tried four different sets
of ATI drivers. The problem occurs when I have AGP Fast
Write and Hyperthreading enabled. If I disable those
functions the system runs smoothly most of the time.

I have an MSI MS-6565 mother board with the E7205 Granite
Bay chip set.

Is there a fix for this problem? I would like to get the
max performance from my system by enabling AGP Fast Write
and Hyperthreading.

Thanks,
Grant

[Testy]

ATI techs recommend disabling fastwrites. As far as HT I don't imagine any
problem but then I have never tested it.

Testy

"Grant" > wrote in message
...
> My system freezes despite having tried four different sets
> of ATI drivers. The problem occurs when I have AGP Fast
> Write and Hyperthreading enabled. If I disable those
> functions the system runs smoothly most of the time.
>
> I have an MSI MS-6565 mother board with the E7205 Granite
> Bay chip set.
>
> Is there a fix for this problem? I would like to get the
> max performance from my system by enabling AGP Fast Write
> and Hyperthreading.
>
> Thanks,
> Grant


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[NoNoBadDog!]

Sounds like you have an older revicion 1 ATI card that can't support 8x AGP.
Revision 3 and above of the ATI 9700 will support HT and 8x AGP with
fastwrites on. There is so few software titles that support HT or 8xAGP
that I would not worry about. it. It you are one of those who just has to
have all the candy turned on, then I suggest getting a Rev 3 card, or buying
a 9800.

Bobby

"Grant" > wrote in message
...
> My system freezes despite having tried four different sets
> of ATI drivers. The problem occurs when I have AGP Fast
> Write and Hyperthreading enabled. If I disable those
> functions the system runs smoothly most of the time.
>
> I have an MSI MS-6565 mother board with the E7205 Granite
> Bay chip set.
>
> Is there a fix for this problem? I would like to get the
> max performance from my system by enabling AGP Fast Write
> and Hyperthreading.
>
> Thanks,
> Grant

[Grant]

>-----Original Message-----
>ATI techs recommend disabling fastwrites. As far as HT I
don't imagine any
>problem but then I have never tested it.
>
>Testy
>
>"Grant" > wrote in message
...
>> My system freezes despite having tried four different
sets
>> of ATI drivers. The problem occurs when I have AGP Fast
>> Write and Hyperthreading enabled. If I disable those
>> functions the system runs smoothly most of the time.
>>
>> I have an MSI MS-6565 mother board with the E7205
Granite
>> Bay chip set.
>>
>> Is there a fix for this problem? I would like to get the
>> max performance from my system by enabling AGP Fast
Write
>> and Hyperthreading.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Grant
>
>
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[Grant]

Thanks for the info. Nobody at ATI told me about a
difference in Rev 1 and Rev 3 cards. The ATI 9700 PRO was
sold in a retail box that said it was an APG 8X card.

I guess I will have to turn off the AGP Fast Write.

Thanks,
Grant
>-----Original Message-----
>ATI techs recommend disabling fastwrites. As far as HT I
don't imagine any
>problem but then I have never tested it.
>
>Testy
>
>"Grant" > wrote in message
...
>> My system freezes despite having tried four different
sets
>> of ATI drivers. The problem occurs when I have AGP Fast
>> Write and Hyperthreading enabled. If I disable those
>> functions the system runs smoothly most of the time.
>>
>> I have an MSI MS-6565 mother board with the E7205
Granite
>> Bay chip set.
>>
>> Is there a fix for this problem? I would like to get the
>> max performance from my system by enabling AGP Fast
Write
>> and Hyperthreading.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Grant
>
>
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