Re: ATI x1900xtx driver installation issues

Posted on 2019-09-10, 02:49

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Well, the setup has been working fine, until now. I got 7.11 working and I used the driver for several days without preformance drops or issues and I was able to overclock to 688/792 with ATI overdrive and the card did not pass 80c even on stock cooling with the fan at 100%. I got Quake 4 to work, …

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Re: ATI x1900xtx driver installation issues

Posted on 2019-09-03, 20:45

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Update: The 7.10 drivers do work, after disabling driver signature enforcment. They work fine, and they fix my OpenGL problem in atleast one game so far. I havent tried other games yet. They also upclock the GPU and I get proper 3dMark scores now and better preformance. The only issues I am having …

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Re: ATI x1900xtx driver installation issues

Posted on 2019-09-01, 11:20

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I did use DDU as stated above. Last night, I was able to successfully install a driver, but ive run into more issues. I was able to install the driver by going to gpedit.msc and disabling windows from installing any drivers from there. I was then able to scan for hardware changes and get the VGA …

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Re: ATI x1900xtx driver installation issues

Posted on 2019-09-01, 01:24

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I have finally found the time to work on this issue again. I have found out that Windows has been set on important updates this whole time. I also have it on never check for updates. I tried deleting dll's of the driver but I do not have the permissions to do so. I see there are about 5 copies of …

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Re: ATI x1900xtx driver installation issues

Posted on 2019-08-28, 16:20

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I have not tried the solutions above yet, but one thing I can say is I know for sure it's not clocking up. When I take GPU Z and put it on another monitor, it always shows the clocks at 500/594, even at %100 load. I also know it isn't clocking up because i'm getting substansially better 3Dmark06 …

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Re: ATI x1900xtx driver installation issues

Posted on 2019-08-27, 15:41

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I already used DDU to clean all the files, but ive found multiple DLL's on the system that go with the driver. I'll attempt to remove every last one of them. Also no, the x1900xtx is the only GPU this system has ever had. After I clear all the DLL's, i'll attempt to install a driver, then if OpenGL …

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Re: ATI x1900xtx driver installation issues

Posted on 2019-08-27, 02:40

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Tried those drivers, but they failed to work. I think one problem i'm having is that when I scan for hardware changes after uninstalling my driver, it detects the VGA controller and then just immediately installs the driver. I deleted the cached driver from Driverstore, but it's found the driver …

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ATI x1900xtx driver installation issues

Posted on 2019-08-26, 18:50

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Hello, I have come here today looking for help and a solution as to why I cannot get any driver supplied by ATI to work on my system. This system I built for playing DirectX 9 games at high settings, and I put Windows 7 x64 on it due to some former XP games only supporting 7 now (Half Life 2). I …

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Re: What's the nastiest thing you caught from a retro PC/Part?

Posted on 2019-06-30, 10:46

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I have gotten cut by cases and heatsinks many times, but I believe the most disgusting PC I dealt with was a socket 478 PC I got from the thrift store. When I opened the case, it was full of spiderwebs, and on the bottom of it, there was a huge mouse nest, and they had kindly left their droppings …

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Re: Cylinder head sector not listed for my hard drive

Posted on 2019-06-30, 10:22

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bjwil1991 wrote: Does it show anything on there, or is it all zeros? I believe it shows something, I am not home right now so I can't check.

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Re: Cylinder head sector not listed for my hard drive

Posted on 2019-06-29, 15:53

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The BIOS is from 87' and the board has an onboard IDE controller. I am not using a IDE card of any sort. The PC is from 89'. Guess I might have to use XT-IDE or an alternate hard drive. I hope I can return it if that is the case.

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Re: Cylinder head sector not listed for my hard drive

Posted on 2019-06-28, 16:08

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Does it have Type 47 as an option? Kind of weird that a BIOS like that doesn't allow custom drive entries. Found a site that shows the different drive types with the following data: Cylinders Heads WPC Ctrl (if applicable) LZ Sectors/Track Capacity (in MB). http://vintage-pc.tripod.com/types.html …

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Re: Cylinder head sector not listed for my hard drive

Posted on 2019-06-28, 07:10

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I have an AST Bravo 286 Model 5: Specs: AST 286 bios 640k RAM 6/8 Mhz AMD 80286 D-Link ethernet card Maxlogic MX 677 SVGA video card 270 mb Conner hard drive I'll try all the solutions, but it will probably be when I get back from vacation. Thanks for the help so far.

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Re: Cylinder head sector not listed for my hard drive

Posted on 2019-06-28, 05:11

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Trying the closest match did not work for my drive. It would get past the POST checks, but it would hang at the memory check screen when I did this. I will try the other options tommorow.

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Cylinder head sector not listed for my hard drive

Posted on 2019-06-28, 02:27

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I am trying to connect a 270 mb Conner hard drive to my 80286 machine. It cannot auto see drives. When I go to the cylinder head sector settings for disk one and two, it only allows me to select 40+ predetermined cylinder head sector settings for that disk. It will not let me do a custom cylinder …

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Re: My ongoing 386 build (aka The Disasterpiece, aka Phoenix) - it's alive!

Posted on 2019-02-20, 03:43

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I've got a 386 DX 40 board that looks similar to this, but it has a soldered 386 DX 40 and slight differences. I'll post pictures when I can.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-17, 23:56

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Today I went to the thriftstore and got a lucky find, I found an ABIT IC7 MAX3 motherboard at the thriftstore+full pc. The ABIT mobo has a 2.8 ghz P4, and 1 GB DDR400 RAM. Iv'e seen these mobos go for 300+ dollars, and it even has an AGP Pro slot! I walked away with it all for only $9.99! Iv'e been …

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Re: Dirtiest PCs showcase [Viewers discretion advised]

Posted on 2019-02-17, 17:48

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Is that rust made from cat pee? I wonder if that guy's pc worked after that 🤣 . Why did he have this problem I wonder...

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Re: AST Bravo 286 power consumption?

Posted on 2019-02-17, 17:29

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Sorry I sent so many messages, Vogons wasn't letting me post anything, but thanks for all the info. Also, alvaro84, your 286 seems like a very good system. :happy: I think I will use your build as inspiration for what i'm going to do with my 286. The sIDE Board is an IDE hard disk controller and i/o …

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Re: AST Bravo 286 power consumption?

Posted on 2019-02-17, 07:00

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I see the rails, but I do not see the approximate wattage number. Did you just convert the amps on the rails to watts and add the watts or did you look on the PSU label and find 100W? If you found 100w on the psu label please take a picture of it's location.

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