Video Upgrade in winXP......GRRRR!!!!!

[ProtocolDroid]

Ok i have a freshly installed windows xp machine(P4;2.4ghz,intel mobo w/integrated video,sound,lan,etc)..the machine came preconfigured with a 7000 radeon..ok I upgraded to the 9000pro and removed the 7000 physicaly...here's where it gets interesting..when i boot up, XP finds the V.card two(2) times and installs the drivers twice or attempts to...the onboard video IS disabled and irq to pci video is also unallocated in the bios...i would leave it but it intermittently crashes the video back to a bottom resolution and says reboot to restore functionality because windows has recovered from a hardware failure....the card is in the dev. mgr 2 times as well...any ideas??????????

 

[adkmom]

Highlight one in device manager & delete it.

Mom

 

[ProtocolDroid]

Those were the first things i did....I have been through all the conventional methods of clearing this up...the driver isnt the problem because i can disable the device and the system will lock and crash down to the recovery video driver after about 2 to 5 mins...it is stable with both in the devicemgr. snap in until you put the vid card under a load with a good 3d or open gl game....I've tried several versions of directX and also several diff. compatible hardware drivers.......Anybody else hate xp this much??

 

[adkmom]

I hear you- I'm having no luck getting my All-In-Wonder to run at 4X AGP. Good thing I easily meet all of the minimum (& max) specs to run it, right? I was blaming the VIA chipset- loads of forums gripes on those.

Back to your issue. Any chance of using system restore to really return back to start- before the first install of the new card? Then go to Google & search your brains out before trying again. I did this when I had made too many changes & then wanted to go to the point where I had the best MadOnion score- couldn't do it. System restored & started again- this time with pad & paper. Also made restore points before each change so I could take one step back if needed. One of the great things in XP.

Obvious to say that you must return to VGA state with all traces of the 7000 driver removed before staring with the 9000- but I'll say it for yucks.

Here're some good places to start researching:

http://www.windowsxp.nu/links.htm

http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=1

I wish I could help further. So frustrating not to get something to work- especially when, like me, you had such high hopes & were so excited to update,
Mom

 

[apex1x]

Have you tried going into safe mode and removing all the video drivers and then rebooting?
What system specs do you have? ie. mobo model, ram, etc.
Make sure to use ATI's drivers, not any default ones either. ~Apex1x
Miller's Law:
You can't tell how deep a puddle is until you step into it.

 

[ProtocolDroid]

OK......how's this....Reinstalled winXPhomo on freshly remade part. during boot from cd,with a freshly cleared cmos
as well,I also switched the vid. to agp and unalloc. the irq for pci vid..These were the only bios changes.Used the 9000 during install,used drivers from ATI cd packaged with card(sapphire8.1)..ok...same problem in the dev.mgr..2 identical cards present..plus same unstability..so i downgrade the card to just a 9000 non pro 128mb...same problem again..so i put one the 9000pro into a 2kpro machine...and it does the same bs..this is ridiculous,I know...but now i am suspect of the drivers and the cmos version.....the mobo is a ECS p4s5mg/gl+ with 256mb of pc2100...I'm bangin my head here....i plan to try a winME machine tommorow just to see...