ATI Radeon 9550 Display Driver problem

[Draghy]

Thanks for all your help guys. I'm trying to make it work... Anyway can you give me a sugestion for an application that will provide me all the details you need to know? Also I updated some of the System Specs.

 

[tritous]

some of this stuff cannot ever be found by an application. E.g. the PSU just supplies power, not data. You need to check the label of the PSU. The most important stuff for us to know is the power rating and the 12V current it can drive. Things like PC cost mean very little, although that you boiught it for so cheap second hand does imply it's not got particularly high end parts in there, and it's quite possible it doesn't have the compatibility: I can't even find the spec of your AGP slot, but the cards needs at least AGPx4.

There is a lot of information via the device manager that you've not given us. Try the advice I gave in my last post and tell us after if it hasn't worked

 

[Draghy]

Dissambled the PC and looked on the PCU. Most of the stuff is in chinese but there are some things:

DELTA ELECTRONICS

MODEL: DPS-300mb A
REV 01
INPUT 200-240V / 5A
47HZ-63HZ
SIN: ZFD0348200959
MAX POWER: 300W +5V
OUTPUT: +12V 15A MAX
THE COMBINE POWER ON: +3.3V, +5V TOTAL 180W max
THE COMBINE POWER ON: +3.3V, +5V &+12V TOTAL 280W max

The rest is the same thing in chinese I think. Also, near the barcode it reads
ArtNo 309230 Week 0348 SN 202121 REV 01

This is all it sez on the PCU. What do you need to know about the Device Manager?

 

[Draghy]

The PCU is a thing on the upper back part of the PC with a fan and many colored cables coming out of it, right? I hope I looked at the right thing . On the back of the PC there is also the label that states:
AC 230V 5A 47-63Hz
Typ: PCMD/63511

 

[event3horizon]

I quickly read power requirements for the HD 9550 and it states

*Power Supply Unit Requirement:
350 Watt or greater power supply with 4pin 5V Cable

So i'm not certain if this is causing your problem but it's nice to have plenty of wattage available. You are 50 watts short.

 

[Draghy]

Is there anyway to fix that? Do I need a new PC or a new Video Card?

 

[event3horizon]

Is there anyway to fix that? Do I need a new PC or a new Video Card?

You would need to get a better power supply with more than 350W output however I'm not certain it will fix your issue with the video card. I have never utilized a video card that does not have enough juice from the PSU. to know the consequences.

 

[Draghy]

If I uninstall the Driver I don't have to reboot several times before starting the PC. Though, maybe I can install the old ATI 3D Rage II from my old PC. Strange though, when I put both video cards in the PC (9550 in AGP and Rage in PCI), 9550 doesnt work, the monitor won't start. But RageII works even without installing the drivers. I see it in Device manager and Display properties, but if I try a game I get the black screen and fuzzy sounds. Now if I remove Radeon 9550 and let only the RageII in the PCI slot, the monitor won't boot and I can't see anything. I need some help on fixing the problem with the RageII card, and I'll keep this one till I'll buy myself a new PC.

 

[event3horizon]

Do you have any onboard VGA port to plug into ? Or is an external video card required?

Is your ATI Rage II a PCI card or an AGP card?

Do you have any other PCI devices installed?

 

[Draghy]

1. Yes
2. PCI
3. Asus NX1001 Network Adapter, Installed in PCI slot1 and the Rage is in slot2.

I got 1 AGP slot and 4 PCI slots.

 

[event3horizon]

Since you have on onboard VGA, go into the BIOS and make check if you have a setting which determines if you are to use onboard VGA or external video card.

Also, I would try to put the Rage card into another slot.

If nothing above works,

Remove the Network adapter and just plug the rage card in. If that works, put the network adapter back (it's ok to use another slot) and see if they all work together now.

 

[Draghy]

Sorry for being such a n00b, but can you explain me how can I configure my BIOS?

 

[event3horizon]

Sorry for being such a n00b, but can you explain me how can I configure my BIOS?

It would be tough to tell you exactly.. there's so many different BIOS's.

Boot into the BIOS, and just look for any setting in there which indicates how the BIOS chooses whether to display video through the onboard graphics or an external video card.

 

[Draghy]

Well, I used SIW to get these Informations. Here it states:

Property Value
HOME-947DDEA9B4
BIOS Properties
BIOS Vendor Award Software, Inc.
Serial Number 30220010040
BIOS Version VMP 1003 P4.4 * ASUS P4GE-VM
Firmware Version 97.114
BIOS Date 02/13/2003
BIOS Size 256 KB
BIOS Starting Segment F000h
DMI Version 2.3
Characteristics
supports ISA No
supports MCA No
supports EISA No
supports PCI Yes
supports PC Card (PCMCIA) No
supports Plug-and-Play Yes
supports APM Yes
upgradeable (Flash) BIOS Yes
allows BIOS shadowing Yes
supports VL-VESA No
ESCD support is available Yes
supports booting from CD-ROM Yes
supports selectable boot Yes
BIOS ROM is socketed Yes
supports booting from PC Card (PCMCIA) No
supports Enhanced Disk Drive specification Yes
supports INT 13 for Japanese NEC 9800 1.2M floppy (3.5-inch, 1024-byte sectors, 360rpm) No
supports INT 13 for Japanese Toshiba 1.2M floppy (3.5-inch, 360rpm) No
supports INT 13 5.25-inch/360K floppy services Yes
supports INT 13 5.25-inch/1.2M floppy services Yes
supports INT 13 3.5-inch/720K floppy services Yes
supports INT 13 3.5-inch/2.88M floppy services Yes
supports INT 05 print-screen Yes
supports INT 09 and 8042 keyboard services Yes
supports INT 14 serial services Yes
supports INT 17 printer services Yes
supports INT 10 CGA/Mono video services Yes
NEC PC-98 No
supports ACPI Yes
supports legacy USB Yes
supports AGP Yes
supports booting from I2O device No
supports booting from LS-120 No
supports booting from ATAPI ZIP drive No
supports booting from IEEE 1394 device No
Smart Battery supported No
BIOS Boot Specification supported No
Function key-initiated Network Service boot supported No
Enable Targeted Content Distribution No

 

[event3horizon]

Well that doesn't really help. I doubt there is somewhere on the net that tells me how an award bios 4.4 from 2003 looks like.

You need to go into the BIOS.. Write down what you see under a video category.

 

[Draghy]

Do I need to open up the PC and look for the BIOS? Maybe I can take a photograph of it and post it here.

 

[event3horizon]

Do I need to open up the PC and look for the BIOS? Maybe I can take a photograph of it and post it here.

No no no... you access the BIOS software right when startup your computer before windows starts. Usually you hit the DEL key, or the F2. It is different on many bios. When you turn your PC on, do you see anything that says something like "press f2 for BIOS, or press 'whatever' key for BIOS?"

 

[Draghy]

No... But I'm gonna try and I'll tell ya.

 

[Draghy]

I rebooted like 5 times in a row and I pressed F2 like nuts. Didn't work. Tryed Del but didn't work either. I pressed F8 and opened the boot menu but I didn't saw anything like BIOS.

 

[event3horizon]

ok so F2 and Del doesn't work.

Try first pressing TAB then press the Del key? There has to be a way to get into the BIOS setup screen.