Pink screens, white screens, odd colors amd x1300 pro

[sdowney717]

I had a better card in the PC and was running the AMD catalyst drivers.
I took that card out and put in the x1300.

Several times noticed some weird effects.
Then today I powered down cause it was pink, and it refused to turn on the screen.
So I let it sit and it is working again.

I did not uninstall catalyst AMD drivers, is that a problem? the x1300 is not a supported video card.

If it is a problem, then are the AMD drivers destroying the card? (terminating the old technology to make you get new technology)

 

[maxie]

Hi there .. It is more than likely the Card you Installed is faulty .. When you Installed that Card Windows would try to find a Driver for it .. Its a pretty old Card i know there are some Vista Drivers available for it .. Not sure about 64 Bit Drivers though ..

 

[sdowney717]

It did not do that until I moved it around from various PCs.
I took it out and reinserted and so far it's working fine all day.

Would a weak PSU cause it?
The PSU only has 200 watts, and 12v is only 10amps, been working this way a long time, over a year.

About the dirvers, would a vista AMD driver work in win7 32 bit?
Do you have a link, thoughts?

 

[maxie]

Hi there ... I will try and find you a Driver for the Card .. You stated you have a better Graphics Card Installed .. What was that ? You could sure do with a better PSU .. How did it work with the better Card ? ..

 

[sdowney717]

Worked wonderful. That card was a HD 2600 pro.
I took it out to use in another PC for an HTPC running WMC.
I want to be able to watch live TV and 1080p

 

[maxie]

I have found a Driver for your Card it works on Windows 7 32/64 Bit OS .... I want to search further and see if i can find a better one .. So will Post it tomorrow ..

 

[maxie]

Try the Driver in the Link below ...


ATI Catalyst video driver for Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) - ThinkCentre A61e

 

[sdowney717]

Thanks, amazing that it exists.
Will try it and post back.


It does not install.
No ccc, no driver, it must be branded to only work on IBM video cards.
Is there a way to spoof that with a mod inf??

pic shows the components and leaves out ccc and the driver

 

[maxie]

Was not sure it would work .. Will look for another Driver for you

 

[sdowney717]

I found one win7 working driver.
The card is visiontek branded.
Visiontek has a win7 driver for all x1000 series cards.

It is installing.
Drivers | VisionTek ATI/AMD Radeon Graphics Partner

I really like visiontek, the HD 2600 pro is also visiontek.
At least visiontek still supports their old stuff.

 

[maxie]

Kewl Think i found one too on Guru Forum

 

[sdowney717]

I noticed that the driver version remains at 2009.
Which is the same version windows7 installs.
All it adds in is the CCC, etc... So no improvement in video performance.
Just looks more official.

 

[maxie]

Yes the one i found was Dated 2009-08-16 ... Do you still have pink lines white or what ever ?

 

[sdowney717]

No pink screen, no pink text.
whatever happened for now is gone.
It was like a pink smear and window edges would remain muted on the screen after being closed with odd greens and reds

 

[maxie]

Do you know which Version was Installed ? I went to the VisionTek Website but does not say which Version ..

 

[sdowney717]

8.593.100.0

 

[maxie]

Found an old Thread .. That states 10.2 should work is in the Link below .. Should be able to find the Driver on Guru Forum .. But if your happy with the one you have now stick with it ...


http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-cards/119010-radeon-x1300-pro.html

 

[sdowney717]

updating the thread.
The card completely failed to boot in the PC.
So put in an Nvidia card and PC is working again.

However, I think the PS is getting weak. X1300 takes power direct from PS, Nvidia card does not.
I put the x1300 in a different PC and it boots and works with no problems at all.

I have burned out 5 PS over the last few years. PS for me are always the weakest part of a PC.

I just bought another one for my ASUS P5QC. We have 6 PC's I work on at the house and boat.
For the P5QC started with 400 watts, then went to 500 watts, now latest is 650 watts.