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ATI Radeon VE card compatibility issues

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by tman_182

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I recently installed an ASUS A7V-E motherboard with a 1 GHz processor and a 32 meg ATI Radeon VE video card. Now when everything was setup in Windows 98, Windows showed everything as working properly, no conflicts. But whenever I try to run an application that requires Direct3D support or any kind of card acceleration, the screen makes odd patterns or goes black and the system locks up. I tried setting the Windows Graphic acceleration lower, seemed to help, but then games cannot be run. Any suggestions would be welcome.

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by dmiles

First check the manufacturers web site for a fix that maybe available,because of past postings of this type
Check to see what version of active X you have and then dowload the latest version

by tman_182

I already have the latest drivers for my video card and motherboard. What type of ActiveX am I looking for? There seems to be many available for download.

by tman_182

Another thing I forgot to mention:
The computer that is having issues does not have internet access or anything internet related installed on it, if that means anything.

by dmiles

You will want to readup on the latest which is ActiveX 8.1
Also check the vido card manufacturers web site to see if their is a fix for this type of problem
There have been similar post that have had problems of this sort,you may want to use the search column in upper right corner to research

by wlbowers

If this motherboard uses the Via chipset.
Go to their website and get the 4in1
patch. I have had to reduce the
acceleration to none. I know that is not
acceptable for games. When you
installed the latest drivers did you remove
all tracesof the previous from your
system. That means going into your
registery and deleteing all Ati entries.
First change to the vga mode. uninstall all
ati drivers. Go into the registery and
delete all Ati entries. (use the search
mode and remove the keys).
Now install the new drivers and reboot.
This should help.

Good Luck Lee

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