Epox 8RDA+ nForce2 and Radeon 9700 pro problem

[Nick]

I have an Epox 8RDA+ nForce2 motherboard and Sapphire Radeon 9700 pro and i can't get the TV out to work. The latest bios update for the motherboard should changed AGP Aperture Size default from 32MB to 64MB which my graphics card needs for the TV Out to work. However after flashing the Bios and loading the Optimized Defaults I still have the same problem. Has any one else out there got similar specs to me and got the TV Out to work.

I hope i have posted my thread in the right place as i feel the problem is with my motherboard rather than graphics card.


Some specs

Coolermaster ATC-201B-BXT 1 £130.45 £130.45
"Black Widow" Case (No PSU)
(CA-023-CM)

AMD Athlon XP Case Badge 1 £0.70 £0.70
(CA-002-AM)

Epox 8RDA+ nForce2 (Socket A) 1 £80.00 £80.00
Motherboard (MB-019-EP)

Sparkle FSP300-60ATV 300W ATX 1 £35.00 £35.00
Power Supply - AMD Approved
(CA-000-SP)

AMD Athlon "Thoroughbred" XP 1 £185.50 £185.50
2700+ 333FSB (Socket A) CPU -
OEM (CP-031-AM)

Sapphire ATI Radeon 9700 1 £229.00 £229.00
Atlantis Pro 128MB DDR DVI/TV
(AGP) - Retail (GX-001-SP)

Corsair 512MB DDR XMS3500 1 £127.00 £127.00
Platinum CAS2 (MY-010-CS)

Corsair 512MB DDR XMS3500 1 £127.00 £127.00
Platinum CAS2 (MY-010-CS)
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Subtotal: £932.60
Shipping (Lynx Next Day Courier - UK Mainland): £11.63
VAT: £165.26
Total: £1,109.49

[Darkest]

I dunno if you've used the TV out before, but I sometimes have a problem if it isn't connected to the TV with the tv on when I boot. Might be worth a shot.

[Nick]

Must have done that before, but i tried anyway and it still thinks the tv is unpluggedl. What are your system specs?

[Darkest]

8rda+, HIS 9700 pro, at the moment I'm running 202*11.5 because of cooling issues. I'm quad booting w/redhat, 98se, 2000pro & XP pro. I've had alot of driver issues in 98se with the 3.0 drivers so I still have the ones that came with the card but it's running okay with the others (I'm still working on getting redhat set up right, I upgraded the kernel and lost sound and network drivers). You might want to try uninstalling the "ATI control panel" and replacing the video drivers with standard vga drivers then doing a full reinstall. That's the only thing I can think of at this point, I don't know what you have tried already or even what OS you are using. I doubt it's a hardware problem though.

[Nick]

My OS is windows 2000 pro. I tried on XP pro but i couldn't get the Service Packs because it was a copy. The service pack should of fixed my front usb ports on my case but Nooooo.

Did the TV out work first time for you or did you have to flash the bios. I think the problem is with the bios because it thinks the tv is unplugged. The AGP Aperture Size must be 64MB and the new bios should change it from 32MB to 64MB. The only thing i can think is that it didn't change it.

[MasterAtArms]

Nick you got PM.

[Nick]

Cool.....

For any one else reading this doesn't fix my tv out problem (I couldn't get it to work on XP pro).

[k1114]

Originally posted by Darkest
8rda+, HIS 9700 pro, at the moment I'm running 202*11.5 because of cooling issues. I'm quad booting w/redhat, 98se, 2000pro & XP pro. I've had alot of driver issues in 98se with the 3.0 drivers so I still have the ones that came with the card but it's running okay with the others (I'm still working on getting redhat set up right, I upgraded the kernel and lost sound and network drivers). You might want to try uninstalling the "ATI control panel" and replacing the video drivers with standard vga drivers then doing a full reinstall. That's the only thing I can think of at this point, I don't know what you have tried already or even what OS you are using. I doubt it's a hardware problem though.

Good lord! Quad booting? Time to pick an OS!!!

[drewski]

Originally posted by Nick
The AGP Aperture Size must be 64MB and the new bios should change it from 32MB to 64MB. The only thing i can think is that it didn't change it.

You should be able to manually adjust the AGP Aperture Size, if the BIOS defaults didn't change it.

[Nick]

yeah you can change but i doesn't get my TV Out workin

Who here has a Sapphire Radeon 9700 with a 8RDA+ and can get the TV out workin??