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Hi there
I've a IT7 mainboard with a Sapphire R9700.. The problem is that anything over 160 fsb and the screen ends up with black lines and coloured squares but only when watching dvds or surfing the net, Games run with out a problem?.
OPPAINTER
10-23-2002, 11:37 AM
Is your AGP/PCI set at 66/33??
OPP
Chong345
10-23-2002, 11:56 AM
Yes make sure you lock tha AGP/PCI clocks.
Chong
Yes mate it is at 160fsb you can just about notice it but at 170fsb the whole screen's a mess..... I am using the modded BT bios and have also tryed playing with the PCI bus so that at 160fsb it's set in the bios at 66/33mhz using a divider and not the fixed option:confused:
Using the 66/33 locked option makes no difference.... Do you think it's a RMA job?
hmmm.. i've got my it7 up to 163fsb and didn't notice any graphical problems other then it wasn't very stable :D
Yes mate it's a pain in the ass... Looks like that water block and pelt will have to stay in the draw for a bit longer.... Do you use the 3/4 memory settings?
Thanks for your help everyone looks like i'll be rma the card asap.
Jupiler
10-23-2002, 03:20 PM
I have no problems at all with my IT7 and 9700. Using the modded BT bios myself, running at 173 FSB and 3:4 settings, AGP/PCI locked at 66/33.
JC has the same board and card as I have and he has no problems with the modded BT bios either.
mike.elmes
10-23-2002, 03:56 PM
Juliper,
Where does a guy find a thing like the modded BT BIOS??
I'm currently sporting the modded A4 (A5) Gibbo bios....
Have you seen some improvement of some kind with that bios??
Please tell:)
Jupiler
10-23-2002, 04:26 PM
I posted a thread about the modded BT bios here (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4032)
No big changes compared to the A4 bios, but it runs fine for me, perhaps even a little more stable on the memory at higher speeds. I'm more or less limited by the Corsair PC3200 C2 which can run nicely at 232 Mhz, 2-7-2-3, Enhanced ON.
With a PC3500 i tried, I managed to bench at 238 Mhz, 2-7-2-3, enhanced ON. Even 240 and 243 were possible but not stable.
JC has the stick now and he's running fine at 236 Mhz, 2-7-2-3 enhanced ON.
I'm testing to see if DIMM 1 works better than DIMM 2. I always had my memory stick in DIMM 2 but JC told me his performed better in DIMM 1.
You can DL the modded BT directly from my little webspace ;) :
modded BT bios (http://users.skynet.be/MetalHead/modded_it7_bt.zip)
mike.elmes
10-23-2002, 05:34 PM
Thanx Juliper....
May try your bios after I try the A5 bios with the new ram I have on order.....OCZ DDR 3500 ENHANCED cas2
Hope it works, I'LL be posting results next week.:D
OPPAINTER
10-23-2002, 05:38 PM
Originally posted by bass
Thanks for your help everyone looks like i'll be rma the card asap.
I agree, get a new card, RMA that bugger.
OPP
Galifrey
10-24-2002, 12:26 AM
Gibbo from OcUK seem to think that the Radeon 9700 doesnt like fixed PCI settings, he has set his to 1/4 divider and it seems to work a lot better...
However, if you go too high then the pci is too far out of spec...