ATI Driver = Crash

[[XC] Lead Head]

I have an old socket A system that I just swapped the motherboards on. I just did an XP Repair install so it would boot on the new chipset. Everything is working fine except for the ATI Drivers. If I install them and reboot, the computer will usually crash within 5 minutes. If I uninstall the drivers, the computer will run with no problem at all, the display is just very choppy.

It is an
Athlon XP 1700
Soyo SY-K7ADA V1.0 mobo
512MB PC3200 DDR
x800 Pro AGP unlocked to 16 pipes
Windows XP Home

In the past I have used this video card with this same mobo without any problems at all, so I know it is not a compatibility issue.

[Cooper]

Try fresh Windows installation

[[XC] Lead Head]

Sorry, can't do that. This is the security system computer and we don't have anything to back the data up to yet.

[adamsleath]

you got any space to create a new partition for a fresh install?

[[XC] Lead Head]

nope. I know that would fix everything, but since I cannot do that, I need some other options.

[zanzabar]

do u have the agp set to normal that board has pro, and is that with all updated drivers, since u cant game on that i would try the ones from windows update to see if they worked

[[XC] Lead Head]

What do you mean pro? This board does not have AGP Pro, it has AGP Universal.

[Sparky]

Have you tried driver cleaner or sweeper or whatever the heck it is called?

[TheBigWookie]

You could ....
1) Remove the platform drivers and re - install them. Driver cleaner would be the best way to un install.. otherwise an un install in safe mode could be done.
2) Re-install the ATI drivers after that.