9500pro ati2mtag ERROR... Regular Omega Drivers v2474a or Hacked version ??? ...

"Sid LABDI" wrote in message ...
Have exactly the same problem with a sapphire radeon 9700 (non pro) card +
catalyst 3.6 winxpsp1a, P4C2400 and asus P4C800DLX Mb. That happened a
couple of time for me

Sid
"markOpolis" a écrit dans le message de
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Hello again,

thanx to all of you who took time to answer...

I have uninstalled the official ATI Catalyst 3.6, and installed the
refular
Omega Drivers v2474a. I already experienced the same error, once. Should I
install the regular Omega drivers or the hacked (9500-9700) version???...
I have an ATI Radeon 9500pro, which isn't supposed to be hack-able, is it?

When I look inside the error log, I just get "ati2mtag error" there is NO
explanation, nor details about that error. The description area is empty.
And there is nothing in the minidump folder either, because windows
doesn't
crash, it just resets the screen to the default 640x480 4bits resolution,
tells it has detected and repaired a faulty device, and asks to reboot the
computer for the changes to take effect. There is no mention of "Infinite
Loop" or else...

Thanx in advance for your help!


M.


My system is as follows:
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MB = Gigabyte GA-8IK1100 (Intel i875P / ICH5 chipset)
CPU = Intel Pentium IV 2.4C (FSB 800)
DDR = A-Data 2*256Mo PC3200 (Winbond BH-5 chips) dual channel
VID = ATI Radeon 9500pro 128Mo (Catalyst 3.6 drivers)
HD = Hitachi/IBM Deskstar 120Go 7200 8Mo
OS = Windows XP Pro SP1 (up to date)
PSU = Fortron 350W ATX FSP350-60PN
SND = onboard Realtek ALC655 audio chip
PCI = none installed


My previous message:
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Hello everyone,

very randomly, once a day, or less, my computer freezes for something like
30 seconds, then the screen is reset to 640x480 4 bits, with an error
message window saying "Windows has detectetd and repaired a defective
hardware - you need to restart your computer". It has nothing to do with
W32.Blaster worm!!!... ;-P

When I look inside Windows event viewer (via Aida32), there is an
"ati2mtag
system error" prior the freeze. But there is no other descritption!

Is my videocard really defective? How do I know for sure? It doesn't
happen
during heavy load or something requiring an intensive video computing.
Just
out of the blue, after 45 minutes, or 3 hours of use...

Or is it the infinite loop error? How do I prevent this from happening? Do
Omega drivers are of any help? Are ATI official catalyst 3.6 drivers
faulty?
Are there any video or BIOS settings I should change?

Thanx in advance for your help!


M.





If you would like to recieve official support for the Omega drivers,
and help from the creater (OmegaDrive)

you will need to visit www.driverheaven.net, register, and post your
problems there... you will also have his personal email available for
further questions.

Good luck!

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