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    ATI Tool and v2000z

    Discussion in 'HP' started by hegemon, Mar 29, 2006.

  1. hegemon

    hegemon Notebook Guru

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    I installed/ran ATI tool on my V2000z (ATI Radeon xpress 200m) and after thinking about, decided to uninstall the program and undo everything... ever since installing the program, though, my computer randomly freezes and I get the dreaded bars on the screen... I'm also using RMClock, but I haven't had any problems with that since I've bought the computer.

    Does uninstalling ATI tool undo the changes? And if not, how can I undo any changes I made? I searched online, and ATI says the 200m runs at 350mhz, is this correct? the default for ATI tool was 300, so that might have been part of the problem. Anyway, help. :hs:
     
    hegemon, Mar 29, 2006
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    hegemon Notebook Guru

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    It just happened again... this time I got a completely white screen. I had been running Prime95 torture test for an hour, turned the test off, and started browsing with firefox and only then did I WSOD

    Is this a known issue?
     
    hegemon, Mar 30, 2006
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    I haven't heard of such issues but I think you should try to default the settings in the ATI tool and/or uninstall it. Personally, I would uninstall it.
     
    vassil_98, Mar 30, 2006
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  4. hegemon

    hegemon Notebook Guru

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    I have uninstalled, but I'm not sure if it has reverted to default settings yet...
     
    hegemon, Mar 30, 2006
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    hegemon Notebook Guru

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    Does ATI tool need to be running to overclock the graphics, or does it affect the hardware's BIOS?
     
    hegemon, Mar 30, 2006
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    hegemon Notebook Guru

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    I've also been playing with Omega/Catalyst drivers, but I decided to go back to factory drivers then as well... could that be related?
     
    hegemon, Mar 30, 2006
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    I think you need ATI tool for overclocking, yet I'm not completely sure - anyways, there's not much to get from x200 :)
    It seems your lock ups are connected to drvier issues, so any driver may have caused the problem.
    Why don't you uninstall everything and restart. I think WinXP will handle the GPU by itself so that you may see if the problem vanishes. Thus you will know if it's the ATI card that's messing around.
     
    vassil_98, Mar 30, 2006
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    hegemon Notebook Guru

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    Yeah, I suspect this was related to an issue with RMClock 2.05, which is weird because I have been using it for quite some time. You probably already saw my thread, though. :eek:

    If it happens again, I'll know I'm doing something stupid. Otherwise, I'm going to assume it was RMClock 2.05 ... we'll see if 1.8 keeps me stable.

    All the stupid 3rd party ATI stuff should be gone, now
     
    hegemon, Mar 30, 2006
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    dipsmav Newbie

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    HI
    I have a Compaq Presario 2254 au notebook pc
    Specs: Amd Turion ML-32 1.8ghz, 512 MB ram, ATI Xpress 200m shared
    ,60 GB.

    Can anyone please tell me whether i can run the following games atleast at the minimum resolutions:
    1. FEAR
    2. CALL OF DUTY 2
    3. QUAKE IV
    4. NFS MOST WANTED
    5. BATTLEFIELD 2
    6. COUNTERSTRIKE
     
    dipsmav, Mar 31, 2006
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  10. nathanhuth

    nathanhuth Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Why are you starting a topic in someone else's unrelated thread? Here this is for you, read away for the answer:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=26318
     
    nathanhuth, Apr 1, 2006
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    chinna_n Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Its supposed to run at 300mhz not 350Mhz. I saw similar issues when I experimented too. You just reset using ATI Tool again and go to bios reset all settings, then restart. That should fix the problem.
     
    chinna_n, Apr 1, 2006
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