Comments on: ATi + VIA = Headache http://www.firdouss.com/2006/01/ati-via-headache/ web design, wordpress and gadgets Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Jacobs http://www.firdouss.com/2006/01/ati-via-headache/#comment-18 Mark Jacobs Tue, 13 May 2008 12:28:33 +0000 http://www.firdouss.com/2006/01/28/ati-via-headache/#comment-18 The write-combine setting should be off for ATI+VIA chipsets. Everything else had no effect (aside from slowing down the PC somewhat). My PC (Motherboard ID 63-130-0000010-00101111-011907-VIA$P4M89130_P4VM890 BIOS P1.30 + Radeon X1550 Series) was terrible with write combining switched on. At a completely random time during your PC session, the entire rig would freeze up so badly, the mouse would not move, sound stopped dead, and the only way out was to power off and then on again. It seems to have been cured by simply turning write-combining off. The write-combine setting should be off for ATI+VIA chipsets. Everything else had no effect (aside from slowing down the PC somewhat). My PC (Motherboard ID 63-130-0000010-00101111-011907-VIA$P4M89130_P4VM890 BIOS P1.30 + Radeon X1550 Series) was terrible with write combining switched on. At a completely random time during your PC session, the entire rig would freeze up so badly, the mouse would not move, sound stopped dead, and the only way out was to power off and then on again. It seems to have been cured by simply turning write-combining off.

]]> By: Josh http://www.firdouss.com/2006/01/ati-via-headache/#comment-19 Josh Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:48:42 +0000 http://www.firdouss.com/2006/01/28/ati-via-headache/#comment-19 Yeah man i hear ya on the whole ATI & Via thing, I have huge problems on a few games and all i can think it is the combo, i got a radeon 9550 agp @4x, Oblivion and now Bioshock just crash at the start up and i cant fix it. Ill try some of the bios settings you posted, thats about all i didnt try so far. I wish what ever company made the Error could just fix it. Yeah man i hear ya on the whole ATI & Via thing, I have huge problems on a few games and all i can think it is the combo, i got a radeon 9550 agp @4x, Oblivion and now Bioshock just crash at the start up and i cant fix it. Ill try some of the bios settings you posted, thats about all i didnt try so far. I wish what ever company made the Error could just fix it.

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