Thanks again, I found a different version of driver which seems to work OK, not
from the website of ATI or DELL 'though - I had tried them already, it was on a
Dell disk that a colleague had.
All's well that ends well.
Hugh.
"van de Werken, Matthew (DEM, PH)" wrote:
> Hi Ian & Hugh:
>
> I guess the only problem with Ian's suggestion is that Hugh has a Dell
> Optiplex, which has on-board graphics and no AGP slot. I have one on my desk
> (Optiplex GX1 - PIII-500 w/256MB, ATI Rage PRO graphics, NT4 sp5), but I
> don't have any problems with Protel (99SE, sp6).
>
> I'd firstly suggest to run a known working version of the ATI Rage PRO
> graphics driver; you can download several different versions from the ATI
> web site. Apparently the later versions won't do all the resolutions and
> screen refresh rates of the earlier ones. I run version 5.0.113 of the ATI
> driver (which isn't the latest); you can get this version from the ATI web
> site.
>
> I don't know if I've helped you at all; I hope so.
>
> Cheers,
> Matthew van de Werken
> Electronics Engineer
> CSIRO Exploration & Mining - Gravity Group
> 1 Technology Court - Pullenvale - Qld - 4069 - AUSTRALIA
> ph: +61-7-3327 4685 fax: +61-7-3327 4455
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, 14 May 2001 21:06
> > To: Protel EDA Forum
> > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Freezup with NT4 SP6 and 99SE SP6 - any clues?
> >
> >
> > On 08:50 PM 14/05/2001 +1000, Hugh Stevenson said:
> >
> > >I have been having a problem with 99SE under NT4 that other
> > colleagues do not
> > >have - it just locks up and nothing works, not even the task
> > manager. I have
> > >tried reformatting and reinstalling, changing screen driver
> > (ATI 3D Rage
> > >Pro on
> > >a Dell Optiplex GX1p), latest service packs. I have just
> > turned off auto-save
> > >to see if that has any effect, it seems to take ten to
> > twenty minutes to crash
> > >and not be much dependent on what I am doing.
> > >
> > >Any ideas?
> > >
> > >Hugh.
> >
> > ATI graphics card - beg/borrow/steal a non-ATI card, try
> > again and report back.
> >
> > There is a known problem with ATI cards and Protel. Many (not all it
> > seems) report that Protel locks up often with ATI cards.
> >
> > I would suggest that it would be well worthwhile trying
> > another card from a
> > different maker and see how you go.
> >
> > I use nVidia based cards without any trouble and I think
> > Matrox are well
> > reputed with the quality of their drivers and support.
> >
> > Ian Wilson
> >
--
Hugh Stevenson
Design Engineer
Blue Sky Technologies P/L
36 Bennett Street
ALPHINGTON
Victoria 3078
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