I have a brend new ATI (made by Ati) X850XT PE AGP graphic card!
http://www.ati.com/products/radeonx850/index.html

And It simply wont work with my “good old” Albatron K8X800 Pro motherboard.

Problem is very clear. When I put first time X850 in my PC, card start to act strange. Computer get block and similar. After that, I do a clean install of Windows XP on some other hard drive, install a new drivers, new VIA chipset drivers and all that.
After that, I got situation that computer work mostly decently, but after turn off, it want boot any more, unless I wait for some 35 or 40 minutes.
Then It’s boot normally. Also, it’s important to emphasis that PC can restart normally but cant wake up when I do shut down!
After some time, computer don’t want to even boot. Just starts fun on graphic card very loudly and never change the speed (like it used to do before; rotate fan at maximum speed for a few seconds and than reduce to a optimum 2D speed cooling)
So, I’m really don’t know what to do any more.

I give my best to made my card working with this MoBo but after seven (7) days of messing and loosing my nerves, I do nothing except I loose enormous amount of time!!!
What I try:
1) I bought a brand new Enermax CoolerGiant 485W Power Supply (I had Chieftec 360W before and MSI 9800XT worked like a charm with that old Chieftec one.)
2) I flash a motherboard Bios with last one!
3) I install all lates drives and so, but it’s wortless now casue computer want boot any moore.
4) I double check all my cables which connect X850’s power connector and try to connect with other ones
5) I take off all my other PCI cards (Audigy 2 and VIA chipset FireWire (i1394) one)
6) I check my memory modules (changed slots and so)
7) I erase BIOS few times.
8) I have Chieftec case and SIX (6) fans inside PLUS one Sanyo blower inside Enermax for exausting heat out of my rig! So nobody can tell that it’s hot inside my case!
9) I double check everything else, but my MSI 9800XT work without any problems, so it’s definitely some conflict between MB and ATI’s card.

And most important! I double check X850XT in other PCs and it works just fine. Nobody had any problem with that card except me!!! And they even had inferior PSUs!

My PC is always working OK, my electricity is OK and room is air conditioned, so I just can’t see any other issue!

Here is Sysinfo:

System Information report written at: 06/29/05 15:23:02
System Name: USER
[System Summary]

Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name USER
System Manufacturer VIAK8_
System Model AWRDACPI
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 12 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2014 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 4/1/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)"
User Name USER/User
Time Zone Central Europe Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 455.17 MB
Total Virtual Memory 6.40 GB
Available Virtual Memory 5.42 GB
Page File Space 5.40 GB
Page File G:\pagefile.sys

[Hardware Resources]



[Conflicts/Sharing]

Resource Device
I/O Port 0x0000A000-0x0000AFFF VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller
I/O Port 0x0000A000-0x0000AFFF RADEON 9800 XT

I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF RADEON 9800 XT

IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 21 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller

Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller
Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF RADEON 9800 XT

Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF RADEON 9800 XT

I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB RADEON 9800 XT


[DMA]

Resource Device Status
Channel 4 Direct memory access controller OK
Channel 2 Standard floppy disk controller OK
Channel 3 ECP Printer Port (LPT1) OK

[Forced Hardware]

Device PNP Device ID

[I/O]

Resource Device Status
0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus OK
0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000D00-0x0000FFFF PCI bus OK
0x0000A000-0x0000AFFF VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller OK
0x0000A000-0x0000AFFF RADEON 9800 XT OK
0x000003B0-0x000003BB VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller OK
0x000003B0-0x000003BB RADEON 9800 XT OK
0x000003C0-0x000003DF VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller OK
0x000003C0-0x000003DF RADEON 9800 XT OK
0x0000B000-0x0000B03F Creative SB Audigy 2 (WDM) OK
0x0000B400-0x0000B407 Creative Game Port OK
0x0000B800-0x0000B87F VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK
0x0000BC00-0x0000BC7F Ethernet Controller OK
0x0000C000-0x0000C007 VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller OK
0x0000C400-0x0000C403 VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller OK
0x0000C800-0x0000C807 VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller OK
0x0000CC00-0x0000CC03 VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller OK
0x0000D000-0x0000D00F VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller OK
0x0000D400-0x0000D4FF VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller OK
0x0000D800-0x0000D80F VIA Bus Master IDE Controller OK
0x000001F0-0x000001F7 Primary IDE Channel OK
0x000003F6-0x000003F6 Primary IDE Channel OK
0x00000170-0x00000177 Secondary IDE Channel OK
0x00000376-0x00000376 Secondary IDE Channel OK
0x0000DC00-0x0000DC1F VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
0x0000E000-0x0000E01F VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
0x0000E400-0x0000E41F VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
0x0000E800-0x0000E81F VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
0x00000A79-0x00000A79 ISAPNP Read Data Port OK
0x00000279-0x00000279 ISAPNP Read Data Port OK
0x00000274-0x00000277 ISAPNP Read Data Port OK
0x00004000-0x0000407F Motherboard resources OK
0x00005000-0x0000500F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000010-0x0000001F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000022-0x0000003F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000044-0x0000005F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000062-0x00000063 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000065-0x0000006F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000074-0x0000007F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000091-0x00000093 Motherboard resources OK
0x000000A2-0x000000BF Motherboard resources OK
0x000000E0-0x000000EF Motherboard resources OK
0x000004D0-0x000004D1 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000294-0x00000297 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000020-0x00000021 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x000000A0-0x000000A1 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x00000080-0x00000090 Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000094-0x0000009F Direct memory access controller OK
0x000000C0-0x000000DF Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000040-0x00000043 System timer OK
0x00000070-0x00000073 System CMOS/real time clock OK
0x00000061-0x00000061 System speaker OK
0x000000F0-0x000000FF Numeric data processor OK
0x000003F2-0x000003F5 Standard floppy disk controller OK
0x000003F7-0x000003F7 Standard floppy disk controller OK
0x000003F8-0x000003FF Communications Port (COM1) OK
0x000002F8-0x000002FF Communications Port (COM2) OK
0x00000378-0x0000037F ECP Printer Port (LPT1) OK
0x00000778-0x0000077B ECP Printer Port (LPT1) OK
0x00000060-0x00000060 Easy Internet Keyboard OK
0x00000064-0x00000064 Easy Internet Keyboard OK
0x00000201-0x00000207 Standard Game Port OK
0x00000200-0x00000200 Standard Game Port OK
0x00000330-0x00000331 MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device OK

[IRQs]

Resource Device Status
IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK
IRQ 16 RADEON 9800 XT OK
IRQ 18 Creative SB Audigy 2 (WDM) OK
IRQ 19 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK
IRQ 17 VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK
IRQ 10 Ethernet Controller OK
IRQ 20 VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller OK
IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel OK
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel OK
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
IRQ 21 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller OK
IRQ 0 System timer OK
IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK
IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK
IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller OK
IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM1) OK
IRQ 3 Communications Port (COM2) OK
IRQ 1 Easy Internet Keyboard OK
IRQ 5 MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device OK

[Memory]

Resource Device Status
0xCD000-0xCFFFF System board OK
0xF0000-0xF7FFF System board OK
0xF8000-0xFBFFF System board OK
0xFC000-0xFFFFF System board OK
0x3FFF0000-0x3FFFFFFF System board OK
0xFFFF0000-0xFFFFFFFF System board OK
0x0000-0x9FFFF System board OK
0x100000-0x3FFEFFFF System board OK
0xFEC00000-0xFEC00FFF System board OK
0xFEE00000-0xFEE00FFF System board OK
0xFFF80000-0xFFFEFFFF System board OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF RADEON 9800 XT OK
0xC0000-0xDFFFF PCI bus OK
0x40000000-0xFEBFFFFF PCI bus OK
0xF0000000-0xF1FFFFFF VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller OK
0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller OK
0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF RADEON 9800 XT OK
0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller OK
0xF1000000-0xF100FFFF RADEON 9800 XT OK
0xE8000000-0xEFFFFFFF RADEON 9800 XT - Secondary OK
0xF1FF0000-0xF1FFFFFF RADEON 9800 XT - Secondary OK
0xF3005000-0xF30057FF OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK
0xF3000000-0xF3003FFF OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK
0xF3004000-0xF30047FF VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK
0xF3006000-0xF30060FF Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller OK

[Components]


[Display]

Item Value
Name RADEON 9800 XT
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E4A&SUBSYS_95601462&REV_00\4&26E5F5CD&0&0008
Adapter Type RADEON 9800 XT AGP (0x4E4A), ATI Technologies Inc. compatible
Adapter Description RADEON 9800 XT
Adapter RAM 128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6542
INF File oem1.inf (ati2mtag_R360 section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1600 x 1200 x 85 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000A000-0x0000AFFF
Memory Address 0xF1000000-0xF100FFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ati2mtag.sys (6.14.10.6542, 1.14 MB (1,198,080 bytes), 5/13/2005 4:15 AM)

Name RADEON 9800 XT - Secondary
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E6A&SUBSYS_95611462&REV_00\4&26E5F5CD&0&0108
Adapter Type RADEON 9800 XT AGP (0x4E4A), ATI Technologies Inc. compatible
Adapter Description RADEON 9800 XT - Secondary
Adapter RAM 128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6542
INF File oem1.inf (ati2mtag_R360 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries Not Available
Resolution Not Available
Bits/Pixel Not Available
Memory Address 0xE8000000-0xEFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xF1FF0000-0xF1FFFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ati2mtag.sys (6.14.10.6542, 1.14 MB (1,198,080 bytes), 5/13/2005 4:15 AM)

Even with the new power supply you have the 35 minute delay before you can restart from a complete shutdown? It still sounds like a power issue, but if it's not your power supply overheating, it could be the motherboard VRM...but doesn't that card have it's own power plug?

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Actually, with that new power supply, card don't even boot any more. And I don't think it's PSU now because Enermax 485W is rock solid Power Supply which deliver very good voltage to whole system!
Yes, card has it's own power plug, like a floppy one!

But I wrote mail to Albatron technical support. If they don’t answer to me, I will simply sell that MoBo and never in my life again buy something which has Albatron logo!

Does the old card work with the new power supply installed?

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Yes, It's work perfect. I'm a professional computer user. Use it every day, full time. Rendering, photos retouching and so. Also, I build all my computers on my own and know a lot about comp. hardware. But I never saw something like this before! Now I'm rather curious to find out what is problem.
Also, X850XT work very nice in my friends computer!
So, few days more of this agony, and I will found myself a nice, new nForce 3 MoBo…

Thanks on your time!