G400 XP Drivers are up !!!

[The PIT]

Under win2k my 3dmark 2001 scores for my G550 have gone back to the levels I used to have for my overclocked G400. However I've also upgraded my motherboards bios and that certainly made games run smoother so it maybe a combination of things.

[Tempest]

The new Matrox Tweak Utility supporting Windows XP has been released, grab it at ftp://ftp.matrox.com/pub/mga/utils/t...mtstu40109.zip

[Kastuvas]

And i still can't force AGPx1 in Win XP, i have a feeling its that winXP tweak utilitie that mesis things.

[macrotech]

AGP x1 doesn't solve problem

Thanks for the tip about the new Tweak Util. I have set AGP to x1 but I still have screen corruption and unannounced reboots. XP tells me that there is a problem with the Matrox software and that it couldn't perform a draw operation.

I am now at the stage of buying a new graphics card unless someone can tell me what is happening here.

Kevin

[crossbonesx]

This happened before to my cousin and his G400 MAX. What I did was not only force AGP with the tweak UTIL but for it in the registry. What type of motherboard do you have? him and I have a the Asus p3b-f (440BX2).

[macrotech]

Motherboard is a SUpermicro P6SBA with latest BIOS running a Pentium III 1Ghz.

Matrox technical have noted that XP has not recognised my motherboard properly, so this may be related. However, there is nothing on the Supermicro site and Windows Update does not suggest any updated drivers (when XP is stable long enough!)

Kevin

[Kastuvas]

Just reinstalled XP and i still cant force AGPx1 and now even worse my sound card makes some ratling noise if you play music and open toolbar at the same time I tried puting sound card in a differant pci slot but no change. Feeling really pissed now

[Petit]

I have exact the same problem with my G400 locking up and Windows XP saying the driver is in a loop! So I uninstalled Powerdesk in safe mode with the add/remove programs - matrox graphics software. Then reboot in normal mode, install again, set AGP speed to single speed and another reboot -> lockup!! I also noticed that WinXP set the AGP speed back to 2x.

My motherboard: DFI P2BXL Rev D
Chipset: Intel 440BX

Does anyone have an answer to this problem, PLEASE?!?

Petit

[WyWyWyWy]

Why don't you just set the max AGP speed to 1x in BIOS?
I do it this way.

[Gurm]

I'm still trying to figure out why anyone makes AGP 2X and 4X cards, since there hasn't been a single game that takes advantage of them... ever.

- Gurm

[Petit]

wywywywy,

Thanx for the tip, but I had already checked my BIOS and there's no option there for controlling the AGP speed...... So, any other options?!?!? I really hope so, cause this doesn't work!

[Jon P. Inghram]

If your card didn't do AGPx2 or x4 it wouldn't benchmark well on 3DMark!

[macrotech]

G400 and XP

To be honest I've just given up trying to get XP to work and deleted it from the partition.

There is definitely a problem here with the way XP interacts with the G400 on certain systems, but neither Matrox or Microsoft have yet solved it. Has anyone discovered what is happening yet?

I have removed quite a few cards from my system and may try re-installing XP in this much simpler mode. However, why should I bother? Life's too short.

Kevin

[Kastuvas]

Macrotech you no the only one who has this problem, I gave up on XP as well, back to win98SE, until somebody solves the problem. All this stability and and flashy interface is worth nothing if its not compatible with your pressious Matrox.

[amin]

My "G400 16M sdrom sh ", have the same problem.
It can't set AGP 1x at WindowsXP.
If it works at AGP 2x , it is very unstable.
But I can set the AGP to 1x at WindowsMe.
So I am working at windowsme.

But the G400 can't work stable at AGP 2x is a very serious problem.

I am very happy to see this thread.
Because some people have the same trouble with me.