ati2dvag BSOD - get new video card?

[Robert]

I occassionally get the BSOD (blue screen of death) because of ati2dvag.
I googled this, and is seems to be a much more common problem then anything
else I've ever looked up. One web site says "This is a universal problem
afflicting thousands of PCs worldwide" that Microsoft and ATI won't deal with
-
http://www.modernstreet.com/general/ati2dvag-problem/).
I've tried the recommendations repeatedly - uninstalling/reinstalling
the ATI drivers, and reinstalling the PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge. I
don't have have an AGP bridge listed in the device manager, which is another
thing they recommend you disable or reinstall (the motherboard's manual makes
no mention of AGP in the specs.)
The video component is on my motherboard. It's a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
with an AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e 2.51Ghz with 2.5 GB RAM.
I'm considering getting a separate video card - one that has nothing ATI
on it (since the evidence is overwhelming that ATI doesn't care about
customers with this problem). I assume plugging in a different video card
will override the one on the motherboard. Is this correct? Can someone
recommend a video card?
I'm running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, with Rollup 2. My TV
tuner card is a Pinnacle PCTV 800i PCI.

Thanks for any help.

BTW - if someone has a suggestion about the ati2dvag BSOD I'm all ears.
I've googled this extensively, and I'm not really expecting to hear something
new.

 

[john]

"Robert" wrote in message
news:601B72CB-F161-47A5-AFD8-BBBE0413DEA6@microsoft.com...
> I occassionally get the BSOD (blue screen of death) because of ati2dvag.
> I googled this, and is seems to be a much more common problem then
> anything
> else I've ever looked up. One web site says "This is a universal problem
> afflicting thousands of PCs worldwide" that Microsoft and ATI won't deal
> with

your last sentence sums it up perfectly.
after years of problems with various ATI products, I ditched them in favor
of NVidia and haven't had one single problem since, and they update their
drivers on a more regular basis too.
vote with your wallet.

 

[SC Tom]

"Robert" wrote in message
news:601B72CB-F161-47A5-AFD8-BBBE0413DEA6@microsoft.com...
> I occassionally get the BSOD (blue screen of death) because of ati2dvag.
> I googled this, and is seems to be a much more common problem then
> anything
> else I've ever looked up. One web site says "This is a universal problem
> afflicting thousands of PCs worldwide" that Microsoft and ATI won't deal
> with
> -
> http://www.modernstreet.com/general/ati2dvag-problem/).
> I've tried the recommendations repeatedly - uninstalling/reinstalling
> the ATI drivers, and reinstalling the PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge. I
> don't have have an AGP bridge listed in the device manager, which is
> another
> thing they recommend you disable or reinstall (the motherboard's manual
> makes
> no mention of AGP in the specs.)
> The video component is on my motherboard. It's a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
> with an AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e 2.51Ghz with 2.5 GB RAM.
> I'm considering getting a separate video card - one that has nothing
> ATI
> on it (since the evidence is overwhelming that ATI doesn't care about
> customers with this problem). I assume plugging in a different video card
> will override the one on the motherboard. Is this correct? Can someone
> recommend a video card?
> I'm running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, with Rollup 2. My TV
> tuner card is a Pinnacle PCTV 800i PCI.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> BTW - if someone has a suggestion about the ati2dvag BSOD I'm all ears.
> I've googled this extensively, and I'm not really expecting to hear
> something
> new.
>
>

You can always install a nvidia card. Your MB supports a PCI-e 2.0 card, so
any of them should work. You'll have to disable your onboard video in BIOS.
Here's a few for reference:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....ess%202.0%20x16

I have a dedicated ATI card built in my notebook and have never had any
trouble with it. Before trying to update any ATI drivers, make sure the
Catalyst Control Center is updated first. I found it was better to download
the two separately, install the CCC first, then install the updated drivers.

Good luck!
SC Tom

 

[Robert]

"SC Tom" wrote:

>
> "Robert" wrote in message
> news:601B72CB-F161-47A5-AFD8-BBBE0413DEA6@microsoft.com...
> > I occassionally get the BSOD (blue screen of death) because of ati2dvag.
> > I googled this, and is seems to be a much more common problem then
> > anything
> > else I've ever looked up. One web site says "This is a universal problem
> > afflicting thousands of PCs worldwide" that Microsoft and ATI won't deal
> > with
> > -
> > http://www.modernstreet.com/general/ati2dvag-problem/).
> > I've tried the recommendations repeatedly - uninstalling/reinstalling
> > the ATI drivers, and reinstalling the PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge. I
> > don't have have an AGP bridge listed in the device manager, which is
> > another
> > thing they recommend you disable or reinstall (the motherboard's manual
> > makes
> > no mention of AGP in the specs.)
> > The video component is on my motherboard. It's a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
> > with an AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e 2.51Ghz with 2.5 GB RAM.
> > I'm considering getting a separate video card - one that has nothing
> > ATI
> > on it (since the evidence is overwhelming that ATI doesn't care about
> > customers with this problem). I assume plugging in a different video card
> > will override the one on the motherboard. Is this correct? Can someone
> > recommend a video card?
> > I'm running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, with Rollup 2. My TV
> > tuner card is a Pinnacle PCTV 800i PCI.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > BTW - if someone has a suggestion about the ati2dvag BSOD I'm all ears.
> > I've googled this extensively, and I'm not really expecting to hear
> > something
> > new.
> >
> >
>
> You can always install a nvidia card. Your MB supports a PCI-e 2.0 card, so
> any of them should work. You'll have to disable your onboard video in BIOS.
> Here's a few for reference:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....ess%202.0%20x16
>
> I have a dedicated ATI card built in my notebook and have never had any
> trouble with it. Before trying to update any ATI drivers, make sure the
> Catalyst Control Center is updated first. I found it was better to download
> the two separately, install the CCC first, then install the updated drivers.
>
> Good luck!
> SC Tom
>
There are 266 different video cards (NVIDIA chipset, PCI Express 2.0
x16) on the link you gave. I don't do fancy gaming. I just want HDTV and a
card that will support an upgrade to a Bluray DVD player. I don't know much
about video cards. What minimum requirement should I look for in a card. I
want a robust inexpensive one with good support if there's a problem.

 

[SC Tom]

"Robert" wrote in message
news986EEEF-440E-4F69-BBD5-28F4418A2771@microsoft.com...
> "SC Tom" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Robert" wrote in message
>> news:601B72CB-F161-47A5-AFD8-BBBE0413DEA6@microsoft.com...
>> > I occassionally get the BSOD (blue screen of death) because of
>> > ati2dvag.
>> > I googled this, and is seems to be a much more common problem then
>> > anything
>> > else I've ever looked up. One web site says "This is a universal
>> > problem
>> > afflicting thousands of PCs worldwide" that Microsoft and ATI won't
>> > deal
>> > with
>> > -
>> > http://www.modernstreet.com/general/ati2dvag-problem/).
>> > I've tried the recommendations repeatedly -
>> > uninstalling/reinstalling
>> > the ATI drivers, and reinstalling the PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge.
>> > I
>> > don't have have an AGP bridge listed in the device manager, which is
>> > another
>> > thing they recommend you disable or reinstall (the motherboard's manual
>> > makes
>> > no mention of AGP in the specs.)
>> > The video component is on my motherboard. It's a Gigabyte
>> > GA-MA78GM-S2H
>> > with an AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e 2.51Ghz with 2.5 GB RAM.
>> > I'm considering getting a separate video card - one that has nothing
>> > ATI
>> > on it (since the evidence is overwhelming that ATI doesn't care about
>> > customers with this problem). I assume plugging in a different video
>> > card
>> > will override the one on the motherboard. Is this correct? Can
>> > someone
>> > recommend a video card?
>> > I'm running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, with Rollup 2. My
>> > TV
>> > tuner card is a Pinnacle PCTV 800i PCI.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help.
>> >
>> > BTW - if someone has a suggestion about the ati2dvag BSOD I'm all ears.
>> > I've googled this extensively, and I'm not really expecting to hear
>> > something
>> > new.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> You can always install a nvidia card. Your MB supports a PCI-e 2.0 card,
>> so
>> any of them should work. You'll have to disable your onboard video in
>> BIOS.
>> Here's a few for reference:
>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....ess%202.0%20x16
>>
>> I have a dedicated ATI card built in my notebook and have never had any
>> trouble with it. Before trying to update any ATI drivers, make sure the
>> Catalyst Control Center is updated first. I found it was better to
>> download
>> the two separately, install the CCC first, then install the updated
>> drivers.
>>
>> Good luck!
>> SC Tom
>>
> There are 266 different video cards (NVIDIA chipset, PCI Express 2.0
> x16) on the link you gave. I don't do fancy gaming. I just want HDTV and
> a
> card that will support an upgrade to a Bluray DVD player. I don't know
> much
> about video cards. What minimum requirement should I look for in a card.
> I
> want a robust inexpensive one with good support if there's a problem.
>

You should get everything you need with this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814133266

I've had PNY cards in the past, but have never needed to use their support
services, so I can't say how good or bad it is. The cards were very good to
me.

SC Tom

 

[Mark Adams]

"Robert" wrote:

> "SC Tom" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Robert" wrote in message
> > news:601B72CB-F161-47A5-AFD8-BBBE0413DEA6@microsoft.com...
> > > I occassionally get the BSOD (blue screen of death) because of ati2dvag.
> > > I googled this, and is seems to be a much more common problem then
> > > anything
> > > else I've ever looked up. One web site says "This is a universal problem
> > > afflicting thousands of PCs worldwide" that Microsoft and ATI won't deal
> > > with
> > > -
> > > http://www.modernstreet.com/general/ati2dvag-problem/).
> > > I've tried the recommendations repeatedly - uninstalling/reinstalling
> > > the ATI drivers, and reinstalling the PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge. I
> > > don't have have an AGP bridge listed in the device manager, which is
> > > another
> > > thing they recommend you disable or reinstall (the motherboard's manual
> > > makes
> > > no mention of AGP in the specs.)
> > > The video component is on my motherboard. It's a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
> > > with an AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e 2.51Ghz with 2.5 GB RAM.
> > > I'm considering getting a separate video card - one that has nothing
> > > ATI
> > > on it (since the evidence is overwhelming that ATI doesn't care about
> > > customers with this problem). I assume plugging in a different video card
> > > will override the one on the motherboard. Is this correct? Can someone
> > > recommend a video card?
> > > I'm running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, with Rollup 2. My TV
> > > tuner card is a Pinnacle PCTV 800i PCI.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > BTW - if someone has a suggestion about the ati2dvag BSOD I'm all ears.
> > > I've googled this extensively, and I'm not really expecting to hear
> > > something
> > > new.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > You can always install a nvidia card. Your MB supports a PCI-e 2.0 card, so
> > any of them should work. You'll have to disable your onboard video in BIOS.
> > Here's a few for reference:
> >
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....ess%202.0%20x16
> >
> > I have a dedicated ATI card built in my notebook and have never had any
> > trouble with it. Before trying to update any ATI drivers, make sure the
> > Catalyst Control Center is updated first. I found it was better to download
> > the two separately, install the CCC first, then install the updated drivers.
> >
> > Good luck!
> > SC Tom
> >
> There are 266 different video cards (NVIDIA chipset, PCI Express 2.0
> x16) on the link you gave. I don't do fancy gaming. I just want HDTV and a
> card that will support an upgrade to a Bluray DVD player. I don't know much
> about video cards. What minimum requirement should I look for in a card. I
> want a robust inexpensive one with good support if there's a problem.
>

I have been using EVGA cards because they are CHEAP with the rebates at
Fry's Electronics. I've never had a problem with one, and I have several. The
very first one on the Newegg website should serve your purposes well, as log
as you don't do much gaming. $55.00 you can't go wrong. Watch the Fry's ads
if you live near one (like I do). See the following link:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130378