Device manager question
 

Hi all, in the last couple of days whilst playing Call of Duty my pc has been locking up, most of the time it unfreezes in a few seconds, today it has locked twice forcing a re-boot. Now when I look in the device manager under display adaptors I have 2 entries for the graphics card, they read as

RADEON 9800 PRO
RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary

Is this right ?? It doesn't look it to me, but what do I know :dunce:
TIA

Re: Device manager question
 

Silly question, how may do you have in you system?

Re: Device manager question
 

Looking deeper into the device manager properties they have the same driver version but differ in memory ranges, now this is where it goes beyond me ..totally
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Only the one.

Re: Device manager question
 

It's perfectly normal, don't worry about it.

It's to do with being able to add a second monitor to the card to stretch/clone your display.

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Also I get a difference in the location between primary and secondary

Primary PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0
Secondary PCI bus 1, device 0, function 1
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Thanks mate, so 2 entries is ok :shrug: yep, I see by your edit :tu:

Any ideas on the freezing ??

Re: Device manager question
 

Yes, perfectly normal.

Re: Device manager question
 

Freezing... try:
- the fans, check it's not overheating
- the drivers, remove and d/l the latest ATI drivers.

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I've taken the covers off the pc, been off for a couple of days, still freezes, will check on the drivers, sure I've got the latest but will look now :tu:
BRB
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MMM, I follow the links on the ATI site to the XP drivers but it says that the driver is not compatable with my system, anyone find a link ??
Running XP Pro SP2 ATI RADEON Pro 128mb version

TIA

Re: Device manager question
 

this any use?

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...asp?deptID=894

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Not really, thats the page I was on,followed all the links from Xp down to driver d/l to be told it wasn't compatable :shrug:

Thanks :tu:

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sorry i posted wrong link

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-w2k-...2a-022141c.exe

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Thats better, thanks installed it, gonna give CoD a go a post back.

Thanks again mate :tu:

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UPDATE:- played a while and it seems ok now, thanks again to all of you :tu:

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I have that entry too.
It is because the card can drive 2 monitors, there should be a DVI to analouge adapter with it to run a 2nd std monitor.

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I got a whole bunch of leads and plugs when I bought it, I'll have to look at them someday ;)