G400 and XP

I'm using a G400 with WinXP and have been for over a year. I don't have any
problems.

I am using WinXP plus SP1

My G400 drivers are version 5.88.061

I don't play games. Are your problems in 3D games?



"Yusuf Motiwala" <ymotiwala DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 > Hi,
 >
 > I upgraded my system to XP and it keeps on crashing due to G400
 > driver. I tried latest certified drivers (5.91, 5.86) but problem
 > remain same. Even XP supplied driver (5.1) crashes.
 >
 > I been using G400 with Windows 2000 from long time and never had any
 > problem.
 >
 > My System is:
 >
 > Epox 8RDA+ with Athon XP
 > Matrox G400
 >
 > I searched newgroup and can see that many other are also facing same
 > problem without any concrete resoulution. I am suprised to see that
 > Matrox support is of absolutely no help (see Matrox forum).
 >
 > Any inputs?
 >
 > Regards,
 > Yusuf<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: G400 and XP 

Also using G400Max
- WinXP Home (with SP1)
- DirectX 9.0b
- Drivers 5.88.061
- BIOS 2.1 b35

Running without problems for 6 months.


"John" <knight_js.nospam.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 >
 > I'm using a G400 with WinXP and have been for over a year. I don't have
any
 > problems.
 >
 > I am using WinXP plus SP1
 >
 > My G400 drivers are version 5.88.061
 >
 > I don't play games. Are your problems in 3D games?
 >
 >
 >
 > "Yusuf Motiwala" <ymotiwala.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
 > news:bde6e522.0311270341.44431aec@posting.google.com...
  > > Hi,
  > >
  > > I upgraded my system to XP and it keeps on crashing due to G400
  > > driver. I tried latest certified drivers (5.91, 5.86) but problem
  > > remain same. Even XP supplied driver (5.1) crashes.
  > >
  > > I been using G400 with Windows 2000 from long time and never had any
  > > problem.
  > >
  > > My System is:
  > >
  > > Epox 8RDA+ with Athon XP
  > > Matrox G400
  > >
  > > I searched newgroup and can see that many other are also facing same
  > > problem without any concrete resoulution. I am suprised to see that
  > > Matrox support is of absolutely no help (see Matrox forum).
  > >
  > > Any inputs?
  > >
  > > Regards,
  > > Yusuf
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: G400 and XP 

I do not think it is a problem with AGP slot or with card as card is
running fine with Win2K and Linux. XP also runs stable when Matrox
G400 driver are removed (off course in low resolution mode). All
problem starts when installing Matrox driver.

Regards,
Yusuf




"Bob Davis" <iclick RemoveThis @coxZAPSPAM.net> wrote in message news:<1cyxb.1867$US3.63@okepread03>...
 > "Yusuf Motiwala" <ymotiwala RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
 > news:bde6e522.0311270341.44431aec@posting.google.com...
 >
  > > I upgraded my system to XP and it keeps on crashing due to G400
  > > driver. I tried latest certified drivers (5.91, 5.86) but problem
  > > remain same. Even XP supplied driver (5.1) crashes.
 >
 >
 > I've installed G450's on three different systems recently--all with
 > v5.86.32, the latest certified driver--and none are giving any problems.
 > Try removing and reseating the video card making sure firmly and evenly
 > seated in the AGP slot. If this checks out and there's no improvement, I'd
 > start looking elsewhere. Why do you blame the G400 for the instability?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: G400 and XP 

I'm also using XP and G400 Max with the drivers that came with XP.
Everything works great, so haven't bothered with drivers from Matrox
site yet.
JF

Yusuf Motiwala wrote:
 > I do not think it is a problem with AGP slot or with card as card is
 > running fine with Win2K and Linux. XP also runs stable when Matrox
 > G400 driver are removed (off course in low resolution mode). All
 > problem starts when installing Matrox driver.
 >
 > Regards,
 > Yusuf
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > "Bob Davis" <iclick RemoveThis @coxZAPSPAM.net> wrote in message news:<1cyxb.1867$US3.63@okepread03>...
 >
  >>"Yusuf Motiwala" <ymotiwala RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
  >>news:bde6e522.0311270341.44431aec@posting.google.com...
  >>
  >>
   >>>I upgraded my system to XP and it keeps on crashing due to G400
   >>>driver. I tried latest certified drivers (5.91, 5.86) but problem
   >>>remain same. Even XP supplied driver (5.1) crashes.
  >>
  >>
  >>I've installed G450's on three different systems recently--all with
  >>v5.86.32, the latest certified driver--and none are giving any problems.
  >>Try removing and reseating the video card making sure firmly and evenly
  >>seated in the AGP slot. If this checks out and there's no improvement, I'd
  >>start looking elsewhere. Why do you blame the G400 for the instability?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: G400 and XP 

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 20:57:24 -0700, JF <JFhere RemoveThis @here.com> wrote:

 >I'm also using XP and G400 Max with the drivers that came with XP.
 >Everything works great, so haven't bothered with drivers from Matrox
 >site yet.
 >JF
 >
 >Yusuf Motiwala wrote:
  >> I do not think it is a problem with AGP slot or with card as card is
  >> running fine with Win2K and Linux. XP also runs stable when Matrox
  >> G400 driver are removed (off course in low resolution mode). All
  >> problem starts when installing Matrox driver.
  >>
  >> Regards,
  >> Yusuf
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >> "Bob Davis" <iclick RemoveThis @coxZAPSPAM.net> wrote in message news:<1cyxb.1867$US3.63@okepread03>...
  >>
   >>>"Yusuf Motiwala" <ymotiwala RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
   >>>news:bde6e522.0311270341.44431aec@posting.google.com...
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>>I upgraded my system to XP and it keeps on crashing due to G400
   >>>>driver. I tried latest certified drivers (5.91, 5.86) but problem
   >>>>remain same. Even XP supplied driver (5.1) crashes.
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>I've installed G450's on three different systems recently--all with
   >>>v5.86.32, the latest certified driver--and none are giving any problems.
   >>>Try removing and reseating the video card making sure firmly and evenly
   >>>seated in the AGP slot. If this checks out and there's no improvement, I'd
   >>>start looking elsewhere. Why do you blame the G400 for the instability?

I had the problem with a g400 max and w2k. Whenever I started the
computer, it would get to the desktop and the mouse pointer would
freeze. I'm not sure how I solved it, but I think I found an older
g400 driver for it and that did the trick. I think the problem might
be specific to the individual's motherboard as I have a g400 max
installed on another machine running W2k without a problem.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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