Anytime I enable 4x or 8x my next boot of windows will have colored dots every where.

My motherboard supposedly supports 8x but i know 4x for sure.
I think i updated the right drivers for my motherboard, used CPid searched the net, installed the drivers. So that it would have some 3.0 version or something for 8x agp, didn't work. I installed the lastest ATI drivers, non catylist, DX 9.0c, still colored dots everywhere. Can't Even atteppt to go into game


Motherboard Model KT400-8235 <---- Came from some company called SYNTAX

Chipset VIA | KT400(VT8227)
Southbridge VT8235

Video Card is SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600SE Edition 128
Chipset RADEON 9600 SE AGP (0x4151)
Sis said something about VGA compatible its X no

Im using SISoftware to Id ----- its Free too

 

You say "non catalyst"?

If thats the case, get the official ones and try them, as that could well be the problem.

 

Agreed. Also, make sure the AGP Fastwrite feature of that chipset is turned OFF in the BIOS; Fastwrite often causes problems with ATI cards.

 

Tried it AND Still not working, im still getting Color dot's everywhere

 

Make sure the heatsyncs on both the Northbridge and the GPU are seated firmly and evenly, and that they are making good contact.

 

So what your saying is it could be a Processcor problem?
Should I NOT overclock as much? i got it set to 140 voltage or something 1.8 mghz, and thats still UNDER what it should be should be 2.1 mghz 160 or so. Athlon xp 3000 2.1

AND THE CATALYST drivers Dont work

 

No. What he's saying is the cooler on the video card and/or the northbridge (a large and ---hopefully--- heatsink-covered chip close to the CPU) have the cooling firmly attached and any fans on them are working.

It really doesn't sound like a CPU problem as much as with the chipset or the video card.