I recently had to replace the ATI Radeon 9800XT Graphics card that was originally installed in my Del Dimension XPS Generation 2 series desktop. The x1600 Pro has 512M DDR2, AGP 8X . It installed fine and ran well for a few days. Then the dreaded blue screen appeared.I have loaded the latest drivers from ATI. The problem is apparently some kind of a driver conflict (according to the error analysis report from MS). I have not been able to figure out where the conflict is. It will run for random lenghts of time, from minutes to days, but eventually it crashes. Since Dell originally sent me the X1600 as a temporary replacement while they tried to fix the 9800 I assume the card is compatible. Unfortunatly I found another 9800 in the meantime so I never used the 1600 until now, and my warranty is expired so I am on my own.
Does anyone have any idea what is going on?
If you have the latest drivers installed, try uninstalling them, and going back to the 2nd most recent driver released. Sometimes the latest drivers have issues. Work your way back trying multiple drivers if possible until you find the sweet spot. You might try this website, it has a driver cleaner that removes old drivers. Then try reinstalling the driver of your choice.
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/desktop_software/other_tools/driver_cleaner_pro.cfm
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