Radeon 9550 Troubles

Alright, so I bought a new video card, a Radeon 9550 256MB AGP.

Put it in my computer, installed it, everything seemed fine. Then after I restarted after the install, it wasn't long before I got a frequency out of range error. My refresh rate was set to the lowest I could(60Hz), and the resolution was 1024x768. Any ideas how to fix this, preferably without lowering the resolution?

Specs:
Windows XP Home SP2
1.5 Ghz AMD Athlon XP
1 GB RAM
ASUS A7V400MX Motherboard

 

Well, this can't hurt...

BIOS update/settings:

You may consider using these settings in your BIOS to help troubleshoot your issue. If you are changing any of the options in your BIOS, please be sure to note what you are changing and what it was set to initially.

NOTE: These options may vary depending on the type/version of your system. You may or may not have all these options. Please consider changing the settings that correspond to those listed below.

Video BIOS Shadow and Video BIOS Cacheable – DISABLED
C8000-CBFFFF Shadow and CC000-CFFFF – DISABLED
AGP Aperture size – 64 MB
AGP Turbo – DISABLED
VGA Frame Buffer and Primary Frame Buffer – DISABLED
PnP OS installed – YES
Assign IRQ for VGA – ENABLED
Resource Control – AUTO
AGP Bus Mastering – ENABLED
VGA Palette Snooping – DISABLED
Disable any UCSW or Write Combine options in the CMOS
Disable any manual configuration of PCI by setting these options to AUTO
System Bios Cacheable – DISABLED
Video BIOS Mode Cache – UC
Try lowering the AGP support (i.e. from AGP 8X/4X to AGP 2X).
If this resolves the issue, you may consider contacting the motherboard/chipset vendor for more information regarding the GART support available on the motherboard/chipset.



Found at: http://geek.pandemonium.de/2003/10/08/problems-with-ati-radeon-9600-pro-solved/

it may help with your card.. if not.. you may want to see if you can call tech support.

 

Sorry it's taken me so long to respond to this, but here's an update:

I reduced AGP Speed to 4x, and it seemed to help. I no longer got Frequency out of Range while just viewing the desktop. However, everytime I try to play a game, such as WoW, I'll still get an error message that says "Frequency out of Range, Try Lower Resolution, 90KHz" or something similar, even though my monitor should support this and even then is only set to 60 KHz. Resolution is 1024x768.