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 Oct 19 2005, 01:23 AM
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Every time I turn on my computer, I have to restart 3 times to get it to work. It gets past the windows loading screen, then shows a screen saying that a dll (ati2dvag) gets stuck in an infinite loop. It works after 3 resatrts however. Ive tried replacing the dll and reinstalling from the graphics card CD.
However, I have found an article that interests me here: http://www.techspot.com/vb/all/windows/t-1...e-Loop-Fix.html QUOTE Anyhow, no more wait, give this a shot : Right click-mouse over My Computer Properties Hardware(Tab) Device Manager(button) Click [+]next to System devices right-mouse on CPU to AGP Controller (or whatever your controller is called, mine was SiS AGP) Update Driver(button) Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) Next(button) Select Don't search. I will choose the driver to install. Next(button) Select PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge Next(button) Finish(button) Reboot. The problem is, I cant find it in the devices manager. Can any one spot it out, or propose a different fix?
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Oct 19 2005, 04:54 AM
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SuperNova III Member  Group: Support Team Posts: 2,141 Joined: 2-November 02 From: Toronto Member No.: 302  |
I have no idea about that, but reinstalling ur mobo drivers is another thing to try. How old is ur HDD anyway?
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Oct 19 2005, 10:44 PM
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I got this comp last christmas, as for mobo drivers, where would those be?
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Oct 20 2005, 12:32 AM
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See the suggestions here:
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-1980447.php http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.asp...7&enterthread=y --------------------    Things that I don't suck at: Photography (flickr, JPG Mag), "Don't bail; the best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap!" -Randy Pausch I have people-skills goddamnit! What is wrong with you people!!! | www.skyrill.com |
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Oct 20 2005, 07:21 AM
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SuperNova III Member Group: Support Team Posts: 2,141 Joined: 2-November 02 From: Toronto Member No.: 302 |
QUOTE(murphyt4 @ Oct 19 2005, 10:44 PM) I got this comp last christmas, as for mobo drivers, where would those be?  As the first article suggests, download latest drivers from ur mobo website. |
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Oct 23 2005, 03:11 AM
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Full Member Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 31-July 04 Member No.: 1,531 |
Ive downloaded the latest drivers. I dont seem to have the problem anymore, except now my desktops relaly screwy. It must be an incompatibility or something, because I remember it being like this some time before too.
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Oct 23 2005, 03:54 PM
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Full Member Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 31-July 04 Member No.: 1,531 |
Gah... now my desktop seems fine, but it took 20 restarts to get there due to various crashes
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Oct 23 2005, 04:08 PM
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SuperNova III Member Group: Support Team Posts: 2,141 Joined: 2-November 02 From: Toronto Member No.: 302 |
Is that only because of drivers upgrade? Do u get any error messages? Will u look in the Event viewer for the most recent errors & post back?
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Oct 26 2005, 10:57 PM
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Well. eventually with those new drivers, it started getting the same error again, so I switched back ot the ones on the CD.
Turn on comp: error screen Restart: error screen Restart again: get to login screen, but freezes Restart yet again: and it works Sry, I forgot about replying to this  I cant see anything in windows event viewer, only information files. This post has been edited by murphyt4: Oct 26 2005, 11:01 PM -------------------- |
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Oct 28 2005, 09:47 AM
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SuperNova III Member Group: Support Team Posts: 2,141 Joined: 2-November 02 From: Toronto Member No.: 302 |
When sth is fixed after a few reboots, it looks to be a hardware problem rather than a driver or anything else.
This time turn the pc on & leave it wherever it stops (or if it restarts automatically press the Pause button on the top right corner of the keyboard), don't let it restart for 3 minutes & then reboot. If it got to windows & worked, then it could be a faulty graphics card. Can u test this card on some other PC? You never posted the error msg anyway. |
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Oct 28 2005, 11:21 PM
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Full Member Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 31-July 04 Member No.: 1,531 |
Ill try the 3 mins thing tomorrow, as it only seems to do this once every day.. The error is:
ati2dvag.dll The device driver got stuck in an infinite loop. This usually indicates problem with the device or the device driver programming the hardware incorrectly. -------------------- |
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Oct 29 2005, 05:53 AM
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SuperNova III Member Group: Support Team Posts: 2,141 Joined: 2-November 02 From: Toronto Member No.: 302 |
QUOTE as it only seems to do this once every day No need to try it then The answer is given. The rule of thumb is that no software problem is fixed after a few restarts!I guess the solution u found in TechSpot worked because it disables the faulty feature of the mobo required by the card. (possibly degrades the card performance) ok, You need to simulate the exact situations u had here! One day morning, before u turn the PC on, take out the card & install on some other PC. If it failed, the card is faulty, if didn't, ur mobo is bad. That's how i think. While on the other PC, check if PCI to PCI bridge exists. Although it's unlikely, but u can try updating the graphics card driver & directX first, to comply with the error msg. (type DXDiag at Run, if it's not version 9.0C, then update it) |
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Oct 29 2005, 05:49 PM
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Full Member Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 31-July 04 Member No.: 1,531 |
Hmm.. I don't have another comp. to test it on, and it is V9.0C. Waiting 3 minutes got it to go to the windows login scree, but it froze there 3 times
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Oct 29 2005, 07:20 PM
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SuperNova III Member Group: Support Team Posts: 2,141 Joined: 2-November 02 From: Toronto Member No.: 302 |
Try doing what u found on TechSpot for ur PCI Bridge 244E item. Again i say, it's not a software problem but degrading can turn off that incompatible feature.
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Oct 29 2005, 09:17 PM
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Full Member Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 31-July 04 Member No.: 1,531 |
Yes, but I cant find that item in the device list..
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