A7M266: ati2dvag.dll infinite loop. Hopeless?

jojobah · 11-06-2002, 11:06 PM

I have been suffering from the dreaded "ati2dvag.dll infinite loop" (see log below) for more than a year now. It does not affect my everyday computer tasks, but does appear when I attempt to run newer 3D games, namely, NHL 2002, GTA 3, and Undying, but not older titles like System Shock 2. I don't generally play a lot of games, so these are the only 3D titles I have tried in the last year. My computer will hang a few seconds after the game intro or game play begins and I must reboot; or, if I wait long enough, it will reboot automatically. I can browse and make changes to the config/setup screens with no problem. It is the same with the three games I mentioned and with every driver version released in the past year. What has got me frustrated is that I have been searching for a solution from various tech supports, bulletin boards, and newsgroups, and tried many suggestions but without a solution. Then I found a few suggestions to upgrade the power supply. And this seemed hopeful, because I was only running on 300W. So I bought an Enermax 431W ps. And, again, no solution. So I was hoping that someone here might have something to help me. Maybe someone has experienced my problem and has found a fix for it.

What more I can tell you is that Undying has a safe mode for troubleshooting, and if I disable "3D video hardware", the game will not hang. I keep all my software and drivers updated.

My computer specs:
WinXP Pro sp1
ASUS A7M266 mobo
AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz
(1) Crucial PCI2100 256 mb stick
Enermax 431W power supply. (+3.3V & 5V: 220W max)
ATI Radeon 8500 AGP
slot 1 - empty
slot 2 - Promise Ultra 100 IDE controller
slot 3 - Creative Labs Audigy sound card
slot 4 - empty
slot 5 - Actiontec PCI Pro modem
(3) Hard drives
(2) CD/DVD roms

----
LogType: Watchdog
Created: 2002-11-05 20:22:38
TimeZone: 300 - Eastern Standard Time
WindowsVersion: XP
EventType: 0xEA - Thread Stuck in Device Driver

// The driver for the display device got stuck in an infinite loop. This usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your display device vendor for any driver updates.//

EaRecovery: 1
ShutdownCount: 166
Shutdown: 0
EventCount: 9
BreakCount: 9
BugcheckTriggered: 1
DebuggerNotPresent: 1
DriverName: ati2dvag
EventFlag: 1
DeviceClass: Display
DeviceDescription: RADEON 8500/RADEON 8500LE
HardwareID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_514C&SUBSYS_013A1002&REV_00
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
DriverFixedFileInfo: FEEF04BD 00010000 0006000D 000A1816 0006000D 000A1816 0000003F 00000008

00040004 00000003 00000004 00000000 00000000
DriverCompanyName: ATI Technologies Inc.
DriverFileDescription: ATI Radeon WindowsNT Display Driver
DriverFileVersion: 6.13.10.6166
DriverInternalName: ati2dvag.dll
DriverLegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 1998-2002 ATI Technologies Inc.
DriverOriginalFilename: ati2dvag.dll
DriverProductName: ATI Radeon Family
DriverProductVersion: 5.1.2600.0
----

**Gorganzola** · 11-07-2002, 12:01 AM

Welcome to the forums. :wave2:

Sounds like a resource conflict of some kind, obviously related to the video card.

For starters don't put anything in PCI slot 1 or 2. Both of these share with the AGP slot. Next, make sure the onboard audio is properly disabled, see page 21 of the manual.

DeMenAce · 11-07-2002, 06:47 AM

Try moving the modem to slot 4 and the Promise card to slot 5. In most cases, the last slot is not shared when it comes to IRQs. I have both my Susboards setup that way. Move the modem first, then after all the drivers have been reinstalled move the Promise.

Hardware.Spec · 10-05-2003, 07:02 AM

Hi, i have the same problem but i play 3d games on my notebook.
I have a blue screen with the dll error.
I dont know what do to.

Greets

opaper · 10-05-2003, 07:32 AM

Have you tried this update?

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=327979

Hardware.Spec · 10-05-2003, 07:37 AM

No thats not the solution, the file ati2dvag.dll is the problem.
I've played about an hour now and have no problems yet.

opaper · 10-05-2003, 08:20 AM

Maybe you've been to this site? Some people have found a way out of the problem, some not, it does seem that a conflicting device is likely.

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/1075/?o=0

Hardware.Spec · 10-05-2003, 08:31 AM

wel can you find me an Radeon 9000 64mb Mobility update cause i cant find it on the original site.

Tnxx

cobrakaun · 09-14-2004, 10:14 AM

A FIX THAT WORKED FOR ME AND A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE!! READ ON!

Here we go folks, I've been having this problem for almost a year now with my computer, and tried almost everything my mind could possible think of doing. I've tried every solution on this board, and every other board I could find relating to this file and to the infinite loop, with absolutely no success. I tried every driver package available, bios updates, agp chipset updates, every combination of every setting. I've tried reducing power usage in my computer, I've placed more power in my computer... I've added more fans and created an optimal cooling system in my computer. I made sure there were absolutely no IRQ conflicts, and nothing was using the same IRQ as my video card. I've tried with one stick of ram, with one in 1 and 3. I've tried disabling onboard sound, and putting in a soundblaster card. Nothing... I mean nothing, worked at all.

Until now! I found a solution, that has worked for me and a bunch of other people who have tested it for me.
So give it a try, perhaps it will work for you too. My computer has been working 100% since I made this change. There is a chance it could reduce the effeciency of your texture drawing with your video card... but I've tested it with :

Unreal Tournament 2004
Rise Of Nations
Neverwinter Nights
Doom 3
Max Payne 2
Transport Giant
and a bunch of older games....

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.

Please let me know how this works for you.
Good luck.

nonose · 11-06-2004, 10:31 AM

Just to provide you with some feedback. I've had the same problems described here. I've applied the PCI-PCI trick, and my troubles are gone.

Thanks for sharing it!

sportsfan81 · 11-17-2004, 02:57 PM

cobrakaun's fix appears to have solved this problem with my IBM Notebook. Thanks so much for the help, I wasn't even able to load onto the desktop in anything but "safe mode" because of this infinite loop fiasco. Thanks again

RedZot · 12-12-2004, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cobrakaun

A FIX THAT WORKED FOR ME AND A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE!! READ ON!

Here we go folks, I've been having this problem for almost a year now with my computer, and tried almost everything my mind could possible think of doing. I've tried every solution on this board, and every other board I could find relating to this file and to the infinite loop, with absolutely no success. I tried every driver package available, bios updates, agp chipset updates, every combination of every setting. I've tried reducing power usage in my computer, I've placed more power in my computer... I've added more fans and created an optimal cooling system in my computer. I made sure there were absolutely no IRQ conflicts, and nothing was using the same IRQ as my video card. I've tried with one stick of ram, with one in 1 and 3. I've tried disabling onboard sound, and putting in a soundblaster card. Nothing... I mean nothing, worked at all.

Until now! I found a solution, that has worked for me and a bunch of other people who have tested it for me.
So give it a try, perhaps it will work for you too. My computer has been working 100% since I made this change. There is a chance it could reduce the effeciency of your texture drawing with your video card... but I've tested it with :

Unreal Tournament 2004
Rise Of Nations
Neverwinter Nights
Doom 3
Max Payne 2
Transport Giant
and a bunch of older games....

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.

Please let me know how this works for you.
Good luck.

So i am dealing with this issue on a Dell XPS Gen 3.
It has a Pentium 4 Prescott 3.4ghx proc
ATI X800 xt
1gb ram at 533

so how does your fix apply to PCI X
I tried your fix but the listings under system in DM are totally different.

little help here would be great!

elldeegee · 01-15-2005, 04:19 PM

Just wanted to say a M-A-S-S-I-V-E thank you to cobrakaun for his fix.

I was having a similar problem to what everyone else was describing, for the past 5 months, and it was driving me insane!!!

Sometimes my pc would run fine for several hours, other times it would require several reboots in the space of an hour before it would stabilize and even then I was never sure if it was going to shutdown on me without warning.

I had searched for a number of solutions on the net, all of which proved to be fruitless. I was even considering formatting my pc and reinstalling everything. Thank goodness I didn't. After one last ditched attempt to find an answer to this problem, I chanced upon this site and cobrakaun's suggestion. I tried it and it worked a treat. My pc is now running like a dream.

The reason I signed up for this forum, is to let other users know that if you're having a similar problem (as described above) then cobrakaun's solution may well be the one for you.

Cheers guys!

Kr8zyCanuck · 04-04-2005, 03:50 AM

Yes, THANKS for that fix Cobrakaun. I was going crazy with this error happening about every 2 hours on my Dell Inspiron 9100 (XP Pro). It's been great so far!! No problems.

Cheers!

beatnik_abx · 04-22-2005, 07:22 PM

My ATI started doing this just this afternoon, and I had been searching for the cause. Thank goodness for this thread, and the solution!

I noticed that when I installed the generic driver, it replaced the agp440.sys -- I've seen other PCs freeze up when it comes to that file if you're booting in Safe Mode or using the /SOS switch in boot.ini -- I wonder if this would be a fix for that condition as well ... hrm.

11-06-2002, 11:06 PM	#1
jojobah Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 3	A7M266: ati2dvag.dll infinite loop. Hopeless? I have been suffering from the dreaded "ati2dvag.dll infinite loop" (see log below) for more than a year now. It does not affect my everyday computer tasks, but does appear when I attempt to run newer 3D games, namely, NHL 2002, GTA 3, and Undying, but not older titles like System Shock 2. I don't generally play a lot of games, so these are the only 3D titles I have tried in the last year. My computer will hang a few seconds after the game intro or game play begins and I must reboot; or, if I wait long enough, it will reboot automatically. I can browse and make changes to the config/setup screens with no problem. It is the same with the three games I mentioned and with every driver version released in the past year. What has got me frustrated is that I have been searching for a solution from various tech supports, bulletin boards, and newsgroups, and tried many suggestions but without a solution. Then I found a few suggestions to upgrade the power supply. And this seemed hopeful, because I was only running on 300W. So I bought an Enermax 431W ps. And, again, no solution. So I was hoping that someone here might have something to help me. Maybe someone has experienced my problem and has found a fix for it. What more I can tell you is that Undying has a safe mode for troubleshooting, and if I disable "3D video hardware", the game will not hang. I keep all my software and drivers updated. My computer specs: WinXP Pro sp1 ASUS A7M266 mobo AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz (1) Crucial PCI2100 256 mb stick Enermax 431W power supply. (+3.3V & 5V: 220W max) ATI Radeon 8500 AGP slot 1 - empty slot 2 - Promise Ultra 100 IDE controller slot 3 - Creative Labs Audigy sound card slot 4 - empty slot 5 - Actiontec PCI Pro modem (3) Hard drives (2) CD/DVD roms ---- LogType: Watchdog Created: 2002-11-05 20:22:38 TimeZone: 300 - Eastern Standard Time WindowsVersion: XP EventType: 0xEA - Thread Stuck in Device Driver // The driver for the display device got stuck in an infinite loop. This usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your display device vendor for any driver updates.// EaRecovery: 1 ShutdownCount: 166 Shutdown: 0 EventCount: 9 BreakCount: 9 BugcheckTriggered: 1 DebuggerNotPresent: 1 DriverName: ati2dvag EventFlag: 1 DeviceClass: Display DeviceDescription: RADEON 8500/RADEON 8500LE HardwareID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_514C&SUBSYS_013A1002&REV_00 Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. DriverFixedFileInfo: FEEF04BD 00010000 0006000D 000A1816 0006000D 000A1816 0000003F 00000008 00040004 00000003 00000004 00000000 00000000 DriverCompanyName: ATI Technologies Inc. DriverFileDescription: ATI Radeon WindowsNT Display Driver DriverFileVersion: 6.13.10.6166 DriverInternalName: ati2dvag.dll DriverLegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 1998-2002 ATI Technologies Inc. DriverOriginalFilename: ati2dvag.dll DriverProductName: ATI Radeon Family DriverProductVersion: 5.1.2600.0 ---- __________________ JoJoBAH
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11-07-2002, 12:01 AM	#2
Gorganzola Stuck in 3D Join Date: May 2001 Location: Hangin' with the fruits Posts: 9,334	Welcome to the forums. :wave2: Sounds like a resource conflict of some kind, obviously related to the video card. For starters don't put anything in PCI slot 1 or 2. Both of these share with the AGP slot. Next, make sure the onboard audio is properly disabled, see page 21 of the manual. __________________ TTFN. I wasn't asleep at the switch, I was drunk. -- Homer J. Simpson Q. How many dull people does it take to change a lightbulb? A. One. A very useful tool on these forums: You can Meebo in public.
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11-07-2002, 06:47 AM	#3
DeMenAce GOD is LOVE Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 21,978	Try moving the modem to slot 4 and the Promise card to slot 5. In most cases, the last slot is not shared when it comes to IRQs. I have both my Susboards setup that way. Move the modem first, then after all the drivers have been reinstalled move the Promise. __________________
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10-05-2003, 07:02 AM	#4
Hardware.Spec Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3	Hi, i have the same problem but i play 3d games on my notebook. I have a blue screen with the dll error. I dont know what do to. Greets
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10-05-2003, 07:32 AM	#5
opaper Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: S.E FLorida Posts: 1,047	Have you tried this update? http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=327979
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10-05-2003, 07:37 AM	#6
Hardware.Spec Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3	No thats not the solution, the file ati2dvag.dll is the problem. I've played about an hour now and have no problems yet.
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10-05-2003, 08:20 AM	#7
opaper Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: S.E FLorida Posts: 1,047	Maybe you've been to this site? Some people have found a way out of the problem, some not, it does seem that a conflicting device is likely. http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/1075/?o=0
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10-05-2003, 08:31 AM	#8
Hardware.Spec Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3	wel can you find me an Radeon 9000 64mb Mobility update cause i cant find it on the original site. Tnxx
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09-14-2004, 10:14 AM	#9
cobrakaun Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1	Fix! A FIX THAT WORKED FOR ME AND A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE!! READ ON! Here we go folks, I've been having this problem for almost a year now with my computer, and tried almost everything my mind could possible think of doing. I've tried every solution on this board, and every other board I could find relating to this file and to the infinite loop, with absolutely no success. I tried every driver package available, bios updates, agp chipset updates, every combination of every setting. I've tried reducing power usage in my computer, I've placed more power in my computer... I've added more fans and created an optimal cooling system in my computer. I made sure there were absolutely no IRQ conflicts, and nothing was using the same IRQ as my video card. I've tried with one stick of ram, with one in 1 and 3. I've tried disabling onboard sound, and putting in a soundblaster card. Nothing... I mean nothing, worked at all. Until now! I found a solution, that has worked for me and a bunch of other people who have tested it for me. So give it a try, perhaps it will work for you too. My computer has been working 100% since I made this change. There is a chance it could reduce the effeciency of your texture drawing with your video card... but I've tested it with : Unreal Tournament 2004 Rise Of Nations Neverwinter Nights Doom 3 Max Payne 2 Transport Giant and a bunch of older games.... 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. Please let me know how this works for you. Good luck.
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11-06-2004, 10:31 AM	#10
nonose Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1	It worked Just to provide you with some feedback. I've had the same problems described here. I've applied the PCI-PCI trick, and my troubles are gone. Thanks for sharing it!
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11-17-2004, 02:57 PM	#11
sportsfan81 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1	worked for me too cobrakaun's fix appears to have solved this problem with my IBM Notebook. Thanks so much for the help, I wasn't even able to load onto the desktop in anything but "safe mode" because of this infinite loop fiasco. Thanks again
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01-15-2005, 04:19 PM	#13
elldeegee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1	Just wanted to say a M-A-S-S-I-V-E thank you to cobrakaun for his fix. I was having a similar problem to what everyone else was describing, for the past 5 months, and it was driving me insane!!! Sometimes my pc would run fine for several hours, other times it would require several reboots in the space of an hour before it would stabilize and even then I was never sure if it was going to shutdown on me without warning. I had searched for a number of solutions on the net, all of which proved to be fruitless. I was even considering formatting my pc and reinstalling everything. Thank goodness I didn't. After one last ditched attempt to find an answer to this problem, I chanced upon this site and cobrakaun's suggestion. I tried it and it worked a treat. My pc is now running like a dream. The reason I signed up for this forum, is to let other users know that if you're having a similar problem (as described above) then cobrakaun's solution may well be the one for you. Cheers guys!
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04-04-2005, 03:50 AM	#14
Kr8zyCanuck Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1	ati2dvag endless loop fixed Yes, THANKS for that fix Cobrakaun. I was going crazy with this error happening about every 2 hours on my Dell Inspiron 9100 (XP Pro). It's been great so far!! No problems. Cheers!
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04-22-2005, 07:22 PM	#15
beatnik_abx Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1	My ATI started doing this just this afternoon, and I had been searching for the cause. Thank goodness for this thread, and the solution! I noticed that when I installed the generic driver, it replaced the agp440.sys -- I've seen other PCs freeze up when it comes to that file if you're booting in Safe Mode or using the /SOS switch in boot.ini -- I wonder if this would be a fix for that condition as well ... hrm.
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