| Video Card\Display Randomly Crashing [message #90046] |
Tue, 25 May 2004 19:36  |
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bigejoe14
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I recently upgraded from an ATI Radeon 9100 (PCI) to an ATI Radeon 9600XT (AGP).
There's a problem I want to fix that's really getting to me. My display will randomly crash for no apparent reason. It dosen't matter if I'm playing a game or just screwing around in Windows. My screen will just all of a sudden go black and the light on my monitor will turn orange. I've already tried reinstalling my drivers, changing some BIOS settings, even exchanging it for a new one but it still hasn't solved my problem. I can assure you that it's not overheating. I can't think of anything else to do.
Any ideas?
WHATEVER, FAGGOT
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| Video Card\Display Randomly Crashing [message #90054] |
Tue, 25 May 2004 20:16  |
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bigejoe14
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Are you fucking kidding me? I just bought this system 3 weeks ago!
I'll see if I can just up the fan speed once the processor gets to a certain temprature. I do have a hardware monitor program with an alarm that alerts me when it gets too high. I'll leave it open and play a game to see if it goes off.
WHATEVER, FAGGOT
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| Video Card\Display Randomly Crashing [message #90074] |
Tue, 25 May 2004 22:49 |
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gibberish
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Try running the card in 4x AGP mode, this sounds like it could be an AGP/voltage issue.
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I had a similar problem with a 9700 Pro card.
In the end it turned out to be a (lack of) power problem.
I put in an Enermax Power supply and the problem went away.
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| Video Card\Display Randomly Crashing [message #90149] |
Wed, 26 May 2004 06:35 |
flyingfox
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I occasionally have this problem too, but only when running games, as well as restarts without warning and freezing. I think it could be both an ATI related issue as WELL as a processor/power supply issue. Maybe not. I've been using the same power supply since before a system upgrade that started causing the trouble.
Here's a handy program you can use to monitor temperatures; if you can be bothered running it then running your game in windowed mode to check the taskbar icon (temp). There are 3 temperatures, I'd say you want to keep them all under 50 if you can.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
http://www.almico.com/speedfan412.exe
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| Video Card\Display Randomly Crashing [message #90203] |
Wed, 26 May 2004 13:32 |
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Mad Ivan
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mid-sized i guess.I aint no expert...looks to me like the fan is...erm...err...located in the far top ...err "space"...and my case says "MT-3000" on it...as i said, i aint no expert, i dont understand hardware alot...
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| Video Card\Display Randomly Crashing [message #90267] |
Wed, 26 May 2004 23:44 |
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Mad Ivan
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well, i think i found my problem.
We have a UPS, and i didnt notice that my father put it right next to the computer.That makes the side of the PC Case go verry hot and thus making the inside hot too.
I opened my case today and i am running with it opened as we speak.The current remperature HD1 is 42C and HD0 is 31C so i think its good...
Ill run it for some time and see what happens.Keep your fingers crossed 
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