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| Thread ID: 63648 | 2005-11-17 19:58:00 | Strange video problems | Dihnekis (9259) | Press F1 |
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| 405215 | 2005-11-17 19:58:00 | Ok here is the deal . I have a AMD XP 3000+ Soyo K7ME (KM400) VIA chipset motherboard 1024 pc 2700 audigy 2 zs and a number of graphics cards First I had a Geforce 4 Ti 4600, direct from Nvidia . It worked great for about 2 years, no problems . Well at the end of the summer I got a free 9800 pro, so I popped that in . Immediately problems arose . Random crashes, artifacting, lockups, and automatic resets while in games and just surfing the net . First I thought my power supply was the culprit . No luck, got a 550 watt with a solid 12v rail and problems didn't go away . Next I figured it was heat, so I took the case off and put a huge fan next to it, dropping the temps ridiculously low . Problems didn't go away . I ran memtest on the RAM, I reformatted a number of times, and I tried tons of different Radeon drives . I dropped the AGP to 4x, that helped a little . So I figure it is a faulty card, even though it worked fine in a friends computer for a year . Yesterday I got a 6800, unistalled the radeon drivers, and popped it in . Installed the latest forceware . No more artifacting, and the lockups aren't fatal anymore, last 15 seconds and then its back to normal, and happen every 5-10 minues . That is fine for single player gaming, but pisses me off when I'm playing CS Source . Also, it has had one random reset since the card has been in . Then I did some research, and saw my VIA drivers might be the culprit . I followed a guide I found on VIAarena and switched to microsoft's agp drivers, and it still crashes . 5 . 1 . 2600 . 2800 from microsoft are what I currently am using . I tried to upgrade the 4in1s, but when I double clicked the latest exe it only offered to upgrade my ide and something else, not my agp, so my agp drivers stayed at the old vias that came with my mobo . Any help would be great . |
Dihnekis (9259) | ||
| 405216 | 2005-11-19 10:43:00 | Hmm ... sounds like a tough one. You have already tried all the things which are normally suggested with such problems. While memtest is good, it won't necessarily detect every stick of faulty RAM. However I see you have reformatted and reinstalled several times which in itself often shows up issues with faulty RAM. Can you take out one stick of RAM and see how it goes? Then switch the sticks over and try the other stick by itself. Do make sure the RAM is firmly seated as it is easy to knock them when changing graphic cards. Welcome to PressF1 as well. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 405217 | 2005-11-19 12:43:00 | I've removed one stick of RAM and the problems didn't go away . However, I seem to have located the source of my problems . . viaarena . com/messageview . aspx?catid=30&threadid=62007&enterthread=y" target="_blank">forums . viaarena . com VIA Agp drivers just suck in general . I will probably just live with it until I can find a cheap replacement nforce board . |
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