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5 Feb 2008, 15:06
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i installed 3 days ago my new gfx in agp 4x slot, an ATI x1650 pro agp, and it all was fine, and now i get these weird red lines all over my monitor, and also everything seems to be fucked up (crashes etc)
i checked the cables from the monitor to the gfx and they are fine, and then i reinstalled my previous gfx which now works fine (geforce 2), so its not the m/b/agp slot
i also hear these strange noises coming from the fan of the ati card when i see these red lines.
the question: does this thing with new graffix cards have to do with the power supply?? (which is 450 watt and my card requires 350 W)
and why not work after 3 days?
my specs:
1 HDD 60 GB IDE
1 HDD 320 GB IDE
1 HDD 250 GB EXTERNAL
pentium 4 @ 2 ghz
2 x 512 MB DDR RAM @ 266 mhz
also, when i had geforce 2 i had a 300 w power supply and everything worked fine with the same specs, i changed the gfx along with the power supply
help me, im sadpanda
i checked the cables from the monitor to the gfx and they are fine, and then i reinstalled my previous gfx which now works fine (geforce 2), so its not the m/b/agp slot
i also hear these strange noises coming from the fan of the ati card when i see these red lines.
the question: does this thing with new graffix cards have to do with the power supply?? (which is 450 watt and my card requires 350 W)
and why not work after 3 days?
my specs:
1 HDD 60 GB IDE
1 HDD 320 GB IDE
1 HDD 250 GB EXTERNAL
pentium 4 @ 2 ghz
2 x 512 MB DDR RAM @ 266 mhz
also, when i had geforce 2 i had a 300 w power supply and everything worked fine with the same specs, i changed the gfx along with the power supply
help me, im sadpanda
I had exactly the same problem and fixed it by:
- plugging the card out
- clean it totally
- take off the cooler
- remove the cooling paste
- add new cooling paste
- add cooler
- plugin
- DONE
it's probably not the problem but asking anyways, it's heat most probably
are you sure those weird noises are coming from the fan and not the coils / circuit board or sth?
i only hear the noises when i connect the ati card. personally i dont really see why it should be the mb that causes the problems, everything seems finely connected when i open the case, so my guess now is that the gfx is overheating. thx for your reply
i meant the coils / circuitboard on the videocard
try changing the fan speed and see if the noise changes.
if it is the coils / circuitboard then i dunno, usually they buzz or whine when running high-fps 3d like over 1000fps and should be quiet regularly.
if you bought the card return it to the shop
for sure theres a cooling problem, maybe rams broken.
(hi spree) xD
Check if the fan works on the videocard