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black screen of death
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:59 pm
by CheapAlert
radeon9500 pro
after awhile q3a blackscreens me and freezes completely after 5 minutes of fun
however quake4 runs smoothly without a prob at all
oh and sorta related, farcry also freezes as a black screen for a moment... then comes back, with the gamma reset to a dark level and back tog ame time
WHAT IS GOING ON
Re: faggot black screen of death
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:13 am
by YourGrandpa
CheapAlert wrote:
WHAT IS GOING ON
PC Faggotry.
Have you tried removing the old drivers with the Cat. Uninstaller program and installing the latest drivers?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:31 am
by CheapAlert
I had no old cat's installed actually. I
i'm using the new one that's gay and has no control panel
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:33 am
by shadd_
hmm punkbuster update?
try pb_system 1 or 0 depending what you currently have set.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:55 pm
by CheapAlert
dunno why pb would be involved, considering i was only playing botmatches
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:35 am
by Canis
Can you downsample the GPU to test it at a lower clock speed?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:43 am
by CheapAlert
no
it's not even overclocked
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:26 am
by YourGrandpa
Format C: ?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:25 am
by CheapAlert
i did that a few days ago, no luck
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:55 am
by Canis
I mean underclock it.
If that doesnt work, get a new card and save yourself the frustration.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:09 am
by CheapAlert
if it was supposed to be card stress, then how come i can play quake4/hl2 longer than less gfx intense games as it never blackscreens those games
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:38 pm
by Canis
No idea....I better card will cost you under $100 though.
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:53 pm
by CheapAlert
it's supposedly VPU recovery
rofl
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:39 pm
by shadd_
yeah vpu recover kicked in because your card fucked up. rather than having to reboot the machine, vpu recover resets the gpu, saving a reboot.
have you even tried a different driver version or what?