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Post by **KingManULTRA** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:48 pm

What do you make of this? Happens every time shortly after reaching the desktop on a restart.

Windows XP Pro
Radeon 9700 Pro 5.6 (5.7?) Drivers

GFX card overheating? Didn't change anything at all on my PC recently though, and 3D Games work fine cept for the corruption.

Post by **shadd_** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:51 pm

hmm. some people have noticed extra heat from the 5.7's. would be worth a try to download the 5.8's from ati.

mind you there is no 3d going on so that might not be the problem. get the 5.8's anyway and try that first.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:52 pm

http://www.drivercleaner.net/ Try that. Uninstall the drivers and run that and install the latest drivers. It miught work.

Post by **KingManULTRA** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:52 pm

shadd_ wrote:hmm. some people have noticed extra heat from the 5.7's. would be worth a try to download the 5.8's from ati.

mind you there is no 3d going on so that might not be the problem. get the 5.8's anyway and try that first.

I just checked and I'm running 5.6 though.

Kills On Site wrote: http://www.drivercleaner.net/ Try that. Uninstall the drivers and run that and install the latest drivers. It miught work.

Okay. btw, it says "welcome" at the top right of my screen now, from the welcome screen on Windows XP as if it's burned in. w3ird.

Post by **shadd_** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:55 pm

try 5.8 anyways. use the tool KoS suggested or the ati uninstall tool packed with the drivers.

Post by **KingManULTRA** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:14 pm

A complete driver clean up with the program (instead of a plain reinstall) seems to have fixed it...for now. Hopefully it stays that way.

Post by **shadd_** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:16 pm

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Post by **KingManULTRA** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:53 am

The problem is back. This time, an error message after restart:

Post by **SOAPboy** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:19 am

Welcome to owning a ATI card thats going bad

RMA that fucker

Post by **Bdw3** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:35 am

My dad's laptop was doing that exact thing not so long ago as well... Popped the bezel off and reseated the video connector and all was well.

I have no idea how that would translate to a Desktop though... Check the connections and that the card is seated properly in the computer I guess.
That fails.... .
....Yeah, send it back. :icon14:

Post by **Kills On Site** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:47 am

SOAPboy wrote:Welcome to owning a ATI card thats going bad

RMA that fucker

Yea, my 9800 Pro was fucking up, I RMAed to for a replacement but Newegg didn't have any so I got a full refund. Got myself a 6800GT and couldn't be happier. Not a single glitch.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:59 am

Kills On Site wrote:
SOAPboy wrote:Welcome to owning a ATI card thats going bad

RMA that fucker
Yea, my 9800 Pro was fucking up, I RMAed to for a replacement but Newegg didn't have any so I got a full refund. Got myself a 6800GT and couldn't be happier. Not a single glitch.

my first 9800pro just up and died.. wasent a week old then did the same thing, newegg overnighted me a new one..

Post by **KingManULTRA** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:19 pm

Well, I have a Radeon 9700 Pro that is almost 2 1/2 years old so maybe it's just dying of age. I'll install some really old drivers and see if it doesn't happen again.

WTF

WTF