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Mobility Radion 9000 Gone Wild

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Eksel

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I've been using this baby for the longest time and Frankly I've been impressed that my laptop can run HL2 without much trouble, even at higher resolutions.

Anyway a short time ago while playing Rome I got this checkerboard grid appearing over every single object in the game. When I exited out to desktop my mouse cursor had this checkerboard box following it around all over the screen. My desktop looks normal but whenever I opened a video file everything had the grid over it. The problem goes away, stayed away for a while, and now just recently came back while playing IL-2. I originally had the driver set to OPENGL, but when I changed it back to DirectX I got the grid again. It stayed even when I changed it back to Open GL. Im using Omega drivers, upgraded those but still not problem solved. Here are some pictures:

http://s93826861.onlinehome.us/1.bmp
http://s93826861.onlinehome.us/2.bmp
http://s93826861.onlinehome.us/3.bmp

The problem seems to be triggered only by GAMES and lasts for a short time.

I'm assuming that this is a hardware problem? Have any of you guys seen anything like this before?

Thanks
 
I've never seen this happen with a 9000 (especially Mobility), but it happens quite often with more modern, mid-range cards based on higher-end chips. It means that a softmod was unsuccessful, and that pipelines are damaged. (Think 9500->9700, 9800SE->9800, X800Pro->XT, 6800->GT/Ultra.) My guess would be that your card is dying, you can either reinstall your machine as a test (back up everything, obviously), or just download/boot a Knoppix CD (warning! This is Linux, so don't get scared!) and play around with some of the 3D settings.
Your symptoms make it sound like the problem is related to 3D displays, since you said the desktop is fine.
 
Actually that sort of thing happens if you do a lot of task swapping.

I got that on my 9800pro and my current x800pro if I switch out of HL2 or CS:S and then swap back in.

It doesn't happen everytime, but most times.
 
Two quick questions back at you:

Are Omega drivers considered the best for mobility Radeon's, or does ATI or someone else have a good alternative.

If the card really is broken, is it possible to replace it myself or do I have to overpay for it?
 
Instead of Omega drivers, try using the tool by Jafre (?) to mod the Catalyst 4.12 drivers so that they will install on a Mobility Radeon machine. This process worked great for my MR 9600 laptop.
 
I installed the 6.12s with the utility but it didnt help. I think the computer makes up its own timing for this problem rather than it being the problem with the drivers.

I too got the same problems when switching between games like Tribes and CS and the desktop, but this problem carries over to the desktop and even stays after the reboot. I dont quite know what to do
 
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