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Hey all, I have been having a small problem with my 7900GS card. First off, what follows are my system specs for reference:
C2D E6300 (1.86ghz)
Biostar Tforce P965T mobo
4gb (2*2gb) Corsair XMS DDR2-800
Corsair HX520 PSU
DVD burner, case,etc
Video card Driver version: 180.?? (its the newest version I could get)
OS: Windows XP MCE 2005 SP3
What's happening:
I'll be using my computer as normal. Randomly it seems, the screen will just go black for a second or so and then turn back on as normal. This does not occur during gaming. This flicker of sorts seems to happen every few minutes or so, and sometimes the screen will flicker two or three times in a row before returning to normal. My friend had the same problem with his 7900gs and it eventually died on him.
I might add that I recently reformatted the system and updated to the latest drivers in my attempts to fix this. I had the same problem on my old install of XP. I also tried backtracking to the 178.24 drivers, but that did not help.
I guess my first step would be to test it with another nvidia card (which I don't have an extra) to see if I still have the same problem, but I wanted to see if anyone had experienced the same problem. I used to have my processor overclocked but now just keep it at stock speeds; I wonder if that might have caused any problems.
C2D E6300 (1.86ghz)
Biostar Tforce P965T mobo
4gb (2*2gb) Corsair XMS DDR2-800
Corsair HX520 PSU
DVD burner, case,etc
Video card Driver version: 180.?? (its the newest version I could get)
OS: Windows XP MCE 2005 SP3
What's happening:
I'll be using my computer as normal. Randomly it seems, the screen will just go black for a second or so and then turn back on as normal. This does not occur during gaming. This flicker of sorts seems to happen every few minutes or so, and sometimes the screen will flicker two or three times in a row before returning to normal. My friend had the same problem with his 7900gs and it eventually died on him.
I might add that I recently reformatted the system and updated to the latest drivers in my attempts to fix this. I had the same problem on my old install of XP. I also tried backtracking to the 178.24 drivers, but that did not help.
I guess my first step would be to test it with another nvidia card (which I don't have an extra) to see if I still have the same problem, but I wanted to see if anyone had experienced the same problem. I used to have my processor overclocked but now just keep it at stock speeds; I wonder if that might have caused any problems.
