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Vertical Purple lines on screen.

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HRslammR

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was just playing ut2k4, blue screen and freeze so i rebooted and went to piss, came back and it was on the windows desktop but with purple vertical lines alternating on the screen. i flipped out and shut down and let it sit for a few moments then restarted it and they're gone. is that caused by my overclocking my video card? my RAM is shitty so a blue screen is almost expected every time i game. also, every time i turn on my computer my bios doesn't read the HSFan as being installed and on, yet every in-windows utility reads it as on and spinning.
 
Don't overclock with crappy anything and you'll be fine.

If a bluescreen is guaranteed when you game, you shouldn't be touching any clock settings until you solve your current instability issues.
 
well i only overclock the video card and it ain't that that's crashing on account of the usually i get a "memory dump" blue screen.

but this is the first time with any kind of purpley lines.
 
You are letting your computer blue screen every time you game? How about you fix that problem first... (run memtest86)
 
Another thing to check is your psu. I had similar lines and stuff and it can be related to it not getting enough power. I got a new psu and problem solved. I think there is another topic like this that you might wanna check.
 
Originally posted by HRslammR
it passes memtest86 everytime =-/
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In that case the PSU is worth checking. What PSU do you have?
 
I would guess your vid card is overheating.
Any artifacts on screen are normaly caused by bad vid mem.
So at a guess you are pushing your vid card to far.

Luck..........:D
 
some 30 dollar fry's PSU, i think rhycom or something? i got it because it's 450 watts and i was super paranoid of not having enough power when i was on the antec 300 watt. note: i've never had any artifacting when playing games, this is in fact the only display problem i've ever had. and it went away rather quickly.
 
I have had this problem and it ended up being the heatsink on my vid card was failing. Do you have an old one you can pop in the computer to check to see if you still get the purple lines?
 
If the ram passses Memtest then it probably not causeing you to crash out of games.
That leaves the PSU or vid card.

So....
What was the stop code for your BSOD ?
How stable are your voltages ?
How warm is the inside of your case ?
Are you vidio stress test stable ?

Luck........:D
 
i get same.

woohooo, im not alone.

however, mine does not crash computer.
it only happens upon reboot sometimes.

i have a p4 3.0 no oc.
a 9800pro with passive cooling(zalman) no oc.
a enermax 350watt ps.
 
Originally posted by Tigerbiten
If the ram passses Memtest then it probably not causeing you to crash out of games.
That leaves the PSU or vid card.

So....
What was the stop code for your BSOD ?
How stable are your voltages ?
How warm is the inside of your case ?
Are you vidio stress test stable ?

Luck........:D
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usually the BSOD is simply just a blue screen with no text. every so often it's a "memory dump". my voltages are:
Vcore: 1.66v
3.3v: 3.25v
+5v: 5.05
+12v: 11.82v

temps are about normal, and my video card has passed every test i can throw at it. even when OC'd
 
TROUBLESHOOTING 101

Remove ALL overclocks before troubleshooting. Test and let us know if it's still BSODing. This has been your public service announcement, had this been a real emergency you PC would have already exploded.
 
Originally posted by HRslammR
some 30 dollar fry's PSU, i think rhycom or something? i got it because it's 450 watts and i was super paranoid of not having enough power when i was on the antec 300 watt. note: i've never had any artifacting when playing games, this is in fact the only display problem i've ever had. and it went away rather quickly.
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/smacks forehead.

I'm running the following on an Antec 350W:
P4 1.6@2GHz
768MB RDRAM (the hot, power hungry stuff :p)
2 7200 RPM hard drives
Radeon 9800 pro
2 optical drives (48x burner, 72x cdrom)
about 3-4 PCI cards
3 case fans.

No problems at all. Brand name PSU >>>>> cheap high-wattage PSU

your voltages look about right though, so try adding a case fan and removing overclocking.
 
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