Vid Card Issues......Please help out if you can

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vajpayee1947

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Here are the specs:
Athlon 64 3000+
Asus A8V Mobo
Thermalright SI-120 Heatsink
GeForce4 Ti4200
180GB Western Digital HD
120GB Maxtor HD
DVD RW
DVD
450 Watt PSU

I just upgraded to a Radeon 9800 Pro, and have been having some issues. At first, the computer would shut itself down and the screen would flash 'VGA Mode Not Support'. I tried to up the refresh rate in dxdiag.exe but that didn't do the trick. Now, the system shuts down, but it doesn't say 'VGA Mode Not Support'. I stuck my Ti4200 back into my box and everything is fine. So, my guess is either bottlenecking is happening, my lcd is old and the refresh rate isn't fast enough for the 9800 pro, not enough power, or my vid card is overheating.

**Purchased and installed a Zalman vid card dual heatpipe cooling heatsink. When the comp started rebooting, I thought it was best to remove the heatsink, reinstall hte stock heatsink and fan, and wait for the zalman zm-op1 fan to come in.

Any help would be good. I'm pretty much stuck. Thanks.
 
I havn't tried safemode, but what would that accomplish? My PSU brand is AUSTIN 450W. It came with my Chieftec case
 
safe mode is working ok. the only solution i have right now is to get a new, and better psu, and wait for the fan to come in so i can attach it to the zalman dual pip heatsink for the vid card.
 
err... you don't need new psu and heatsink at this point :rolleyes:
you should try to clean your previous nV driver with driver cleaner if you haven't done so
 
tried the cab and driver cleaner program. saw few results. Now, the computer no longer hesitates. There's no longer a slowing down in hte fps in the monitor, but the computer still randomly shuts down. in the driver cleaner program, i selected only a few of the ATI options in the drop down box. I selected ATI, ATI CCC, ATI Hydravision, and ATI Unistall Utility. Any ideas? How do I know that it's a software problem as opposed to a cooling problem?
 
how do i tell? all it says is the temps in the exact format as I posted above. and on the far left it says in order fan01, fan02, and fan03. fan 03 is next to the 127 degree C reading, but next to all three fo the fans it shows 0 rpm, and doesn't list what fan it is. how do i correct this?
 
You need to open the case and see if one of the fans has stopped spinning. If your temp monitoring is accurate, it sounds like a fan is not working.
 
checked. after looking inside the case, i can definitively say that the 3 case fans, the cpu fan, video card fan, and PSU fan are all running.
 
Not meaning to hijack your thread

but i bought a x850xt today and everything works fine, i took a look
at this thread and decided to checkout speedfan

and i am getting

temp1 30C
temp2 42C
temp3 124C

everything seems to be working correctly and i have not had any shut downs or anything

but is my card in danger of breaking?

Thanks
 
vajpayee1947 said:
Temp1: 27 degrees C
Temp2: 37 degrees C
Temp3: 127 degrees C
HD1: 33 degrees C
Click to expand...

These readings can't be right. Also, I believe there's no temp sensor on 9800P.

Make sure you have cleaned the old driver correctly and not to share the power rail that your card is using.

Try your card in different comp. If still random shutdown then RMA your card; else try a differnt psu in your system.
 
ATI didn't put in temp sensors until the X800 series, unless I am mistaken, so it can't be your video card. 127 C is really horrible though -- whatever is getting that temp, you could fry eggs on that sucker! Literally! Ah! :eek:
 
I checked the power rail setup and the card was in fact at the latter end of a spliter. Apparently something has gone wrong with the entire system and it won't load Windows for more than a minute before it shuts down. I have a fan for my zalman heatsink for the 9800 pro coming in with some Arctic Silver coming in this thursday. my plan is to install everything, rewire my box, and reformat the comp. If you have any comments on my reformatting please feel free to post.

Thanks for everyone's help, I really appreciate it. I'll keep you guys posted.
 
Thanks everyone. The reformat went well, and the problem turned out to be the ATI Catalyst program. It must not be compatible with some other software on my comp. Tried gettign the updated drivers but that also led to the comp rebooting, so for now i'm just sticking with the windows service pack 2 drivers for the 9800 pro. Thanks again.
 
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