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Weird Vid Card Problem

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morfinx

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Just upgraded an Athlon XP 1700+ to a Winnine 3000+, and I'm having a weird problem. Whenever I do anything graphical, i.e. games, video, or even web sites with alot of pictures, the monitor loses signal from the vid card and goes blank. I would then have to restart. A couple of times, VPU Recovery (part of Catalyst driver set) recovers, and says video card stopped responding to driver commands. At first I thought it was the OC, so I lowered everything back down to stock, and still have the same problem. Here is my setup:

A64 3000+ Winchester
Zalman CNPS-7000B AlCu
Soltek SL-K8T800-Pro
Mushkin Black L II V2 (TCCD) 512MB x 2
Enlight 420W PSU
Gigabyte 9600XT (stock)
Dell 2005FPW (DVI)

The strange thing is, I can run Prime95 all day long without error, but as soon as I start doing anything graphical, the screen will blank out within minutes. The card never gave me any issues in my Athlon XP system for over a yr. Voltages look stable running Prime95, I get 3.3V, 5.0V, and 11.71V fairly stable. I've tried the latest Catalyst drivers and an older one, still no go. Could it be the PSU? Any help or suggestion would be appreciated!
 
I would try the following:

1) Re-seat the video card.

2) Run some type of driver cleaner to wipe out all your old drivers. Then install a series driver that you know works well.

There's a slight chance it could be related to the PSU. But if the problem is hardware related I'll put my money on the video card or motherboard.

Did these problems start as soon as you changed the motherboard and CPU or did they show up several days after you had put everything together?
 
Pvt. Linthead said:
I would try the following:

1) Re-seat the video card.

2) Run some type of driver cleaner to wipe out all your old drivers. Then install a series driver that you know works well.

There's a slight chance it could be related to the PSU. But if the problem is hardware related I'll put my money on the video card or motherboard.

Did these problems start as soon as you changed the motherboard and CPU or did they show up several days after you had put everything together?
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It showed up as asoon as I changed the mobo and CPU. I already cleaned out the driver and reinstalled one that I used before. I checked the card, and it's completely seated in the AGP slot.
 
I reinstall Windows everytime I put in a new motherboard. I have found in the past some of the old motherboard drivers still on the hard drive might interfere with the new motherboard.

I know it is a lot of work, but try reinstalling Windows. I got a feeling this will solve the problem.
 
Pvt. Linthead said:
I reinstall Windows everytime I put in a new motherboard. I have found in the past some of the old motherboard drivers still on the hard drive might interfere with the new motherboard.

I know it is a lot of work, but try reinstalling Windows. I got a feeling this will solve the problem.
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Hmmm.... so nobody thinks it's the PSU?
 
If your computer was rebooting at will, I would say it could be a PSU problem.

My vote goes to reinstalling Windows. That way you can eliminate problems on the software side. After reinstall and your machine still acts up, then I would look on the hardware side.
 
Yep. It looks like UncleMacro might have got you fixed.

Sorry if I misled you or wasted or time. Post and tell if it is still stable tomorrow.
 
Pvt. Linthead said:
Yep. It looks like UncleMacro might have got you fixed.

Sorry if I misled you or wasted or time. Post and tell if it is still stable tomorrow.
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np, thanks for trying to help
 
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