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Radeon 9800 Pro - big problem

  • 19-02-2005 8:33pm
    #1
    Mystic Fibrosis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭


    I'm having a massive problem with my 9800 pro (256 mb) at the moment.

    when I boot into XP I get a blank screen. A few days ago the screen started to look strange and garbled, like this:

    Untitled-1%20copy.jpg

    but now it won't even display anything when I boot in. I can run in VGA and safe mode but i can't change the resolution or the card will draw a blank. I've reinstalled DirectX (9.0c) and the ATI drivers (CATALYST 5.2, 8.1 display driver) but nothing has worked. Any ideas?


Comments

  • #2
    Jammer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭Jammer


    overclocked? if not, hope its still in warranty :)


  • #3
    kensutz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,200 ✭✭✭kensutz


    I have the same problem myself.


  • #4
    jasperok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 411 ✭✭jasperok


    i got lines down my screen with a saphire 9700pro
    for a week
    it was the core dying.
    i had it bios flashed and overclocked and cooled with a pelt though and it was my first venture dealing with overclocking and bios editing,
    ie- i tortured it
    if you have just every day use then that looks like bad form
    still in warranty?
    if not the only thing i reccomend is this
    back up the bios of the card to a floppy
    use radedit to change the core and mem frequecies (reduce them) also relax the mem timings as well.
    flash the card with this new bios and see if it helps - it may not run doom3 anymore but its not the worst case scenario either
    on second thoughts make sure the card is getting enough power aswell.
    what is your system setup and what watt psu do you use, and what make is it.
    regards
    jasper


  • #5
    Andrew Fotzpatr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 67 ✭✭Andrew Fotzpatr


    em what the hell is that in that persons hand.. :eek:


  • #6
    Mystic Fibrosis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Mystic Fibrosis


    Lol, I didn't see that
    'tis a cock, my friend


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  • #7
    jasperok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 411 ✭✭jasperok


    i was kind of wondering about that....


  • #8
    BloodBath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    Lol, I didn't see that
    'tis a cock, my friend

    :confused:


    BloodBath


  • #9
    silverside
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭silverside


    I had this problem as well, used to work for a few days then go again.


    what worked for me was:
    uninstall the ATI Drivers
    boot into safe mode
    delete all files and folders related to the drivers (all files with ati in the name, even in the windows folder) - be very careful with this.
    get the latest drivers from ati and install them.
    and finally:
    turn off the pc, remove and reseat the gfx card.

    just try reseating the gfx card first and see if that fixes it.


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