HELP went to play cs earlyer game started to load then froze so i turned off the pc by the button on the case
after i turned my pc back on i got loads of green dots in a line all over the screen when my post is coming up and now vista blue screens before login and mem dumps!!
i took the gfx card out (8800gtx) and cleaned it and took the headsink off and took all the dust out and did the same with the cpu
still getting the same problem
could this be a power issue as my room is very very very hot most of the time and maybe the power supply has lost it?
system specs
6600 core 2
2gb ram
8800gtx
650watt ozcool power supply
found this is this true??
Bunches of dots on the screen is a common symptom of damaged video RAM. If the dots show up in screen shots then the video RAM may be your problem.You could try underclocking your video RAM with ATITool (instructions here). If reducing the video RAM clock rate makes the dots disappear then it usually means that the video RAM is damaged or overheating. Reducing the clock rate doesn't always "fix" bad video RAM but it's pretty common. If it really is bad RAM then there's nothing you can do about it other than live with a reduced clock rate or cool the RAM better. ATITool has an artifact tester built into it which you can use to see if lowering the clock rates solves your problem.
after i turned my pc back on i got loads of green dots in a line all over the screen when my post is coming up and now vista blue screens before login and mem dumps!!
i took the gfx card out (8800gtx) and cleaned it and took the headsink off and took all the dust out and did the same with the cpu
still getting the same problem
could this be a power issue as my room is very very very hot most of the time and maybe the power supply has lost it?
system specs
6600 core 2
2gb ram
8800gtx
650watt ozcool power supply
found this is this true??
Bunches of dots on the screen is a common symptom of damaged video RAM. If the dots show up in screen shots then the video RAM may be your problem.You could try underclocking your video RAM with ATITool (instructions here). If reducing the video RAM clock rate makes the dots disappear then it usually means that the video RAM is damaged or overheating. Reducing the clock rate doesn't always "fix" bad video RAM but it's pretty common. If it really is bad RAM then there's nothing you can do about it other than live with a reduced clock rate or cool the RAM better. ATITool has an artifact tester built into it which you can use to see if lowering the clock rates solves your problem.
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