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6950/Green dots in Windows (artifacts?)

I think its not a cooincidence to see a lot of users reporting similar anomalies pertaining to this issue.

My PSU is an HX750, which should be plentiful surely. And Ive never had any problems with it in the past.
 
I think its not a cooincidence to see a lot of users reporting similar anomalies pertaining to this issue.

My PSU is an HX750, which should be plentiful surely. And Ive never had any problems with it in the past.

Your Psu is more than enough. Mine was dying it was making a horrid buzzing noise and I was getting a lot of freezes and crashes and the green dots and curruption in game. The Psu completely died and when I replaced it all the symptoms were gone and everything is running lovely. My card is unlocked and clocked to 900/1400. Although I feel the unlocking is massivly overated and people spend two much time worrying about this very minimal gain. But its free so why not.....
 
Your Psu is more than enough. Mine was dying it was making a horrid buzzing noise and I was getting a lot of freezes and crashes and the green dots and curruption in game. The Psu completely died and when I replaced it all the symptoms were gone and everything is running lovely. My card is unlocked and clocked to 900/1400. Although I feel the unlocking is massivly overated and people spend two much time worrying about this very minimal gain. But its free so why not.....

My thoughts too. Infact Ive flashed to my original bios. But out of interest is there anyway to make the bios default by itself (i.e. without having to flash with a backed up bios - since thats what I used to flash back to my original bios).

Well been using the rig for about a hour so far and I cant see the artifacts. Who knows, perhaps its a burn in thing? Maybe I will unplug and reseat the card at some point in the future.
 
You can default the bios by switching the switch to the 1 position. this is the locked default bios.

I had the green dots on the stock bios in either switch position and the same when unlocked and overclocked.
 
So just to confirm, you simply changed PSUs and the problem dissapeared?
Do I have to boot my rig in the 1 position to restore the bios?
 
So just to confirm, you simply changed PSUs and the problem dissapeared?
Do I have to boot my rig in the 1 position to restore the bios?

I just changed the Psu but my Psu was dead and was dying for a few days so it could have just been that..

Power off flick switch and power on to load the default bios.

You need to power down flick the switch then re-boot..
 
how can you play 3D games with ati card ? i thought it was only poss with nvidia cards & glasses !!

i have 3D monitor & i was hoping i could use ati card to play crisis 2 in 3D.

There is something about 3D gaming on the Box of my Asus 6950 but I have as much interest in fake 3D as playing cricket so I did not pay much attention...
 
how can you play 3D games with ati card ? i thought it was only poss with nvidia cards & glasses !!

i have 3D monitor & i was hoping i could use ati card to play crisis 2 in 3D.

Lol sorry what I meant was I can play games in generally with no problem (i.e. not 3D type games which use glasses etc).
 
I just changed the Psu but my Psu was dead and was dying for a few days so it could have just been that..

Power off flick switch and power on to load the default bios.

You need to power down flick the switch then re-boot..

So basically. Power down PC, flick switch to position 1. Load up PC.
Power down PC, flick switch to position 2. Load up PC. Done?
 
So basically. Power down PC, flick switch to position 1. Load up PC.
Power down PC, flick switch to position 2. Load up PC. Done?

If you just want the original bios, power down and flick the switch to position 2 this is the locked un-flashable back up bios.
You can then make a backup of this bios, and flash it to position 1 to recover your bios to stock default.
 
Ahhh Im with you now Moogleys. Cheers.

So Im in two minds about this green artifact stuff. I havent seen anything further yesterday or earlier today. Will use the rig tonight and see how it goes.

Do any of you think I should RMA it? Ive had it for about a few weeks.
 
I get these now

I got them with the CF 6970s
I get them with the new 6990
I run Eyefinity at 6048x1200
I think it's the cable, as when I change the connection setup, it switches screen?
New DVI cable me thinks!
 
I get these now

I got them with the CF 6970s
I get them with the new 6990
I run Eyefinity at 6048x1200
I think it's the cable, as when I change the connection setup, it switches screen?
New DVI cable me thinks!

Hmm! I have been told that this anomaly can be associated with poor DVI cabling. But I am not sure! Can you get some quality DVI cabling? My cable is quite thin in diameter.
 
Hmm! I have been told that this anomaly can be associated with poor DVI cabling. But I am not sure! Can you get some quality DVI cabling? My cable is quite thin in diameter.

Not sure mate but I imagine you get what you pay for. I am using the DVI cables that came with my Iiyamas. Cheap maybe?

I'll update when I test new ones

But sometimes I need to switch monitor off and on again, and hey presto, they're gone? Weird!
 
Can I ask when one should use a Dual link dvi cable? Could this potentially solve the artifact issue? Are dual link cables better in anyway than single?

I think I might be using a single link one.
 
Dual link is needed for high resolution monitors like 30" with 2560x1600 resolution.

If your monitor is low 1080p or lower, it doesnt matter whether you use single or dual link cable, it wonät use but single link pins anyway
 
24" 1920 x 1200. Would it support dual link?
Also, I never noticed this green artifact issue using my crossfire 5770s, would that indicate that the GFX card could be the culprit? Or perhaps its just more susceptible to EMI?
 
I really cannot see this being a problem with cables as quite a few people are having the same issues. This would mean quite a few different cables being used. Mine also did it when connected using HDMi if that makes any difference I have no idea.
It does seem like some kind of interference that could be causing the green spots but this is more than likely going to be on the board and produced by the card rather than the cable. It could be that something is creating the interference and it is being transmitted throught the DVi/HDMi connection's on the board. ?
The weird thing is that lots of people have said that the green spots have gone away after using the card for a while, Mine has not had any issues in over a week now since getting the spots. I have replaced my PSU but I imagine this was coincedence that the card was fine after.
I would say anyone having this issue should give it a week of use and see if the spots go away before going down the RMA route and getting the card back NFF with a host of charges.
 
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