I got my XFX 6800GT 256MB AGP more than a year ago, and recently its been doing this 'sparkling' nonsense. I think ive tried nearly everything to fix it! under clocking (the card), re-re-re-reinstalling drivers, updating mobo chipset drivers, adjusting voltages, increasing & decreasing processor speed, placing ram in different sockets, turning fast write off,buying a new 450W power supply (all rails are giving out correct voltage)..and other random things. the funny thing is that the sparkling stuff starts as soon as my computer starts up (and tells you about clock speeds etc) then it disappears for a bit, then comes up again when the windows XP logo is displayed and stays. In normal mode, the screen will go blank (9 times out of 10 anyway) and nothing happens - im forced to restart. But in safe mode, it manages to boot the OS fully and i can get in.. there's the sparkling No swearing everywhere though.. seems to get worse when i scroll windows (green misty stuff appears then) I dont think its anything todo with temperature as the sparkling starts as soon as i switch on the pc (apart from at the ms-dos parts..different display modes?) Anyway, i wouldve RMA'd by now only i dont have the box OR the reciept so i doubt i'd get anywhere.. plus the first 6800GT i had, i RMA'd coz it was pulling the same plop :S i suspect they mightve sent me the same one back however.. So, i was thinking maybe if i flash the bios, it might fix things? i downloaded nvflash and when i went to use it to save my current bios (nvflash --save backup.rom) it went and said somthing about 'PCI device not detected' words to that effect anyway.. does this mean that AGP versions cannot be flashed? its really depressing! especially seeing how the card cost a bomb lol i got it in another country last year so there's not a whole lot i can do about a refund now.. plus ive had it for ages anyway..
Are you meant to be able to flash the AGP version of 6800GT? coz i tried doing it using nvflash.. well i tried saving a backup of the bios already on it and it spat an error message like 'PCI BIOS not present' followed by 'this program can only be run under dos'. When i tried doing this i was running in safemode. any help would be greatly appriciated! cheers
Are you meant to be able to flash the AGP version of 6800GT? coz i tried doing it using nvflash.. well i tried saving a backup of the bios already on it and it spat an error message like 'PCI BIOS not present' followed by 'this program can only be run under dos'. When i tried doing this i was running in safemode. any help would be greatly appriciated! cheers
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