Hi all,
I'm having a few issues with a new graphics card I've just bought to replace my faulty Radeon 9800pro, as follows:
My PC
Mobo: MSI K8T Neo2 (link)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+
RAM: 2 x 512mb DDR400 (PC3200)
PSU: 380w, +5v = 35amps, +3.3v = 28amps, +12v = 17amps (link)
Graphics: Powercolor ATI Radeon X1650 pro AGP (link)
It works fine when I just doing basic stuff like web browsing, but while I'm playing World of Warcraft I get to play for anywhere between 5 and 30 minutes before a random crash occurs, such as:
Black screen (games sounds are still heard)
Game freeze (forced to reboot)
System reboot
I have tried many graphics drivers, from old to new official ATI catalysts, and omega drivers, all with the same effect.
I thought it could be the PSU, but aparrently it uses less power than my old Radeon 9800 pro which worked great, and on the box it recommends 300w.
I have run memtest, and all was good.
I have changed settings in the bios, and in the ATI control centre, all to the same effect. I currently have:
PCI settings:
Write ON (tried OFF)
Read ON (tried OFF)
AGP settings:
Write ON (tried OFF)
Read ON (tried OFF)
Speed x8
Fast write OFF (tried ON)
Balanced performance settings, tho I've tried moving all sliders to 'Performance' to no avail.
Hardware acceleration: Full
Write combining: Enabled
WMV acceleration: Enabled
Other strange occurances:
Tried to use ATI Tray Tools to underclock the card, however I cannot change the speed values to anything without graphics corruption, even if I select the default values of GPU: 594Mhz, MEM: 796.5, as soon as I hit 'Apply' my screen corrupts, forcing a reboot. Same happens if I try to scan for artifacts or find a max value for either GPU or MEM speeds.
I have run 3DMark without any problems, however the reading is much lower than my previous, less powerful card.
In my event viewer I have found several entries that show:
Source: ati2mtag
Category: SDTV
Discription: MODE: GXO Execute BIOS Table Error
It's also not just WoW, I play Pro Evo 2009 which shows faults, such as freezes and reboots, but much less frequent.
Can anyone think of a solution, or does the card seem faulty?
Thanks in advance.
I'm having a few issues with a new graphics card I've just bought to replace my faulty Radeon 9800pro, as follows:
My PC
Mobo: MSI K8T Neo2 (link)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+
RAM: 2 x 512mb DDR400 (PC3200)
PSU: 380w, +5v = 35amps, +3.3v = 28amps, +12v = 17amps (link)
Graphics: Powercolor ATI Radeon X1650 pro AGP (link)
It works fine when I just doing basic stuff like web browsing, but while I'm playing World of Warcraft I get to play for anywhere between 5 and 30 minutes before a random crash occurs, such as:
Black screen (games sounds are still heard)
Game freeze (forced to reboot)
System reboot
I have tried many graphics drivers, from old to new official ATI catalysts, and omega drivers, all with the same effect.
I thought it could be the PSU, but aparrently it uses less power than my old Radeon 9800 pro which worked great, and on the box it recommends 300w.
I have run memtest, and all was good.
I have changed settings in the bios, and in the ATI control centre, all to the same effect. I currently have:
PCI settings:
Write ON (tried OFF)
Read ON (tried OFF)
AGP settings:
Write ON (tried OFF)
Read ON (tried OFF)
Speed x8
Fast write OFF (tried ON)
Balanced performance settings, tho I've tried moving all sliders to 'Performance' to no avail.
Hardware acceleration: Full
Write combining: Enabled
WMV acceleration: Enabled
Other strange occurances:
Tried to use ATI Tray Tools to underclock the card, however I cannot change the speed values to anything without graphics corruption, even if I select the default values of GPU: 594Mhz, MEM: 796.5, as soon as I hit 'Apply' my screen corrupts, forcing a reboot. Same happens if I try to scan for artifacts or find a max value for either GPU or MEM speeds.
I have run 3DMark without any problems, however the reading is much lower than my previous, less powerful card.
In my event viewer I have found several entries that show:
Source: ati2mtag
Category: SDTV
Discription: MODE: GXO Execute BIOS Table Error
It's also not just WoW, I play Pro Evo 2009 which shows faults, such as freezes and reboots, but much less frequent.
Can anyone think of a solution, or does the card seem faulty?
Thanks in advance.
