Graphics Card Problem...?

MonkieMann · 21 Mar 2006 at 14:18

Hey All,

I have a slight problem, see screen shots below;

I am running a

Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 GTO² 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)

in a

Shuttle XPC ST20G5 Aluminium Barebones System - AMD 64 (Socket 939)

Just wondering what you think might be causing this problem, I was thinking either monitor, or graphics card.

My screen goes blank randomly too, however the system still seems to be running in the background :S

very confusing...

any thoughts would be helpful

thanks a lot, cheers

monkie

vanandjuanunited · 21 Mar 2006 at 14:19

Would guess memory is borked. Is it overclocked? If so crank it back slightly.

MonkieMann · 21 Mar 2006 at 14:21

you mean main memory? or graphics card memory? neither are overclocked tho

cheers

vanandjuanunited · 21 Mar 2006 at 14:24

Does it happen in games?
Why have you got a gto2 and not overclocked it? :confused:

MonkieMann · 21 Mar 2006 at 14:28

well, it happens in most games, it seems very random tho, this is my 2nd gto, the last one was sent back to overclockers with the same problem, dont know whether the card was replaced, or sent back to me, the problems didnt start until the card had been used for about 2 weeks, so i thought it was a new card, now im not sure :S

so you think its the memory on the gto?

cheers

vanandjuanunited · 21 Mar 2006 at 14:29

Looks like it.
Note the serial number of the card if you return it. Also enclose screen shots of the problem.

Does it happen when you first switch the machine on or after a period of time?

MonkieMann · 21 Mar 2006 at 14:32

good idea

"doh"

it happens as soon as its turned on...

looks like i'll have to return this one aswell, thanks for your help

cheers