Help appreciated if you can.

UniToxic · 21 Aug 2010 at 12:54

Knew it was too good to be true, it runs windows fine, but as soon as it requires anything from the graphics card it just locks out then goes black.

Installed the drivers with the disc, noticed the issue. So I went to the ATi website to download the latest ones. Same again freezes when doing anything 3D. (yes the old drivers were taken off, rebooted then done the new ones)

The default games with Windows 7 such as Chess Titans work, however, even in the Catalyst Control Panel if I go to the "3D" tab, and just move it from default to high it causes a issue.

Everything is still default, no overclocking, tried the card in all 3 slots on the motherboard with the same results with each. Asus Probe II says the CPU is 42, and the mobo is 38. Catalyst reckons the GPU is also 34.

Any suggestions?

Catalyst Information:
Graphics: (All greyed out)
GPU Clock: 850mhz
Memory Clock: 1200mhz
Fan Control: 50%

Current Values:
GPU Clock: 157mhz
Memory Clock: 300mhz

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Information Center:
Catalyst Version: 10.7
2D Driver Version: 9.01.01.1047
Direct 3D Version: 8.14.10.0768
OpenlGL Version: 6.14.10.10061
Catalyst CCV: 2010.0706.2128.36662

/edit: Retried the x1650, playing games fine for the last 10minutes, althought the fan does seem to be spinning faster than in the case it came from. So I am wondering if the new 5770 could be faulty, or if there are recommended bios settings to be changed to make it work with the 1366 socket boards, chip and ram :<

MumboJumbo · 21 Aug 2010 at 16:59

Only skim read but the motherboard should make a beep sound when there is no ram in. It should also beep when posting. I would suspect there is something wrong with your mobo.

davieg · 21 Aug 2010 at 17:29

He isnt going to get any beeps if he hasnt got a speaker connected to the headers, can you get in to any kind of voltage monitoring ( PC Probe should tell you the voltages also, im not sure as not got the same board as you) when your in the desktop, see if any of the voltages take a dip when you load it up. Could be your PSU taking a dive i suppose. Sounds like some kind of power issue to me, as it goes screwy under extra load, but its just a guess.

Dave.

freddie64 · 21 Aug 2010 at 17:35

I thought you needed a case with a speaker to hear the beeps.

Beaten.

UniToxic · 21 Aug 2010 at 17:35

8igdave said:
Only skim read but the motherboard should make a beep sound when there is no ram in. It should also beep when posting. I would suspect there is something wrong with your mobo.

Thanks I leave a Technical Support post in the relative forum as they are shut until monday now.

I just confirmed that with 0 ram in I do not get anything from the board at all, same if I try turning it on without a graphics card, just sits there idle no beeps or pre-post et cetra.

Odd as it evidently works a little bit as I am using it to post on the forums, can browse the web, check email, watch youtube videos, just any 3d application such as Alien Swarm freeze out the system. (I had ATI catalyst open and I never see the GPU Clock speed increase for more than half a second before returning back to it's so called "green" mode).

Maybe it is the motherboard fault not sending the signal to the ports requesting more power from the graphics card?

Had a look at the bios also (I hate touching things like that but hey), also noticed the 1600mhz ram I have is sitting on 1066mhz. It had the CPU correct though.

*shrugs*

UniToxic · 21 Aug 2010 at 17:40

davieg said:
He isnt going to get any beeps if he hasnt got a speaker connected to the headers.

I assumed the Motherboard made the beeps, like I said towards the start this is only the second PC I have pieced together it went so smoothly it was unreal a few years back it's why I decided to do it again.

davieg said:
can you get in to any kind of voltage monitoring ( PC Probe should tell you the voltages also, im not sure as not got the same board as you) when your in the desktop, see if any of the voltages take a dip when you load it up. .

I try it now currently it sits on:
Vcore: 0.98v
+3.3V: 3.25v
+5V: 5.00v
+12v: 12.19v --> 12.25v

(Will edit to include what it is at on crash, if I can grab the numbers before the crash)

davieg · 21 Aug 2010 at 17:52

Nah mate, you need to attach a speaker to the speaker header in the front panel header area or you wont hear any beeps at all.
Not sure if your 3.3 line is a little low, suppose its not madly out though, others look ok. See if you can catch the figures like you said as it loads up.
Maybe try double checking your 8 pin connection on the board though.
As for your RAM running lower, thats probably hitting the MEMOK button thats underclocked it to ensure it boots,try and get stuff stable before sticking it back at stock.

Dave

UniToxic · 21 Aug 2010 at 18:06

I can't make this crash now, which is a good thing no?
Someone over xfire just asked me what happens if I lowered the settings in the Catalyst.

So I lowered the "max" from:
CPU: 850 mhz
Memory: 1200 mhz

to:

CPU: 800 mhz
Memory: 1100 mhz

As you can see in this screenshot, Catalyst open + the Asus suite in the top right. (Ignore the game

): http://img836.imageshack.us/i/tempsandstuff.jpg/

However, this seems like a short-term fix as to be fair seems silly to have to downclock the stock values.

Swifty55 · 21 Aug 2010 at 21:58

Sounds like your graphics card is faulty...

MumboJumbo · 26 Aug 2010 at 02:30

davieg said:
He isnt going to get any beeps if he hasnt got a speaker connected to the headers, can you get in to any kind of voltage monitoring ( PC Probe should tell you the voltages also, im not sure as not got the same board as you) when your in the desktop, see if any of the voltages take a dip when you load it up. Could be your PSU taking a dive i suppose. Sounds like some kind of power issue to me, as it goes screwy under extra load, but its just a guess.

Dave.

davieg said:
Nah mate, you need to attach a speaker to the speaker header in the front panel header area or you wont hear any beeps at all.
Not sure if your 3.3 line is a little low, suppose its not madly out though, others look ok. See if you can catch the figures like you said as it loads up.
Maybe try double checking your 8 pin connection on the board though.
As for your RAM running lower, thats probably hitting the MEMOK button thats underclocked it to ensure it boots,try and get stuff stable before sticking it back at stock.

Dave

There is a speaker on the case that should have been connected to the mobo. If that is connected and when he takes his ram out the mobo doesn't beep. The mobo is borked. Or the speaker is haha