I have a system problem that I am struggling to diagnose. The system in question (see below) has been up and running for a couple of years and has been exceptionally stable. However, a few weeks ago I had 3 CDTs in a row whilst gaming and on the next reboot XP failed to load. Luckily I still had an install of Win 2000 on another HD, and suspecting a corrupt XP install, managed to use scandisk to repair the XP drive. Everything was fine for a few weeks until last weekend when the crashes / freezes in 3D returned but this time accompanied by display corruption. This became progressively worse until I was getting bad graphics corruption in 2D and finally the screen would lock up and display a 'no signal' message. I tried reinstalling the drivers and monitored the card temps (never above 60 C - as per usual). Finally I decided it must be a dying GPU, so called Overclockers and got myself an RMA (yet to mail it off).
In the meantime I replaced the X1950 Pro with a 9700 Pro I had lying around and got on with some work. However, whilst the display corruption was gone in 2D (haven't even tried 3D), after about 20 mins the display stops responding, I get the 'no signal' message on the monitor and the system reboots itself.
This has got me stumped - I though I had the problem nailed as the X1950 Pro was showing all the signs of a card that was not long for this world but since the 9700 Pro is also crashing Im inclined to think the issue is not GPU related. I will test the X1950 Pro in another system this evening to confirm whether it is terminally ill.
Although I have ordered some new kit for a complete upgrade, I want to sort the problem out as the components in this rig will be recycled into a second PC.
If it not the GPU, any ideas what it might be?
System:
Athlon X2 4200, Asus A8V deluxe, ATI X1950 Pro AGP, 2 gig DDR RAM, SB Audigy 2, Akasa 460 watt PSU, Win XP Pro.
In the meantime I replaced the X1950 Pro with a 9700 Pro I had lying around and got on with some work. However, whilst the display corruption was gone in 2D (haven't even tried 3D), after about 20 mins the display stops responding, I get the 'no signal' message on the monitor and the system reboots itself.
This has got me stumped - I though I had the problem nailed as the X1950 Pro was showing all the signs of a card that was not long for this world but since the 9700 Pro is also crashing Im inclined to think the issue is not GPU related. I will test the X1950 Pro in another system this evening to confirm whether it is terminally ill.
Although I have ordered some new kit for a complete upgrade, I want to sort the problem out as the components in this rig will be recycled into a second PC.
If it not the GPU, any ideas what it might be?
System:
Athlon X2 4200, Asus A8V deluxe, ATI X1950 Pro AGP, 2 gig DDR RAM, SB Audigy 2, Akasa 460 watt PSU, Win XP Pro.
