X1800XT Woes

M0T · 13 Aug 2006 at 01:37

As far as I can see it is working fine in both pcs now :confused:

The first card that won't post is truly borked, has a red light marked t_fault on all the time.

Darkwave · 13 Aug 2006 at 01:38

M0T said:
As far as I can see it is working fine in both pcs now

The first card that won't post is truly borked, has a red light marked t_fault on all the time.

LOL this is a head-scratcher, isn't it. :confused:

M0T · 13 Aug 2006 at 22:45

Well I have just spent 2 hours playing HL2 on full detail with all the bells and whistles on. It was silky smooth with no glitches. That is somewhat confusing. I 3d marked it and got 4564 with everything at stock which seems to be about right.

Darkwave · 13 Aug 2006 at 22:46

M0T said:
Well I have just spent 2 hours playing HL2 on full detail with all the bells and whistles on. It was silky smooth with no glitches. That is somewhat confusing. I 3d marked it and got 4564 with everything at stock which seems to be about right.

Aye, that sounds fine to me now. Let's hope it stays that way.

LoadsaMoney · 13 Aug 2006 at 23:03

Úlfhednar said:
Aye, that sounds fine to me now. Let's hope it stays that way.

Agreed, well weird though suddenly working fine that.

MoNkeE · 13 Aug 2006 at 23:42

Is it possible that it wasn't fitted properly before, and when the fan whacked up to full speed during gaming/benching, the vibrations made it come out slightly, causing it to crash?

-RaZ

M0T · 13 Aug 2006 at 23:46

I don't know, but I took it in and out of the first pc a few times and reseated it to no avail. The only thing I can think of is that the fan connector was slightly loose or something and in the process of moving it about its seated properly.

Psycho Sonny · 14 Aug 2006 at 00:07

sounds like a driver issue with the pc with windows already on it, your cards are both fine i bet just a driver issue, did the old windows drive used to have a nvidia graphics card?

M0T · 14 Aug 2006 at 01:33

Psycho Sonny said:
sounds like a driver issue with the pc with windows already on it, your cards are both fine i bet just a driver issue, did the old windows drive used to have a nvidia graphics card?

Nope it was a radeon 9700pro. And the other card isn't fine because it wont boot in either pc because the t_fault light is on.

It isn't a driver issue because it was displaying the corruption on the post screen. The card was overheating for some reason and now is not.

M0T · 29 Aug 2006 at 17:27

Argh!

The errors are back with a vengance. Red dots in windows, corruption of the post screen and an inability to play anything for more than 20 minutes. I suppose I should be grateful that it lasted me Half Life 2 (problems began about half way through episode 1).

I am requesting an RMA. What I would ideally like to do is buy an x1900xt and then send this one off for a refund, although I don't know if OCUK operate like that.

M0T · 29 Aug 2006 at 17:38

Me 'playing' counterstrike.

Luckily the ATI Vpu recover kicked in...

What do you mean you want to try again???

Fanatic · 29 Aug 2006 at 17:41

Checked the card temps?

I have been having a few problems with my x1800xt. But that's probly down to me screwing up the installation of a Zalman heatsink

My temps are (if you want something to compare to(according to ATI tray tools sys tray monitor thingy)):

At idle.

Env: 39
GPU: 46

And under load playing Dawn Of War temps are 60-64.

M0T · 29 Aug 2006 at 17:43

Fanatic said:
Checked the card temps?

I have been having a few problems with my x1800xt. But that's probly down to me screwing up the installation of a Zalman heatsink

Currently idling at 48 degrees, is this high? I have tried using ati tool to put the fan on 100% but it makes no difference

dale1uk · 29 Aug 2006 at 17:49

M0T said:
Currently idling at 48 degrees, is this high? I have tried using ati tool to put the fan on 100% but it makes no difference

48 isnt high for the x1800 cards. Right now mines sitting at 54'c so your temps seem fine (at idle at least)

Fanatic · 29 Aug 2006 at 17:49

Temp looks about right. But thinking about it my PC probly ain't the best comparison as im still tinkering with it.

I remember my old setup with stock cooler on the x1800 would be idle in the 50s and high 60s-70 under load.

Im sure if i leave the door open on my P180 it goes down a few degrees.

Turned the fan up on the x1800xt and my new rig idles 44 now.

Pretty stupid really buying a £25 cooler to extend the usefulness of the card when I know I'm going to end up buying a x1950 as soon as I get away from my ever frowning folks. They don't realise men have needs for gadgets.

LoadsaMoney · 29 Aug 2006 at 17:53

Thats definately borked, looks like the memory has had it.

Tom|Nbk · 29 Aug 2006 at 19:08

LoadsaMoney said:
Thats definately borked, looks like the memory has had it.

yup, definetly god there seems to be more and more card's failing from ati every day, suppose it aint as bad as the 7900 failure rate...yet

Darkwave · 29 Aug 2006 at 19:22

Tom|Nbk said:
yup, definetly god there seems to be more and more card's failing from ati every day, suppose it aint as bad as the 7900 failure rate...yet

The X1800 and X1900 series have been out for a long time, failure rates do not just appear they are always there.

Tom|Nbk · 29 Aug 2006 at 19:38

Ulfhedjinn said:
The X1800 and X1900 series have been out for a long time, failure rates do not just appear they are always there.

I know that, what i meant is there has been more and more popping up recently

.

Darkwave · 29 Aug 2006 at 19:45

Tom|Nbk said:
I know that, what i meant is there has been more and more popping up recently .

Just a patch of bad luck I guess, when the failure rate gets even close to the 1-in-20 of the 7900GT I will call the Prime Minister.