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x1900xt = nightmare?

BLUE|MOON

BLUE|MOON

BLUE|MOON

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Hi,

OK, i bought a x1900xt 512mb. I am using the standard air cooling which was supplied with the graphics card.

It overheats far too easily because the fan is running @ like 20%, so i downloaded ati tool; i was able to put the fan on 100%. However when playing ingame or running 3dmark05 the monitor would randomly switch off about 1 and a half minutes in. Then the computer would restart.

When it restarts i can see a red LED come on in the bottom left of my motherboard.

My motherboard is the Lanparty UT nf4 ULTRA-D.

Does anyone know if there is anything i can do? Something i havent turned on? Something i may have done wrong?

Thanks,
Daniel
 
My cpu is an opteron 148 2.2ghz.
2 x SATA HDD - 1 is a raptor 74gb 16mb cache 10k rpm. the other is a 300gb hdd.

My PSU is 480W XClio-SCF aPFC. Cost me around 50quid.

Any ideas now?

Thanks a lot for your help.
 
I dont really know anyone that would have a PSU higher than that.

It says to run an x1900xt you should have 400 + watt, so in a ideal world, it should work without any issues.

Did yours stop restarting when you upgraded the psu?
 
I have a thermaltake case with around 6 fans blowing in and out.

My chipset is idle at 45 degrees ... is that right?

Could it be that which is causing the problem?

My gfx card doesnt go above 75 degrees when ingame for the 1 minute that i am ingame. And then the computer just restarts :\
 
FrankJH:

My Specs:

2.2 148 opteron
2GB Gskill Ram
1 x Raptor 16mb cache
1 x Maxtor sata
Gigabyte x1900xt 512mb
Thermaltake case with around 6 fans correctly circulating.
480w XCLIO Meridian PSU
DFI Lanparty UT NF4 Ultra-D

We have very similar specs. What chipset drivers are you using? The ones supplied with the board? New ones from the website?

What drivers are you using for the GFX card?

Cheers
 
Loud isnt the word tbh. It can be heard next door.

The fact is, why is hardware so unreliable these days. Perhaps its just me but ... the nf3 dfi ultra-d was a bugger, dodgy bios chip, 2 chipset fans not working. Bought the connect3d x1900xt from OCUK that was faulty. Bought a gigabyte x1900xt 512mb nd now this doesnt seem to be working.

All i want is for the pc to work :P
 
Thanks a lot.

Ive re-installed windows, used the chipset drivers from the motherboard CD, using the omega 6.3 drivers. Quake4 is working no problem.

trying CS:S now. If it works then ill install my sound card and do everything bit by bit.

Worrying thing is that when im running 3dmark05 it just gets an error half way through. :\
 
raja said:
I'd look at the fan settings first,

I have my 1900's in Crossfire, i too have had problems with crashes when the cards overheat, this only happens in my system when I use CCC to set the clocks for the mastercard to max.

I discovered that if I use ATI tool to override the fan settings I have no carshes whatsoever.


I double click the ATItool icon and select no when the program asks me if I wish to shutdown athe ATI hot key poller, in essence you can do it either way. As I have a Crossfire system I just set my clock speeds with CCC and leave my XTX alone. Hence I don't need the overclocking function of ATItool.

The easiest way to set the fans is, select the device, set the fan speeds, then save the profile. Use the smartkey function to save you settings then you can quickload your settings if you require.

I have set my fans to come on at full pelt at anything from 70 degrees upwards, and have not had an error since.

If you find that setting the fan to 100% at 70 degrees does not cure the issue, then it's more than probable that the psu is not upto the task of running your system.

The rails for the Xclio series @ 480w show 18 amps and 15 amps respectivley.

Sometimes the ratings are not really indictive of real world capabilities (putting it nicely).

One of these 2 issues (that others have already mentioned) are almost certain to be the cause. My experience with these cards has shown this to be the case time and time again. I now run a 900w Tagan psu for my system and it is totally issue free (as it should be as this is incredible overkill).

I also have a Sesonice S12 600w and even that did not like the 1900's Crossfired, I have a 4800 X2 cpu, at the time had around 7 case fans and 2 HDDs. It would sometimes bsod, as it's a real heavy load.


It's a shame that you don't have access to another more powerful PSU, as this would help nail the issue. The PSU's mentioned by others above are most certain to work, but the XCLIO is a relative newcomer to the ATI 1900 scene so we cannot be certain that it's definatley ok for the 1900 cards..


Regards
Raja
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Thank you very much for all your help. I found that if, in ati tool, i clocked the speeds etc of the card down then it would perform ok.

What psu can you recommend getting for around £60?

Thanks.
 
Thanks for your replies.

Im sure it said above 450+ for 1 x 1900xt.

I tried clocking my GFX card down a couple of hundred in ATI tool. This allowed me to play longer ingame but then performed an error.

I am going to buy a new power supply today a 650w akaska or something. Says its sli/crossfire ready.

Also, there are 2 other power connectors on the dfi lanparty ultra-d nf4 board, a IDE connector and an FDD connector. Do they need to be connected?

I noticed the computer functioned as normal when they werent connected.

EDIT: Also, when the games get the error, the graphics card nor cpu are overheating.

However, i am concerned that the chipset temperature idles at aroun 45 degrees and goes up to 49. Is this normal?
 
I shall try the memory test tonight. it just seems funny that its the second x1900xt that has failed on me in as many days :\

Will get the new psu and see how it goes.

EDIT: I think that the air cooler is clear, air is coming out of the fan at the back of the computer.

Will this power supply be ok ?

580W Tagan 2Force T580-U22 SLi U-Quiet 21db Also support 12v EPS/SATA/XEON 3 Years Warranty ATX/BTX

Thanks.
 
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OK. so ive got a new power supply, my computer has gone through 3dmark05 sucessfully at the lowered clock settings. Im upping the clock settings on the card now to see if it still works.

What should the max clock settings be for this card?

Thanks for your help guys :)
 
on 3dMark05 i got just under 10k without OC'ing my cpu.

That was at 500/600.

It seems that when i up the clock and core speeds and then try t open a game or 3dmark05 then the screen goes green and i need a restart.
 
:) Cheers for everyone's replies.

Well...

Update:.... :\

OK, i got a new powersupply and reinstalled with the standard drivers which came with the card. Also i resetted bios and havent tampered with any settings .... yet.

I ran 3DMark05 and got 9.5k. I then started to play CS:S, it worked fine for around 2-3 hours, then all of a sudden the graphics became black and stretched spikey graphics accross the screen. Eventually the computer needed a restart.

So, now im about to start changing things, running ati tool if it runs ok and gets the settings up to what they should be at then i will look to updating the ATI drivers and see what happens.

Ill keep this thread updated as i break things and attempt to un-break them.
 
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