ATI Radeon 9600 Issue

this could possibly be a flawed product

my friend had a problem like this and a few days later it began to create colored boxes on the screen also

he had to replace it

Firstly, try reinstalling the Catalyst drivers for your graphics card: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
then reinstall DirectX 9.0c: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0A9B6820-BFBB-4799-9908-D418CDEAC197&displaylang=en
Does this happen in all games or one specific game? Also, is it blurry when you playback video?

I tried reinstalling the Catalyst Drivers a few times. Didn't work.
I'm going to try and reinstall DirectX 9.0c now.

I have noticed that this happeds in all games that I play. I havent noticed it when doing video playback.


Ryan

its the card itself

im telling ya

Yep, could possibly be a hardware problem. If reinstalling DirectX 9.0c does not work, try using a different
graphics card (if you have a spare one or another one in a different computer).

CPU Temp is around 39 - 42 C.
I cant be exact, but I can estimate my Video Card Temp at around 45 C.

Could the issue be hardware related?


Ryan

Those temps seem normal to me.
It's probably the graphics card. Have you tried replacing it with a different one?

I dont have an other Video Card to try out on the current system. The weird thing is that the only place it doesnt work is when I play games for a little bit. I think I can try and replace the video card. If anyone has any other suggestions, Im open.


Ryan

does your motherboard have onboard video? (stupid question but i gata ask) :)

Nope it doesnt have onboard video. My motherboard is an Intel D865PERL.



Ryan

This might help

shut off "fastwrite" even if your gfx card supports it, your mobo might not.

Either do it in bios or under the GART table in screen options

You might as well try lowering AGP speed to 4X, same place

I had this exact problem with my ATI Radeon 9600 XT 256MB. Wierd colored boxes and blurriness and blank screens and wierd shapes and the such. Like you said, I had to alt+tab or even sometimes ctrl+alt+delete out of the game. It only happened when I played call of duty, doom 3 or any of my other games. Even changing resolutions and stuff didnt work. Installing catalyst drivers and omega drivers didnt work, and i made sure i had direct x 9c. I tried everything. In fact, I just shipped my card back yesterday to get it replaced. I'm pretty sure that the card itself was the problem. If both of us have tried everything and nothing is working, then it is likely that we both had bad cards. Like I said, I just shipped mine back yesterday to have it replaced. I hope a replacement will solve the problem for us both.



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This seems to be really weird. I moved the computer that was having an issue to a room that was a little bit cooler and I dont seem to have an issue. Would that be the problem? Could running the game heat up the Video Card to where it would make the screen blurry?


Ryan

hehe, si i was  right after all...

Dunno if this helps, sometimes playing around with the Hardware Acceleration also helps.
sajen

Yep... For Sure... Any graphic intense application will DEFNITELY heat up your CPU and GPU becaused of the increased workload!!

No doubt about that!

Try opening the case and leaving the panel off as an alternative.... maybe a desk fan blowing into the PC will work too... as a test scenario..

Hope this helps..
Cheers
J

I currently have my case open. I think what I'm going to do is pick up a few computer fans and put them in the computer. It doesnt look like I'm having any more issues. Is there a good way to make sure it doesnt happen again?


Ryan

Thanks for everyones help. I have found it to be a temp. issue and I will be getting some more fans. If any other issues come up on the video card I will get it replaced.


Ryan