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| Ummon:
I have this ATI X800 that has been running fine since I got it a week or so ago, and then all of a sudden, I was in the middle of Gunsmoke (kickin ass, too!) and this weird glitch occured: the audio stuck and stuttered and the video went out. I rebooted and I started getting these weird lines. I un- and re-installed the drivers and the behavior got more interesting actually. The first image is after re-installing the drivers and rebooting. I rebooted again and got the second image in the time between bios screen and Windows (I have the boot.ini set to not display the Windows screen), and the third is in Windows. |
| Hoopz:
My two guesses would be overheating or a power issue. Is your power supply new/old and does it produce enough power for everything? May try taking the side off of the pc case and see if additional air flow helps. |
| Ginsu Victim:
The small version of pic 2 looks like a Mugen character select screen shot. :) |
| steveh:
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on August 05, 2008, 08:29:37 am ---The small version of pic 2 looks like a Mugen character select screen shot. :) --- End quote --- lol your right! |
| Turnarcades:
I've had similar symptoms (particularly the blue screen) when old graphics cards have died. It's likely the card has overheated and cooked some of the circuitry or had a fult along one of the tracks to begin with that has been aggravated with minimal use. I'd reccommend testing it on another PC and returning it for a replacement if necessary; it shouldn't die that quick. |
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