Used GeForce4 ti4600 problem
Just got this card. It's made by PNY. The card is exhibiting random green
dots but it seems to go away if I clock the card down. I have tried it on 2 machines and it does the same on both. 2D or 3D, it doesn't matter. Did I just buy a card with bad memory? TIA neopolaris |
On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:43:00 -0500, "neopolaris" . scribbled:
Just got this card. It's made by PNY. The card is exhibiting random green dots but it seems to go away if I clock the card down. I have tried it on 2 machines and it does the same on both. 2D or 3D, it doesn't matter. Did I just buy a card with bad memory? TIA neopolaris It's possible, but it's also possible that it's getting too hot for whatever reason. Make sure, by holding the card on its side up to a light source, or by close examination, that the heatsink is making good contact with the memory chips. I had an MSI Ti4600 that had a metal plate for the RAM chips, but it was bowed upward so that there was a good 2mm between the ram chip and the metal. I'm sure that didn't help too much with dispersing heat! -Slash -- "Ebert Victorious" -The Onion |
Slash wrote: On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:43:00 -0500, "neopolaris" . scribbled: Just got this card. It's made by PNY. The card is exhibiting random green dots but it seems to go away if I clock the card down. I have tried it on 2 machines and it does the same on both. 2D or 3D, it doesn't matter. Did I just buy a card with bad memory? TIA neopolaris It's possible, but it's also possible that it's getting too hot for whatever reason. Make sure, by holding the card on its side up to a light source, or by close examination, that the heatsink is making good contact with the memory chips. I had an MSI Ti4600 that had a metal plate for the RAM chips, but it was bowed upward so that there was a good 2mm between the ram chip and the metal. I'm sure that didn't help too much with dispersing heat! -Slash It does it immediately after turning the machine on. Plus the side cover is off. Do they get that warm that fast? Thanks for the info. |
neopolaris wrote: Slash wrote: On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:43:00 -0500, "neopolaris" . scribbled: Just got this card. It's made by PNY. The card is exhibiting random green dots but it seems to go away if I clock the card down. I have tried it on 2 machines and it does the same on both. 2D or 3D, it doesn't matter. Did I just buy a card with bad memory? TIA neopolaris It's possible, but it's also possible that it's getting too hot for whatever reason. Make sure, by holding the card on its side up to a light source, or by close examination, that the heatsink is making good contact with the memory chips. I had an MSI Ti4600 that had a metal plate for the RAM chips, but it was bowed upward so that there was a good 2mm between the ram chip and the metal. I'm sure that didn't help too much with dispersing heat! -Slash It does it immediately after turning the machine on. Plus the side cover is off. Do they get that warm that fast? Thanks for the info. I just noticed it doesn't have heatsinks on the ram. It has small BGA square memory chips. Samsung brand. neopolaris |
On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 23:42:14 -0500, "neopolaris" . wrote:
neopolaris wrote: Slash wrote: On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:43:00 -0500, "neopolaris" . scribbled: Just got this card. It's made by PNY. The card is exhibiting random green dots but it seems to go away if I clock the card down. I have tried it on 2 machines and it does the same on both. 2D or 3D, it doesn't matter. Did I just buy a card with bad memory? TIA It does it immediately after turning the machine on. Plus the side cover is off. Do they get that warm that fast? Thanks for the info. I just noticed it doesn't have heatsinks on the ram. It has small BGA square memory chips. Samsung brand. 1 - Your card has problems 2 - You should have a side cover on for proper airflow for the entire system... unless the case is crap. 3 - Your memory doesn't have heat-sink applied? Could you take a digital pic of the card and put it link to access it? Most, if not ALL Ti4400 and Ti4600 cards have Heatsinks on their memory... and they are LONG too... There is a chance that your USED card had a BIOS "upgrade" so that it says "Ti4600" - Pricks do this all the time... easier to fool people with GF2 and GF3 cards... and they get more money for lower end products. My Ti4200 is about 7" long... TI4400~4800s are about 9" long. Here is a TI4600: http://www.hwupgrade.it/articoli/616/pny_1_big.jpg Here is a TI4200: http://www.hwupgrade.it/articoli/652/pny_1_big.jpg Which one is yours? Check out all these Ti4600s: http://www.hardwaremonkey.com/vga/ti4600/ti4600p2.asp -- Remember when real men used Real computers!? When 512K of video RAM was a lot! Death to Palladium & WPA!! |
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