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Windows desktop corruption with Sapphire 9800 Pro
Hi all,
I'm at a bit of a loss here.... my video card is exhibiting some strange desktop corruption. Pictures of the problem: http://www.adamhearn.co.uk/bits/corruptdesktop.gif http://www.adamhearn.co.uk/bits/baddesktop.png Having a browser opening an scrolling up and down adds a lot to the corruption! Some details: It's a AGP Sapphire 9800 Pro 128MB R350 core video card (it's not and never has been overclocked) Card is around 12 months old (from a friend) Additional power supply connector is fitted Case PSU is an Enermax 350W unit Motherboard is ASUS CUSL2-C AGP Speed tried at 2x and 4x Card is set to run at 2x AGP Fast Writes are disabled CPU: P3-1Ghz RAM: 512 PC133 Drives: 1 * 120GB Hitatchi Optical drives: 1 * Pioneer SCSI DVD-ROM, 1 * Yamaha 2100S CD-RW Microsoft Intellimouse Optical connected via USB, Intellipoint 5 driver. ATI Drivers: 3.9 and 3.10 (current installation) Monitor LG1810B DVI connected Single display only Resolution: 1280*1024 @ 32 bit colour, 60Hz refresh I've tried the DVI=VGA adapter to analogue cable to my TFT but no change. Tried Catalyst driver options of Alternate DVI operational mode and Reduce DVI frequencey on high resoluton displays but still the same. Flashed the ATI with the latest BIOS (matching the correct part number and RAM types). It's now at 008.015 (2003/10/17) Reset resolution clears the screen but it's back on the next window scroll. Scrolling a window content with the mouse causes huge amounts of corruption whereas the keyboard very little (I guess 'cause the rate at which updates are made are very different!) Windows 2000 SP4, DX9C I was first led to believe (by net searching) that this was an overheating issue so I purchased an Artic Cooler Rev 3. Fitted this but no difference. I wasn't overly surprised given the desktop is corrupted and it can happen when the PC is left idle (monitor off) and within 15 minutes of starting from a cold boot (off all night). Has *anyone* got any ideas? I'm lost for anything else to consider - apart from leaving the card on the drive and running over it TIA! |
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Try it on another PC or at least with another monitor. If you still see the
same problem, it's the card. Try to unload it somehow (eBay...) -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Reckless" wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm at a bit of a loss here.... my video card is exhibiting some strange desktop corruption. Pictures of the problem: http://www.adamhearn.co.uk/bits/corruptdesktop.gif http://www.adamhearn.co.uk/bits/baddesktop.png Having a browser opening an scrolling up and down adds a lot to the corruption! Some details: It's a AGP Sapphire 9800 Pro 128MB R350 core video card (it's not and never has been overclocked) Card is around 12 months old (from a friend) Additional power supply connector is fitted Case PSU is an Enermax 350W unit Motherboard is ASUS CUSL2-C AGP Speed tried at 2x and 4x Card is set to run at 2x AGP Fast Writes are disabled CPU: P3-1Ghz RAM: 512 PC133 Drives: 1 * 120GB Hitatchi Optical drives: 1 * Pioneer SCSI DVD-ROM, 1 * Yamaha 2100S CD-RW Microsoft Intellimouse Optical connected via USB, Intellipoint 5 driver. ATI Drivers: 3.9 and 3.10 (current installation) Monitor LG1810B DVI connected Single display only Resolution: 1280*1024 @ 32 bit colour, 60Hz refresh I've tried the DVI=VGA adapter to analogue cable to my TFT but no change. Tried Catalyst driver options of Alternate DVI operational mode and Reduce DVI frequencey on high resoluton displays but still the same. Flashed the ATI with the latest BIOS (matching the correct part number and RAM types). It's now at 008.015 (2003/10/17) Reset resolution clears the screen but it's back on the next window scroll. Scrolling a window content with the mouse causes huge amounts of corruption whereas the keyboard very little (I guess 'cause the rate at which updates are made are very different!) Windows 2000 SP4, DX9C I was first led to believe (by net searching) that this was an overheating issue so I purchased an Artic Cooler Rev 3. Fitted this but no difference. I wasn't overly surprised given the desktop is corrupted and it can happen when the PC is left idle (monitor off) and within 15 minutes of starting from a cold boot (off all night). Has *anyone* got any ideas? I'm lost for anything else to consider - apart from leaving the card on the drive and running over it TIA! |
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"First of One" wrote in message ...
Try it on another PC or at least with another monitor. If you still see the same problem, it's the card. Try to unload it somehow (eBay...) -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Reckless" wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm at a bit of a loss here.... my video card is exhibiting some strange desktop corruption. Pictures of the problem: http://www.adamhearn.co.uk/bits/corruptdesktop.gif http://www.adamhearn.co.uk/bits/baddesktop.png Having a browser opening an scrolling up and down adds a lot to the corruption! Some details: It's a AGP Sapphire 9800 Pro 128MB R350 core video card (it's not and never has been overclocked) Card is around 12 months old (from a friend) Additional power supply connector is fitted Case PSU is an Enermax 350W unit Motherboard is ASUS CUSL2-C AGP Speed tried at 2x and 4x Card is set to run at 2x AGP Fast Writes are disabled CPU: P3-1Ghz RAM: 512 PC133 Drives: 1 * 120GB Hitatchi Optical drives: 1 * Pioneer SCSI DVD-ROM, 1 * Yamaha 2100S CD-RW Microsoft Intellimouse Optical connected via USB, Intellipoint 5 driver. ATI Drivers: 3.9 and 3.10 (current installation) Monitor LG1810B DVI connected Single display only Resolution: 1280*1024 @ 32 bit colour, 60Hz refresh I've tried the DVI=VGA adapter to analogue cable to my TFT but no change. Tried Catalyst driver options of Alternate DVI operational mode and Reduce DVI frequencey on high resoluton displays but still the same. Flashed the ATI with the latest BIOS (matching the correct part number and RAM types). It's now at 008.015 (2003/10/17) Reset resolution clears the screen but it's back on the next window scroll. Scrolling a window content with the mouse causes huge amounts of corruption whereas the keyboard very little (I guess 'cause the rate at which updates are made are very different!) Windows 2000 SP4, DX9C I was first led to believe (by net searching) that this was an overheating issue so I purchased an Artic Cooler Rev 3. Fitted this but no difference. I wasn't overly surprised given the desktop is corrupted and it can happen when the PC is left idle (monitor off) and within 15 minutes of starting from a cold boot (off all night). Has *anyone* got any ideas? I'm lost for anything else to consider - apart from leaving the card on the drive and running over it TIA! I'm using a radeon 9000 128mb (not sure on the exact specifics) however i am having the same problem, although i'm using a notebook, not a desktop. At first i thought it was the monitor/screen, i hooked my notebook up with NetMeeting on to a desktop PC and i still had those "images", proving that it wasnt the notebook monitor. From advice i was given i tried to install drivers for it which proved futile. I have now been told that the problem may be linked to the keyboard, although i dont see how. this post probably wont help you, but someone else may help me. all i can say try what i have, try drivers and hooking it up to another monitor, although i think this will probably result in the same as it has for me. i will most probably end up having to replace the graphics card, which will be alot easier for you than it will be for me.......damn notebook! |
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It sounds like a driver issue. These cards rarely have problems with 2D.
Try uninstalling and then reinstalling the drivers for your video card. If that doesn't work, it could be a problem with your motherboard. I note that your system is rather old and the motherboard may not be able to supply the juice necessary to run this card properly. If the card works fine on another more uptodate system, then I would say that your system cannot handle the basic requirements of your 9800 pro. JK "Adam" wrote in message om... "First of One" wrote in message ... Try it on another PC or at least with another monitor. If you still see the same problem, it's the card. Try to unload it somehow (eBay...) -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Reckless" wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm at a bit of a loss here.... my video card is exhibiting some strange desktop corruption. Pictures of the problem: http://www.adamhearn.co.uk/bits/corruptdesktop.gif http://www.adamhearn.co.uk/bits/baddesktop.png Having a browser opening an scrolling up and down adds a lot to the corruption! Some details: It's a AGP Sapphire 9800 Pro 128MB R350 core video card (it's not and never has been overclocked) Card is around 12 months old (from a friend) Additional power supply connector is fitted Case PSU is an Enermax 350W unit Motherboard is ASUS CUSL2-C AGP Speed tried at 2x and 4x Card is set to run at 2x AGP Fast Writes are disabled CPU: P3-1Ghz RAM: 512 PC133 Drives: 1 * 120GB Hitatchi Optical drives: 1 * Pioneer SCSI DVD-ROM, 1 * Yamaha 2100S CD-RW Microsoft Intellimouse Optical connected via USB, Intellipoint 5 driver. ATI Drivers: 3.9 and 3.10 (current installation) Monitor LG1810B DVI connected Single display only Resolution: 1280*1024 @ 32 bit colour, 60Hz refresh I've tried the DVI=VGA adapter to analogue cable to my TFT but no change. Tried Catalyst driver options of Alternate DVI operational mode and Reduce DVI frequencey on high resoluton displays but still the same. Flashed the ATI with the latest BIOS (matching the correct part number and RAM types). It's now at 008.015 (2003/10/17) Reset resolution clears the screen but it's back on the next window scroll. Scrolling a window content with the mouse causes huge amounts of corruption whereas the keyboard very little (I guess 'cause the rate at which updates are made are very different!) Windows 2000 SP4, DX9C I was first led to believe (by net searching) that this was an overheating issue so I purchased an Artic Cooler Rev 3. Fitted this but no difference. I wasn't overly surprised given the desktop is corrupted and it can happen when the PC is left idle (monitor off) and within 15 minutes of starting from a cold boot (off all night). Has *anyone* got any ideas? I'm lost for anything else to consider - apart from leaving the card on the drive and running over it TIA! I'm using a radeon 9000 128mb (not sure on the exact specifics) however i am having the same problem, although i'm using a notebook, not a desktop. At first i thought it was the monitor/screen, i hooked my notebook up with NetMeeting on to a desktop PC and i still had those "images", proving that it wasnt the notebook monitor. From advice i was given i tried to install drivers for it which proved futile. I have now been told that the problem may be linked to the keyboard, although i dont see how. this post probably wont help you, but someone else may help me. all i can say try what i have, try drivers and hooking it up to another monitor, although i think this will probably result in the same as it has for me. i will most probably end up having to replace the graphics card, which will be alot easier for you than it will be for me.......damn notebook! |
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i personally have tried to change the drivers, but nothing happened. i
then gave it to someone else to fix it, they ensured me that they had changed the drivers, but the same thing keeps happening, my notebook is only a 1 year old, i dont think its an old motherboard problem for me. i have sent it back to the company i got it from, i'll post the problem when they tell me whats wrong with it. if we are talking about getting a new motherboard or fixing this one etc...what cost are we talking about....do you think? being a notebook i expect it will cost more than a desktop. |
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Adam wrote:
i personally have tried to change the drivers, but nothing happened. i then gave it to someone else to fix it, they ensured me that they had changed the drivers, but the same thing keeps happening, my notebook is only a 1 year old, i dont think its an old motherboard problem for me. i have sent it back to the company i got it from, i'll post the problem when they tell me whats wrong with it. if we are talking about getting a new motherboard or fixing this one etc...what cost are we talking about....do you think? being a notebook i expect it will cost more than a desktop. Reading the forum's on the Sapphiretech website might be a good place to start. Especially teh "Troubleshooting" forum.. I've been having teh same sort of corruption with an Sapphire Radeon 9550 on a 300 watt PSU... I was advised to purchase at least a 400 watt PSU to power the 9550... So perhaps you would need a larger PSU as well. A 9800Pro does draw more power. The forum's suggest a PSU that will provide at least 18 Amps on the +12 Volt rail. Hope this helps --Looker007 |
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oops, sorry, I though your machine was a desktop. I didn't think they put
9800 pro's in laptops. Live and learn. JK "Adam" wrote in message om... i personally have tried to change the drivers, but nothing happened. i then gave it to someone else to fix it, they ensured me that they had changed the drivers, but the same thing keeps happening, my notebook is only a 1 year old, i dont think its an old motherboard problem for me. i have sent it back to the company i got it from, i'll post the problem when they tell me whats wrong with it. if we are talking about getting a new motherboard or fixing this one etc...what cost are we talking about....do you think? being a notebook i expect it will cost more than a desktop. |
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