Hello there, long time reader, first time poster. Hoping im posting this in the correct forum. Specs below
So here is my situation, I had 3 hard drives 2x320 GB Seagate Sata2's, 1x200gb Seagate IDE, my main install was on the IDE with the satas being the backup drives. I switched it around and formatted one of the satas to be the OS drive main.
Install all the drivers for the system as normal etc, use new 7.12 cats for my x1800xt. Ive always played quite a few array of games, but primarily lately ive been concentrating on World of Warcraft. I play dual instances ( two minimized windows, two characters ) at once. Before my format etc, it worked flawlessly, no glitches, nothing. Now eventually it will reboot my system ( once gave me a BSOD ). I underclocked the card 50mhz, and it didnt seem to reboot, but would start to stutter after awhile with about a 60temp in ATItools.
Temps: 55-68 for my video card, most was 70 once, but ive used ATI tool to up fan speed
CPU: 40-50 for both cores on load
Ive been having odd problems lately, one day after installing CCC my 22inch wide monitor would only showup when windows booted, not before. Yesterday the computer semi locked while changing resolutions in prey, I ctrl+alt+del out and the whole screen is very bright/contrasted. Wakeup today, turn on computer, its the same....reboot it mid-day its back to normal.
Main concern is, im nearing the 1 year mark for my card and I want to make sure its not defective, or at least be semi sure. Does anyone get any hints to what the problem may be? I tried using different drivers but still didnt help.
Specs: radeon x1800xt 512mb
AMD x2 3800+ AM2
Biostar Tforce4 AM2 mobo
2x1gb Mushkin DDR2 800 ram
Enermax Liberty 500w psu
Soundblaster Audigy 2
2x320gb Seagate Satas
1x200gb Seagate IDE
Windows XP Home.
Nothing OC'ed
So here is my situation, I had 3 hard drives 2x320 GB Seagate Sata2's, 1x200gb Seagate IDE, my main install was on the IDE with the satas being the backup drives. I switched it around and formatted one of the satas to be the OS drive main.
Install all the drivers for the system as normal etc, use new 7.12 cats for my x1800xt. Ive always played quite a few array of games, but primarily lately ive been concentrating on World of Warcraft. I play dual instances ( two minimized windows, two characters ) at once. Before my format etc, it worked flawlessly, no glitches, nothing. Now eventually it will reboot my system ( once gave me a BSOD ). I underclocked the card 50mhz, and it didnt seem to reboot, but would start to stutter after awhile with about a 60temp in ATItools.
Temps: 55-68 for my video card, most was 70 once, but ive used ATI tool to up fan speed
CPU: 40-50 for both cores on load
Ive been having odd problems lately, one day after installing CCC my 22inch wide monitor would only showup when windows booted, not before. Yesterday the computer semi locked while changing resolutions in prey, I ctrl+alt+del out and the whole screen is very bright/contrasted. Wakeup today, turn on computer, its the same....reboot it mid-day its back to normal.
Main concern is, im nearing the 1 year mark for my card and I want to make sure its not defective, or at least be semi sure. Does anyone get any hints to what the problem may be? I tried using different drivers but still didnt help.
Specs: radeon x1800xt 512mb
AMD x2 3800+ AM2
Biostar Tforce4 AM2 mobo
2x1gb Mushkin DDR2 800 ram
Enermax Liberty 500w psu
Soundblaster Audigy 2
2x320gb Seagate Satas
1x200gb Seagate IDE
Windows XP Home.
Nothing OC'ed