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Video problems
Hey guys first time posting.
Starting last night my video has been going nuts on me. I was playing a reasonably high performance game and all of the sudden the screen went crazy and there were triangles moving all around pointing towards the center of the screen. I couldn't see anything so I tabbed out but my desktop was messed up as well, with random vertical bars stretching across the screen. I've tried turning the computer off for a few minutes and turning it back on but it either doesn't fix it or it just starts again after a few minutes of gaming. I'm pretty sure it's not my computer overheating because as of now I have it open with a box fan cooling it off. Any help would be appreciated as none of the diagnostic programs I've run have been of any help.
oh and my video card is a radeon 9800 pro.
Starting last night my video has been going nuts on me. I was playing a reasonably high performance game and all of the sudden the screen went crazy and there were triangles moving all around pointing towards the center of the screen. I couldn't see anything so I tabbed out but my desktop was messed up as well, with random vertical bars stretching across the screen. I've tried turning the computer off for a few minutes and turning it back on but it either doesn't fix it or it just starts again after a few minutes of gaming. I'm pretty sure it's not my computer overheating because as of now I have it open with a box fan cooling it off. Any help would be appreciated as none of the diagnostic programs I've run have been of any help.
oh and my video card is a radeon 9800 pro.
mccarthy001
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Posted June 2nd, 2006 00:00
Sounds like the card overheated. Since it's a 9800, it's probably a dead horse after some years of use. You can inspect the card visually for heat sink separation, or maybe bulging capacitors, or maybe scorching. I am quite sure you will need to buy another card, so here are instructions to swap out your graphics card for a new one:- Speaking from experience with my wife's D8300 with the ATI 9800 Pro card, the vertically spaced bands indicate failed video card memory. Another symptom is when booting up all POST lettering displayed will be two colors. Suggest you run the Dell diagnostic test (that's how I confirmed the card memory was bad) for your video card - it's on the Resource CD.
Message Edited by VCraig on 06-02-200604:38 PM
razmig86
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Posted May 30th, 2006 03:00
check to see if the fan on the card is working. temps,etc.