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green1 · 10-30-2005, 03:21 PM

hi,

Recently started having problems with my ATI Radion 9700 pro, i have the latest drivers installed etc. However, my pc sometimes starts fine and remains this way for 5 minutes, and then all of a sudden Purple lines begin to form accross my screen and it even sometimes becomes impossible to see the screen due to these purple lines. Then, maybe after a further 5 minutes or so the lines will disappear. I did recently however, change the fan on my graphics card, so the first problem i thought of was that the fan was not fitted correctly, so i have taken the fan out and put it back in again in various ways, as well as making sure the fan actually works when the computer switches on - and everything checks out fine. I cant put my finger on why all of a sudden this problem has occured.

I have managed to identify my graphics card as the problem by replaceing with with a friends, and having no problems at all

My pc is used mainly for gaming, so i also thought that stress could be an issue, but since the card has been working correctly for over a year, i dont see how this can all of a sudden be causing problems.

Any feedback/solutions to this is greatly aprechiated.

10-30-2005, 03:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
green1 is on the 1st circle: Limbo Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4 Hellbux: 370	hi, Recently started having problems with my ATI Radion 9700 pro, i have the latest drivers installed etc. However, my pc sometimes starts fine and remains this way for 5 minutes, and then all of a sudden Purple lines begin to form accross my screen and it even sometimes becomes impossible to see the screen due to these purple lines. Then, maybe after a further 5 minutes or so the lines will disappear. I did recently however, change the fan on my graphics card, so the first problem i thought of was that the fan was not fitted correctly, so i have taken the fan out and put it back in again in various ways, as well as making sure the fan actually works when the computer switches on - and everything checks out fine. I cant put my finger on why all of a sudden this problem has occured. I have managed to identify my graphics card as the problem by replaceing with with a friends, and having no problems at all My pc is used mainly for gaming, so i also thought that stress could be an issue, but since the card has been working correctly for over a year, i dont see how this can all of a sudden be causing problems. Any feedback/solutions to this is greatly aprechiated.