Help me with my Radeon

thedeadguy · 09-01-2006, 08:26 AM

i had that probly and it just wouldn't go away. your card either has a broken circuit or it's finished. get an rma number and send it back to ati they sent me another one under waranty. i tweaked a little too much.

blackintruder · 09-01-2006, 08:33 AM

Hi. I have a damn Radeon All-in-Wonder 9800. It was working very fine and all, but then in an instant it started showing a lot of garbage all over the screen (weird squares, dots and ASCII symbols). I restarted the PC but even on the BIOS screen it was showing the trash.

So I turned the PC off and waited a while. I turned it on again and everything was working just fine again. But after 6-10 minutes of use (gaming a 3d game or just playing windows Solitaire) the card started showing the trash again. It happens like that everytime now.

I tried lowering the core/clock speeds but it didn't do anything. Can you help me with this?
Is the card burnt?

interman · 09-01-2006, 10:01 AM

The fan on your cooler is probably dead. Sounds like your card is still fine though. Thermaltake and some others should have good, quiet coolers that you can get without paying too much.

Fycus · 09-01-2006, 11:24 AM

make sure the card is at stock speeds, make sure the fan is spinning correctly while the car is on, and make sure the card is plugged in all of the way.

09-01-2006, 08:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
thedeadguy is on the 2nd circle: Lust Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 219 Hellbux: 5,386	i had that probly and it just wouldn't go away. your card either has a broken circuit or it's finished. get an rma number and send it back to ati they sent me another one under waranty. i tweaked a little too much. __________________

09-01-2006, 10:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
interman Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,167 Hellbux: 90,965	The fan on your cooler is probably dead. Sounds like your card is still fine though. Thermaltake and some others should have good, quiet coolers that you can get without paying too much. __________________

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Fycus is on the 5th circle: Wrath & Sullenness Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: East Bay, California Posts: 1,232 Hellbux: 16,493	make sure the card is at stock speeds, make sure the fan is spinning correctly while the car is on, and make sure the card is plugged in all of the way. __________________ OFFICIAL ACKBAR FAN CLUB MEMBER Gamertag: Choatsy

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09-01-2006, 08:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
blackintruder is on the 2nd circle: Lust Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 54 Hellbux: 2,399	Hi. I have a damn Radeon All-in-Wonder 9800. It was working very fine and all, but then in an instant it started showing a lot of garbage all over the screen (weird squares, dots and ASCII symbols). I restarted the PC but even on the BIOS screen it was showing the trash. So I turned the PC off and waited a while. I turned it on again and everything was working just fine again. But after 6-10 minutes of use (gaming a 3d game or just playing windows Solitaire) the card started showing the trash again. It happens like that everytime now. I tried lowering the core/clock speeds but it didn't do anything. Can you help me with this? Is the card burnt?