I just recently installed my X1800XL about 2 hours ago and whenever i play any game, about a minute into the game my screen freezes for about 5 seconds and then the monitor turns off like on standby or something like if when theres no signal. The game will still be running though bcuz i can shoot and stuff and it makes noises. What is going on? any suggestions?
Your 1800 is shutting down output to the monitor. If it's overclocked, set back to stock, and try it. This sounds like a typical overheat problem. Remove the case covers and try it with a big house fan blowing in. Might give you a clue. If the 1800 is new, may be bad. good luck.
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The card is not giving information to the monitor anymore. This is probably happening because the card itself is shutting off the data flow. The question is: why is the card stopping the flow? The monitor is working fine; it's going into standby once there isn't anything to display.
My theory, and the theory of most of the posters here is that the card is shutting down due to insufficient power flow. The voltage to the card must drop below the needed levels and it then shuts down. Not rocket science, just logic. The overheating component theory is still valid, too, but much more rare.
We need to know the wattage of the power supply to see if that's the problem. Many psu's say 500W or something, but that's only their peak performance, not intended for more than a couple of minutes. I think his psu can't support the card running.
The game continues to run because only the graphics card has shut down, not the computer. Everything else is running fine, it's just the gc that isn't getting the power it needs to output all that info to the monitor.
My theory, and the theory of most of the posters here is that the card is shutting down due to insufficient power flow. The voltage to the card must drop below the needed levels and it then shuts down. Not rocket science, just logic. The overheating component theory is still valid, too, but much more rare.
We need to know the wattage of the power supply to see if that's the problem. Many psu's say 500W or something, but that's only their peak performance, not intended for more than a couple of minutes. I think his psu can't support the card running.
The game continues to run because only the graphics card has shut down, not the computer. Everything else is running fine, it's just the gc that isn't getting the power it needs to output all that info to the monitor.
its not heat issues beacuse the most ive seen it run is like 70C when gaming for like a minute. Ive been asking this question on other forums too and ive figured out that i need a new psu. This graphics card requires on a 12V rail to have at least 28 amps. Mines 450 watt but its a single 12V rail with 20 amps.
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Well ive finally gotten a new psu and still i have the same problem.......
Well this might sound stupid but its something to check
Right click your desktop select properties then select the screen saver tab then click the power button and the option to turn monitor off make sure it says "Never Off" see if that fixes you
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Hmmm you updated your drivers when you installed the new card ? Maybe you should download the newest versions (you probably already have) another thing to try is Driver Cleaner you should clean out the old drivers and the new ones and reinstall the newest ones. This is the page for that end. As you can probably tell I think you have a software issue it could be a bad card but I would try the software route first then return it lol
http://www.drivercleaner.net/
it could be a bad card but I would try the software route first then return it lolhttp://www.drivercleaner.net/
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I still wouldn't put it past being some kind of heat issue... Try doing anything you can to keep the temp lower. Unfortunately either way, I guess you might still need a replacement, seeing as though you've tried just about everything else.
Best of Luck!
Best of Luck!
I had the exact same problem with my ATI 850xt. After a week of me and the computer shop trying everything I finnaly e-mailed ATI. and i was told to go into my bios and bump up my AGP voltage from 1.5 volts to 1.6 and TADA!!! everything worked fine after that. Now I know you do not have AGP but maybe look into this area with your PCI setup. Most people agree on this post that it sounds like a power issue and since you replaced your power supply and nothing changed you might want to check with ATI on wither your PCI voltage is correct. Good Luck.
well my vid card runs around 65C just like while going on the internet and stuff not gaming. Is there anyway i could check my temp while im gaming?
Also my 12v rails are running around 11.92 through 11.85 just while roaming the internet. COuld this be a problem too?
Also my 12v rails are running around 11.92 through 11.85 just while roaming the internet. COuld this be a problem too?
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