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Anonymous   06-08-2008 at 10:08:16 PM

Well were do i start aha,
couple of weeks ago my xfx 680i motherboard stopped working, i couldn't be bothered to do all that warranty rubbish so i chucked it in the bin and got an abit fatality FP-IN9 sli motherboard put my 9600gt (that i have only had for like 3 months) in the motherboard, everything was all cool for like a 2 days then i installed some games and they didnt run and distorted my screen the screen was had pixelated dots all over and the it err it was like this for a 3 weeks then i installed some windows updates and did a virus scan deleted some trojans and suddenly i was able to watch movies without the screen flickering or getting pixelated and i could also run one game "Turok 2008" it runs real smooth but i cant run any other game and if ii try to run any other game system freezes have to end the proccess and the my screen gets really pixelated again. i have a screenshot of what happens if it will help anyone come to a conclusion.
thanks for any help i get and for taking the time to help me fix my problem

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pcgamer12   06-08-2008 at 10:15:02 PM
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i cant help you, but this is one of the reasons i dont get sli boards.

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firebird   06-09-2008 at 02:26:22 AM
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More info on the system please.

Overclocked?
Have you checked temps?
Have you checked error logs?
What are your system specs?

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Shadowthor   06-09-2008 at 02:35:34 AM
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sounds like video card is overheating or overclocking the gpu too far.

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jaydeejohn   06-09-2008 at 03:38:42 AM
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You deleted trojans and now its good, but not good? Id recheck to see if you still dont have malware in your system

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SirCrono   06-09-2008 at 04:32:04 AM
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Try a format and fresh reinstall (and a decent antivirus, I recommend KAV) and if the problem continues, post again with more info.

Also post sys specs and temps.

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bf2gameplaya   06-09-2008 at 06:17:51 AM
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pcgamer12 wrote :

i cant help you, but this is one of the reasons i dont get sli boards.



I can't help him either due to him not making much sense. Obviously there's something embedded somewhere that should not be. It's not hardware related, unless he's describing video ram failure, which doesn't seem to be the case, more like codec failure.

But what is that reason you don't get SLI boards? I find SLI boards without SLI are not only no more expensive but have more room around key areas and generally better tempered for thermal management. Including the bonus that large single slot card cooling solutions don't impact your other add-in cards and you can usually use the largest CPU HSF towers as well.

It's a true computer irony.

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Anonymous   06-09-2008 at 01:03:58 PM
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bf2gameplaya wrote :

I can't help him either due to him not making much sense. Obviously there's something embedded somewhere that should not be. It's not hardware related, unless he's describing video ram failure, which doesn't seem to be the case, more like codec failure.

But what is that reason you don't get SLI boards? I find SLI boards without SLI are not only no more expensive but have more room around key areas and generally better tempered for thermal management. Including the bonus that large single slot card cooling solutions don't impact your other add-in cards and you can usually use the largest CPU HSF towers as well.

It's a true computer irony.



lol well i didnt know how much more detail you needed in there
e6300 @ stock - 43
9600gt @ stock - 46
Maxtor 160 ide HD - 49
2gb 667mhz ram - ?
as you can see temps are fine no overclocking either i will try a fresh install and i hope that works

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firebird   06-11-2008 at 03:23:36 AM
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49 degrees C for your HDD at idle? That seem awfuly high. I've seen lots of HDD temps and none have ever been that high.

I'm looking at the temp for my 500GB Seagate and it's @38, which is high for me.

I see quite a few "max temps" @ 55 degrees for HDDs.

How'd you get stuck with a Maxtor anyway?

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