4870 X2, screen goes blank randomly.

I have a secondary computer that has a 4870 X2. And for some reason, the monitor would suddenly just say that there is no input. First you'd see a pink artifacting then go to no input.

The temps are around 70 idle, so I don't think thats out of the ordinary. And I don't game on the secondary so I don't think the card becoming hotter is the issue...but it might be.

Any Ideas? I think its the card, but I hate RMA ing it, I just want to try everything before sending it in, or swapping it.


Thank You

Corsair 620HX

I'm looking at the temps now they are 65**. :S I don't this thing goes up and down.

I never looked at it underload though. Its a small case so I don't kno what it could be...


Ur thermals run @ 42? My friends has it next to the AC and his runs at 55 lol. Thats really low... are you sure that ur getting accurate readings? my 9600 GT gets higher at idle

The computer specs are as follows:

--30$ Case--
CPU: Athlon 5000+ BE @ 3.24
RAM: OCZ Ram @ 800 mhz
Fan:Cooler Master Eclipse
Motherboard: Asus Sli-Deleuxe
Hard Drive: 2xs WD 250 gig HD Raid 0
Video Card: ATI 4870 X2
DVD Drives: 2x's LG Dual Layer Burners
P.S.U: Corsair HX620w

--Operating Systems--
Windows Vista Ultimate Sp 1 32 + Windows XP 64 bit

why the hell do you have a 4870x2 if you ain't using it for gaming.

oh and i can get it into the 40's, just modify the fan speed which i thought pretty much all owner of them would do.

I got it because its hooked up to a 1920x1080 TV, and when I have lan parties I use it for gaming the. other than that it just sits there and collects dust. Plus I was going to use it in my main unit, but it wasn't a significant enough boost to switch over to it.

I Opened the side and now its at 56 idle and it just turned off the monitor.

idles around 70 with 100% fan, wtf, that thing must be a jet engine.

That would be a neat trick since today is the first day of the month and ATi usually doesn't release the new driver till mid month. Only driver avalible is 8.9

The 8.10 RC2 Leaked beta

it seems there are a lot of ppl having problems with the 4800s, some swear by them but there are a lot of posts of ppl having problems

mainly its the dual GPUs I don't kno why.

I mean it worked perfectly well on Monday when my gf played sims2 on it. I'm just going to the store to exchange it.

Even if thats not the prob I've got nothing to lose other than time. It could be the motherboard...

To much trial and error

@ Monsta

I already tried a different monitor cable and power cables. I don't want to install Beta leaked drivers, I only do it if I kno it fixes a major issue with the previous driver thats affecting me in game or otherwise. In this case, the driver was installed for a while and I doubt its related.

yeah so was I when the GX2 wasn't scaling lol

these beta drivers are supposed to bring a lot of improvements + stability, it could be worth it, there's always rollback

definately something wrong, i'm still interested in this heat as that is abnormal. do you have your windows and door shut and are you in a small room that is stifling as right now i am at 40C with a 35% fan speed.

these cards do not run hot unless at default fan speeds and that is practically off.

Im thinking the GF spilled her nail polish heheh

I got the new 4870 X2, and it works fine. I guess it was the other card, it idles at 47 now

hahah