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WeirdMystery   05-24-2009 at 01:19:38 AM

Hey I just built my computer yesterday :D ? I was hoping to play some of my older games at high settings and high fps. Well that just made me disappointed... When I start up to windows the whole screen goes all crazy. Each pixel is different colored. Lots of noise (Not the sound). It all stays like that until I launch the ATI Catalyst and it goes back to normal. Then when I play games, some of the objects flash and then the game crashes and then gives me a .NET 2.0 Framework Error. And it says Out of memory. I'm sure I have enough ram and the graphics card is 1GB. I'm sure its not underpowered since my psu is a Antec ea650. Any ideas what is happening to my dream build?

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AKM880   05-24-2009 at 01:22:22 AM

Have you tried removing the drivers and reinstalling?

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WeirdMystery   05-24-2009 at 01:24:14 AM

Oh yea I forgot to mention that too. I've also uninstall and installed 2 times of the newest drivers from ati and sapphire. Just doesn't work...

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AKM880   05-24-2009 at 01:53:26 AM

You've also tried the ones on the disk correct?

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g3force   05-24-2009 at 06:35:43 AM

WeirdMystery wrote :

Yes I've even reinstalled the windows xp...


Whats the rest of your system specs?

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WeirdMystery   05-24-2009 at 06:41:56 AM

Antec EA650 PSU
II X4 940 Clocked at 3.0 (I lowered the voltage to 1.15 because of high temps)
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P
Antec 300 (I leave it open because my air condition is nice and cold)

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wh3resmycar   05-24-2009 at 07:15:34 AM

installing service pack 3 along with the the .net 2.0 update + enabling automatic updates should help your case.

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HundredIslandsBoy   05-24-2009 at 04:46:01 PM

Do you have any other video card to test in the system?

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Bronze Graphics badge coozie7   05-24-2009 at 05:00:09 PM

@ WierdMystery: First remove and replace every motherboard component, and pay close attention to every connector, gently cleaning it with pure alcohol and a coarse cloth (I use a piece of an old pair of jeans kept for this purpose). Do NOT use anything abrasive!
Remove and replace the CPU heatsink and thermal compound, making sure the CPU and heatsink are clean before assembly, it is possible a small piece of grit has got between them and is causing your temperature problems.
On booting, reset the BIOS to stock, changing BIOS settings before the system is up and stable is just asking for problems.


Message edited by coozie7 on 05-24-2009 at 05:00:46 PM
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soldier37   05-24-2009 at 05:59:23 PM

"installing service pack
3 along with the the .net 2.0 update + enabling automatic updates should help your case."

was my suggestion also. Sounds like a possible bad card as well. Keep poking away at it, try re seating your card make sure its tight and connections from your card to monitor.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i145/Soldier36/DSC04676.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i145/Soldier36/DSC04595ms.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i145/Soldier36/DSC04669ms.jpg

------------------------------ Phen 2 955 @ 4 GHZ MSI 790FX AM3 Gskill 8Gb DDR3 1333 ATI 5870 1 Gb 2 x Velociraptors 600Gb Gateway 24" 1920 x 1200 DVI 32 GB Iphone 3GS and Blu Ray...life is good!
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WeirdMystery   05-24-2009 at 07:46:56 PM

I just Requested a RMA from newegg. Lets see if the card is the problem...

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