Hello there!
This is my first post on this forums (altough not the first time I come here, very usefull for everything computer related ), so I hope I'll do things well .
So let's start with this:
About a month ago my graphics card (a Nvidia GeForce 7600LE) just died. When I started the computer, I would get vertical stripe all over the screen and it wouldn't even get into Windows.
So I bought another one! I was looking for a cheap card, that could be able to handle some games, and I finally bought a Sapphire HD3850 (512mb). I received it yesterday, installed it (removed the old drivers using safe mode, put it in and installed the new ones) and everything went fine, I was able to install and play some games yesterday (Crysis, CoD:MW3).
So today in the afternoon, I turned my computer on and went browsing for 30min, and then started up GTA San Andreas (a fairly old game, that ran all at max with no problems at all). But after about 10min of gameplay, the screen wen't "crazy" (lot's of pixels changed everywhere), image stopped and the computer restarted about a second later. Now, when I start it, I get weird pixels right at the start (which excludes driver problems), and it gets worse while it start XP. After 5min, the VPU recovery pops up and restarts the card (and that happens every 5min or so), and the image is still full of weird pixels everywhere (picture: http://s7.postimage.org/girif71iz/Photo005.jpg).
So I've looked a bit here and there, and I found a couple explanations that I tested:
* Compatibility problem with the screen: no, I tested another one and it has the same problem;
*The DVI-VGA adapter may not be working correctly: tested with the digital output on the TV, same problem;
*Fan may not be spinning: nope, verified.
So well that's about it What I'm wondering is if my computer may be the problem, since that's the second dead graphics card in a month? And if not, any way of repairing this (doubt it)?
Anyways, here are my specs:
Sapphire HD3850 512mb (obvious)
1GB RAM
Windows XP
Some dual core cpu (D915 2.6Ghz I think)
250Gb HD
and that's about it! THank you for your help
This is my first post on this forums (altough not the first time I come here, very usefull for everything computer related ), so I hope I'll do things well .
So let's start with this:
About a month ago my graphics card (a Nvidia GeForce 7600LE) just died. When I started the computer, I would get vertical stripe all over the screen and it wouldn't even get into Windows.
So I bought another one! I was looking for a cheap card, that could be able to handle some games, and I finally bought a Sapphire HD3850 (512mb). I received it yesterday, installed it (removed the old drivers using safe mode, put it in and installed the new ones) and everything went fine, I was able to install and play some games yesterday (Crysis, CoD:MW3).
So today in the afternoon, I turned my computer on and went browsing for 30min, and then started up GTA San Andreas (a fairly old game, that ran all at max with no problems at all). But after about 10min of gameplay, the screen wen't "crazy" (lot's of pixels changed everywhere), image stopped and the computer restarted about a second later. Now, when I start it, I get weird pixels right at the start (which excludes driver problems), and it gets worse while it start XP. After 5min, the VPU recovery pops up and restarts the card (and that happens every 5min or so), and the image is still full of weird pixels everywhere (picture: http://s7.postimage.org/girif71iz/Photo005.jpg).
So I've looked a bit here and there, and I found a couple explanations that I tested:
* Compatibility problem with the screen: no, I tested another one and it has the same problem;
*The DVI-VGA adapter may not be working correctly: tested with the digital output on the TV, same problem;
*Fan may not be spinning: nope, verified.
So well that's about it What I'm wondering is if my computer may be the problem, since that's the second dead graphics card in a month? And if not, any way of repairing this (doubt it)?
Anyways, here are my specs:
Sapphire HD3850 512mb (obvious)
1GB RAM
Windows XP
Some dual core cpu (D915 2.6Ghz I think)
250Gb HD
and that's about it! THank you for your help