I've had some serious trouble using ATI Radeon 64MB DDRAM Vivo cards.
For starters: when booting for the first time a system thats been shutdown over night (cold system) I get green and miscolored flickers all over the screen - but hey - atleast it boots right? right.
If I now reset the computer a couple of times, sometimes the flicker goes away and sometimes it stays.... until, as it seems, the hardware gets warmer... then, when I reset, I get no picture at all. It's just black... but I can hear the computer booting... only the screen is pitch black. Shutting down the system with the power button and taking it back up (also with the power button naturally) works though. It works when its cold and flickery to make the flicker go away and it works when its warmer and I dont get a picture at all, to get a picture.
So here's the interesting point. I've tried with 2 cards on 4 totally different systems with new EVERYTHING (memory, cpu...)Systems were GigaByte IDX3 845, IDX 845 and 850, Abit B7 845. Also three different powercubes (two different makes) and NOTHING solves the problem! Also I can't find ANY info on the net on this problem so I thought I'd do humanity a favor and let the poor soules out there know they're not alone with their ATI problems. I won't ever buy ATI again that's for sure.
Please post followups if you've got any help.
For starters: when booting for the first time a system thats been shutdown over night (cold system) I get green and miscolored flickers all over the screen - but hey - atleast it boots right? right.
If I now reset the computer a couple of times, sometimes the flicker goes away and sometimes it stays.... until, as it seems, the hardware gets warmer... then, when I reset, I get no picture at all. It's just black... but I can hear the computer booting... only the screen is pitch black. Shutting down the system with the power button and taking it back up (also with the power button naturally) works though. It works when its cold and flickery to make the flicker go away and it works when its warmer and I dont get a picture at all, to get a picture.
So here's the interesting point. I've tried with 2 cards on 4 totally different systems with new EVERYTHING (memory, cpu...)Systems were GigaByte IDX3 845, IDX 845 and 850, Abit B7 845. Also three different powercubes (two different makes) and NOTHING solves the problem! Also I can't find ANY info on the net on this problem so I thought I'd do humanity a favor and let the poor soules out there know they're not alone with their ATI problems. I won't ever buy ATI again that's for sure.
Please post followups if you've got any help.