So I ended up just grabbing a vanilla Sapphire 6850. I did the software uninstall of my 8800GT, driver sweeper, driver sweeper in safe mode (not sure why it was recommended to do both, figure safemode would take care of it), boot up with new hardware, 11.3 catalyst drivers installed.
After 5-10 minutes, my system will hard lock. No BSOD, just a black screen, and possibly stuck audio. The only error I can find is a kernel power error about not having a clean shutdown.
I have a gigabyte P35-DS3L w/ a Q6600, all stock. OCZ Stealth Xstreme 600 for the power. Tried updating to the latest bios, along w/ updating chipset related drivers. I mention this because there was a theory gigabyte had issues.
Temps are around 48C from what I can tell (started to run GPU-Z to see if it spiked). GPU seemingly bouncing between 100-300mhz -> 775 (FF4 seemed to use it more, but it wasn't the cause). I can get into a game as well (tested w/ bioshock, yeah, old. world of goo died too, heh). and just barely after starting a new game, it goes.
From what I've gathered... I either have a faulty card or the power supply rails aren't holding up.
I've been suggested HWMonitor to watch the rails, but is there anything that else that is accurate?
I have not tried underclocking the memory. ATI's utilities won't let me go down despite what I've read in searching. I can underclock my GPU (does nothing to help), but RAM won't let me go below 1000.
Is there anything else anyone could suggest I try? Besides test it in another computer... that's not an option I have right now unfortunately. I've tried 11.4 preview drivers to the same result, will try 11.2 later. I've also reseated and reconnected power (tho, I haven't tried the 2nd PCI-E power connector).
Mostly trying to get opinions on what to try and have a checklist for a 2nd go around tonight. Appreciate the feedback.
After 5-10 minutes, my system will hard lock. No BSOD, just a black screen, and possibly stuck audio. The only error I can find is a kernel power error about not having a clean shutdown.
I have a gigabyte P35-DS3L w/ a Q6600, all stock. OCZ Stealth Xstreme 600 for the power. Tried updating to the latest bios, along w/ updating chipset related drivers. I mention this because there was a theory gigabyte had issues.
Temps are around 48C from what I can tell (started to run GPU-Z to see if it spiked). GPU seemingly bouncing between 100-300mhz -> 775 (FF4 seemed to use it more, but it wasn't the cause). I can get into a game as well (tested w/ bioshock, yeah, old. world of goo died too, heh). and just barely after starting a new game, it goes.
From what I've gathered... I either have a faulty card or the power supply rails aren't holding up.
I've been suggested HWMonitor to watch the rails, but is there anything that else that is accurate?
I have not tried underclocking the memory. ATI's utilities won't let me go down despite what I've read in searching. I can underclock my GPU (does nothing to help), but RAM won't let me go below 1000.
Is there anything else anyone could suggest I try? Besides test it in another computer... that's not an option I have right now unfortunately. I've tried 11.4 preview drivers to the same result, will try 11.2 later. I've also reseated and reconnected power (tho, I haven't tried the 2nd PCI-E power connector).
Mostly trying to get opinions on what to try and have a checklist for a 2nd go around tonight. Appreciate the feedback.
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