Anyone know what the heck is going on here?

[The Sauce]

New system: XP2000, GF4-4200, Crucial 2100 256MB, ASUS A7V333, WinXP
Nothin overclocked, everything default.

Running games or 3dMark2001 getting "screen garbage" - that is, the screen turns completely to pixellated garbage and then eventually the system locks and resets. The CPU temp is well within normal limits (~40C under load). Is it safe to say that the video card is at fault here?

 

[EKAtBzboyz]

touch theback of the video card immediatly when this happens
is it very hot?
maybe video card is overheating or somethng?

i would say its something with video card....try borrowing a friends video card to see ? or stick your card in friends machine and see if same happens?

 

[CraigRT]

Had that happen to me with a TNT2 Ultra card from Diamond.. RMA'd for a new one and it was fine after that.

Sounds like just a plain defective card.

but, what troubleshooting means have you tried?

 

[Pink0]

yes, this is definitely a sign of the videocard overheating or otherwise failing. Artificats (pixels) are the first thing that you see when a videocard is overheating and a crash is next. Check to make sure that the fan on the video card is spinning. If it isn't, you might have to RMA it.

 

[The Sauce]

fan is definitely working

 

[smp]

Originally posted by: Snatchface
fan is definitely working

Did you touch it? Did it burn your fingers? Try lighting a smoke off of it or something if you're too scared to touch it
No seriously, is it hot?!?