ASUS 4850 w/ 1GB + Glacier bad all around?

[peccon78]

I have had 2 ASUS 4850 with 1GB memory and the silent glacier cooler and both have had similar problems: Three red stripes from bottom to up, a lit pixel in a corner on each character in text mode, red rectangular boxes in desktop.

First card I received worked fine first until I started first 3d app, WoW, after around 5 seconds on login screen it died. On reboot the stripes and pixels came.

RMA -> 3 weeks another card comes. This time you don't even get on windows desktop before the crash comes.

My old 3850 works just perfectly. I tried the second card on my friend computer also and it worked there just as the first on my computer. I have a good quality 500W (after 2 fried Antecs ) so that shouldn't be a problem, so I am asking if any other ppl have had similar problems with this ASUS model?

 

[LordGestle]

What type of monitor are you using? Only reason I ask is I have seen older LCD monitors go a little crazy, starts with pixelation, shifting screen, and etc. If your using an older LCD you may want to try selecting alternative "something" under the LCD properties within ATI CC. There should be a total of 4 options. 2 of which control the communication between the card and the LCD.
Appears to depend on a certain combination. Wife's machine with onboard 6150 via DVI, no issues. Upgraded to a 780G vis DVI, started occuring on the Dell 1901. Thought the motherboard was bad and replaced it. Ended up doing the same thing. Changed those 2 options and it resolved it until the machine returned from standby on Vista. Swapped monitors with my son's 1905, no problem since. He's running an Asus 3850 and no other options were necessary.

 

[peccon78]

I have an 37" LCD. No problems with other graphics cards before this (6600GT, 7600GT, 3850). I really doubt that the extra pixels in screen fonts have anything to do with what kind of monitor I have. The same problem occurs with CRT with analog signal.