ATI 9700 pro corrupted display problem in BIOS, DOS, Boot UP, and Windows.

[Dead3ye]

I need some opinions about this problem before I start unloading large amount of cash.

Here's the problem. The display gets corrupted in the BIOS screen, boot up screen, pure DOS, and Windows XP. Not all the time, just sometimes. And it can recover without a reboot. I'm almost positve it's a PS problem because there is a fair amount of power hungry parts in this system and it's not either one in my sig:

Abit NF7-S
XP2500+
9700 Pro
3 hard drives
1 DVD +-RW
1 CDROM
5 80mm fans

All on a cheap 300W. In you opinion, do you think this is the problem?

I have the almost the exact setup that I'm using now without a problem. The one I having a problem with is my brother in laws.

 

[blodhi74]

this is a PSU issue .... had the same problem and had a generic 350W PSU and checked ati and found this in their knowledge base .... I was also getting a lot of lock ups while playing game .....wanted a new PSU any way and got an Enermax 460W ( $79.00 on newegg) and it resovlved my issues .... hope this helps
cheers

 

[cubanx]

I had a 9700NP that started doing the same thing after 6 months and had to RMA the card and the replacement worked fine in the same system. You might want to swap the card in another machine to see if the problem follows the card before spending any money.

 

[Dead3ye]

Thanks for the replies.

Anymore?

:beer:

 

[Jeff7]

Give the card a push into the slot. I have a Geforce2 Ti that sometimes works its way loose - then, in the post-POST screen (you know, the one right after the POST finishes), there's that box showing the IDE devices, RAM slot usage, cache, etc. But it's got a double-line border. Every other one of those blocks of that is the letter "M". That's how the loosness manifests itself. I just pop the case open, shove the card back in, which is really hardly anything at all, and all's well again.
Otherwise, yeah, probably the PSU. Get a good one, like an Antec Truepower.

 

[Mem]

Try and test the card in another PC if possible, as to the PSU,I would upgrade it to a quality brand like Antec 350w,Enermax,Sparkle etc,PSUs are an important part of the PC hardware.

 

[rbV5]

I was getting a similar intermittent display corruption with my AIW 9700pro. Turns out that my +12v rail was crapping out on my Antec powersupply. The voltage would drop, I'd get an alarm on my ASUS probe...bam, display corruption. Been fine since I replaced the powersupply.

 

[Dead3ye]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Give the card a push into the slot. I have a Geforce2 Ti that sometimes works its way loose - then, in the post-POST screen (you know, the one right after the POST finishes), there's that box showing the IDE devices, RAM slot usage, cache, etc. But it's got a double-line border. Every other one of those blocks of that is the letter "M". That's how the loosness manifests itself. I just pop the case open, shove the card back in, which is really hardly anything at all, and all's well again.
Otherwise, yeah, probably the PSU. Get a good one, like an Antec Truepower.

Yeah, I tried that, a couple of times.

I just grabbed a Antec Tru380 in FS/FT. I'll see how it goes and post back for reference.

Thanks for the replies.

 

[FrustratedUser]

I have the exact same MB CPU & Video as you.
I'd say it's the PSU. Get an Antec TruePower 380 or similar. Good for OC'ing too.

 

[aka1nas]

I had the same problem with my 9700 when my new enermax fried. Had to RMA it. Make sure to check it in another machine.

 

[Pocatello]

I had the same problem with my 9800 Pro, had to rma it.