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diane20fan

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ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb in HP Pavilion 724n display issues.

I recently installed a 400W power supply in my HP Pavilion so that I could upgrade my video card. I have installed the video card, a ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB, and have installed the software from ATI. Now in games such as SOF2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Batttlefield 1942, GTA 3, & GTA VC. Basically when ever I am in a game with high graphics in the very beginning it looks good then after about a minute, every frame in the game there are white spots that flicker and the color is distorted. Any help would be appreciated.
 
yeah, sounds like a heat issue. You put a 9800 in an Hp Pavillion? I never thought a comp like that could handle that kind of card. I would suggest thinking about upgrading your entire PC. My mom has an HP pavillion, and I put an audigy in that thing and it got all pissy at me. Had to explain to it that I own it and it does what I tell it 😉 Was still quite the trouble. Although you could have a very new HP, if they even exist, in which this post just became useless...
 
Did you use drive cleaner to clean out the old drivers.
I would delete your drivers and then use drive cleaner. Reboot and install the drivers again.
 
This sounds like a heat issue. These types of artifacts are well known to overclockers as a sign to back off a bit. Since you don't appear to be overclocking, is it possible that maybe your card has a faulty fan or the heatsink isn't mounted properly?
 
1. I will attempt to monitor the temperature in the system. The fan on the card is running. I will double check the heatsink.

2. What drive cleaner utility do you suggest? Before I installed the new card I uninstalled the old drivers. I ran regclean, but I am not aware of any specific drive cleaner... please advise which utility to use.

Thanks for the help!
 
Originally posted by: diane20fan
1. I will attempt to monitor the temperature in the system. The fan on the card is running. I will double check the heatsink.

2. What drive cleaner utility do you suggest? Before I installed the new card I uninstalled the old drivers. I ran regclean, but I am not aware of any specific drive cleaner... please advise which utility to use.

Thanks for the help!
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Go here to get driver cleaner. How much ventilation does your case have? What are the general specs for your computer? What brand of power supply did you buy? Was the card new or used? Refurbished, maybe? Could be alot of things.
 
Does sound like a heat issue,anyway you can try it with the case open or install some case fans.You could try the video card in another PC to rule it out being faulty as well.
 
1. Case is open
2. Power Supply is 400W ATX Power Supply from CompUSA
3. FIC AM37 Motherboard
4. Athlon XP2400+ 2.0Ghz
5. Chipset - Via KM 266
6. 512 MB RAM

Need anything else?
 
I agree, it is most likely the card, though it could be the power supply. I would reccomend you return the power supply and get a name brand one. Antec, Vantec, Enermax, Fortron, etc.
 
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