Hi, I have a radeon 8500 with a P4-2.4, 845pe m/b, and 512mb of corsair pc3200 ram. I have been getting random lockups and the screen shows many vertical lines of different colors when I lockup. I don't know what this lockup screen means or how to fix it. I have the latest ati drivers, the video card is not overclocked, and I've tried underclocking my system as well with no success.
It usually locks up in games while changing video modes. Sometimes it will lockup a few moments after starting quake3, and sometimes it will lockup when changing maps and videomodes in counter strike. I have seen it lockup in normal windows, but rarely and not recently. My old pc had the same problems with this card, but somehow I seemed to fix it by re-seating it 100 times to get it just right.
The card is secure and there should be no seating problem. Alas, I cannot nail down the cause of the vertical colored lines lockup screen. I am running win98/se and need help desperately. The problem seems to be linked to an 'invalid scan frequency' (not sure) being sent to the monitor. I've tried different monitors too, but it hasnt helped. It's almost like the video card is spitting out a video mode that cannot be displayed correctly. But, I could easily be wrong here.
It usually locks up in games while changing video modes. Sometimes it will lockup a few moments after starting quake3, and sometimes it will lockup when changing maps and videomodes in counter strike. I have seen it lockup in normal windows, but rarely and not recently. My old pc had the same problems with this card, but somehow I seemed to fix it by re-seating it 100 times to get it just right.
The card is secure and there should be no seating problem. Alas, I cannot nail down the cause of the vertical colored lines lockup screen. I am running win98/se and need help desperately. The problem seems to be linked to an 'invalid scan frequency' (not sure) being sent to the monitor. I've tried different monitors too, but it hasnt helped. It's almost like the video card is spitting out a video mode that cannot be displayed correctly. But, I could easily be wrong here.