Inno3D GF4 Ti4200 128MB - Faulty?

[Jackdaw]

Need some help guys and gals:

Installed above video card, changed my heatsink to a big Swiftech jobbie at same time. Core on my 1200 TBird has been slightly crushed for some time.

The thing is, I can't get the card(system?) to stay stable. Will not run a complete benchmark of 3DMark 2001 or Vulpine, and Comanche4 fails after a few minutes play.

Symptoms: Output from video card seems to just stop, and I get the "DPMS - Going to sleep" messgae on the monitor. Everything is running at stock speeds, and there are no artifacts or anything. One minute it's working, and the next, nothing.

Anyone got any idea what's going on? There are rumours around the UK forums that Inno's first batch of these cards was a bit dodgy, but I don't know what the symptoms were. unfortunately I haven't got another 3D card to put in to try and isolate the problem. Anyone had similar things happen to them?

 

[Woodchuck2000]

I got an Inno 4200 as soon as it appeared and it's been running solidly for two weeks.

Does the system become stable when you switch back to the old graphics card? You could have further damaged the core when you changed the heatsink and that could be the problem. If you can narrow the fault down to the graphics card then RMA it.