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**Very serious probem**

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Kevin1211

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ok, so i was playing america's army, and alt-tabbing through forums when all of a sudden i see artifacts across my screen.... then all of a sudden my computer goes into all these different colored stripes... so i restart my computer and i get this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/delos_reyes/IMG_0718.jpg

now, i dunno whats causing/caused this, so if anyone of you guys can help, that would be much appreciated... right now, my computer is un-usable due to this problem...

if any information i need to add, please do ask... thanks for looking


(rig is ar sig)
 
Originally posted by: montag451
Do you get this in safe mode?

Does it boot ok?

is your monitor cable plugged in properly
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i cant even get into safemode.... it doesnt boot up properly... (the screenshot i posted is what i get once i restart my computer) ... and yes, all the cables to my monitor is plugged in correctly (the first thing i checked)...
 
hmm this is really wierd.... i had it[the computer] off for a couple of hours (with the case wide open), and now it works.... wierd.... but should i still RMA it??


*EDIT* jsut to note, i cleaned my case before i turned it on..... at first it gave the same artifact, but then in the second restart, it was back to normal.... so, should I be worried???
 
hehe, a similar thing happened to my radeon 9700pro. Of course now it's dead 🙁. It was a gradual death.

too much OC is what did in mine 😛
 
im thinking about RMA'ing it before my warranty is up (kind of reminds of why i SHOULD HAVE gotten a bfg).... and on another note, i have never oc'ed in this card....
 
Reseat the card in the slot. I had a Radeon 9500 go weird on me. It had started to pop out of the slot just a wee bit. Shoved the thing back in there, screwed it in, and it hasn't complained since.

If not that, then the poor ah heck's probably dead.
 
could always just be overheating....maybe HS and fan are coming loose....he said he had his case open for a few hours and it sorted itself then went bad again.....heat is a possibility
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Reseat the card in the slot. I had a Radeon 9500 go weird on me. It had started to pop out of the slot just a wee bit. Shoved the thing back in there, screwed it in, and it hasn't complained since.

If not that, then the poor ah heck's probably dead.
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yeah i did that, and even cleaned it.... but to no prevail


looks like im gonna have to RMA it....unfortunately i dont have an extra vid card 🙁....
 
i got another question, this time on RMA... with the new vid card, do i get another one year warranty?? or is it still the warranty from my original copy??
 
*a little update*

well, got my RMA, and it was indeed my video-card that was causing the problems... now time to run some benchmarks and what not to see if this is a "normal" card.. but yeah, thanks to everyone
 
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