Hi,
I have a HIS X1900XT IceQ 3, possibly faulty. Bought it back from Hong Kong to the UK, got a sweet deal on it.
First time i installed it i notice artifacts(fuzzy letters) on post/bootup and also when i entered the bios screen. This went away after a couple of resets and my system has been running fine for 3 weeks but for a few cold boots where my system doesn't even get to the post screen. When this happens i have to kill the power from my PSU power switch, then it boots up again with no problems.
Been playing Oblivion fine, overclocked it once or twice to XTX speeds.
Problems started occuring a few days ago while loading up Oblivion, from no where artifacts started popping up everyway on the Oblivion title screen. I notice this only happens when the card enters 3D mode so i couldn't game. Artifacts would occur straight away once in 3D mode. Then it got worse as it started to artifact in windows, then on bootup (similar to when i first installed it). It got even worse with system lockups, when this happens the screen sometimes goes black. This can lead to two outcomes, the whole system reboots or just the X1900XT reboot itself (recover?) or something as the fans spins 100% then goes back to default. When it does this im not sure if its the VPU recovery kicking in or not, since i don't have the ATI CCC installed and not sure if it works without ATI CCC. I use ATI Tray Tools instead. System lockups occur during artifacting this can happen either during games or windows/browsing etc...
Anyway call me an idiot, on my quest to solve these problems i accidently flashed the bios with ATIWinflash, i was suppose to click "save" and dump bios but clicked "program" instead. This didn't make matters better or worse as the same problem still exist like before. Its currently flashed with the Sapphire Bios. Anyone with a HIS X1900XT IceQ 3 bios please let me know if you could possibly upload it somewhere.
I've tried changing PSU from a NeoHE 550 to a Tagan 480-U01 but that didn't work, maybe both PSU are two weak? Heard bad things about the NeoHE 550. It could also be my motherboard, using a Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 Ultra rev2.0(this motherboard is a lemon, doesn't boot up when HTT is over 210, but has no problems increasing HTT past 210 and beyond when using Clockgen in windows). Think the PCI bus doesn't stay lock on bootup.
I've flashed my motherboard to the latest Bios to try to limit any compatibility issues.
X1900XT temps, idles around 45c and loads around 80c, removed the heatsink and checked everything was intact, the card looked fine. So temp isn't the problem.
One thing that helped matters is too power on my PC without the PCI-E power cable connected to the X1900XT, i then let it beep a few times, power off, then insert the PCI-E cable back in, then power on again. This seems to totally cure the artifacting in 2D mode, but problem still persist in 3D. Also during 2D mode using ATITool 3D viewer can still cause full screen artifacts and lockups. Currently system is stable if i dont stress it with 3D applications.
CPU and memory worked fine in my previous AGP setup.
Current system specs:
Athlon 64 3000+ (Winchester)
2x512MB XMS3200C2PT
GA-K8NF-9 Ultra
HIS X1900XT IceQ 3
NeoHE 550
What do you guys think? Could it be a faulty X1900XT, motherboard compatibilty issues or a weak faulty PSU?
Im going to try purchase a Asrock 939Dual-Sata2 and a Thermaltake Purepower 250W Power Express PSU in 2-3 weeks to try and cancel out what is causing the problem, if it is the X1900XT im going to have to downgrade back to the 6800NU AGP. Really hope its either the PSU or the Mobo.
I have a HIS X1900XT IceQ 3, possibly faulty. Bought it back from Hong Kong to the UK, got a sweet deal on it.
First time i installed it i notice artifacts(fuzzy letters) on post/bootup and also when i entered the bios screen. This went away after a couple of resets and my system has been running fine for 3 weeks but for a few cold boots where my system doesn't even get to the post screen. When this happens i have to kill the power from my PSU power switch, then it boots up again with no problems.
Been playing Oblivion fine, overclocked it once or twice to XTX speeds.
Problems started occuring a few days ago while loading up Oblivion, from no where artifacts started popping up everyway on the Oblivion title screen. I notice this only happens when the card enters 3D mode so i couldn't game. Artifacts would occur straight away once in 3D mode. Then it got worse as it started to artifact in windows, then on bootup (similar to when i first installed it). It got even worse with system lockups, when this happens the screen sometimes goes black. This can lead to two outcomes, the whole system reboots or just the X1900XT reboot itself (recover?) or something as the fans spins 100% then goes back to default. When it does this im not sure if its the VPU recovery kicking in or not, since i don't have the ATI CCC installed and not sure if it works without ATI CCC. I use ATI Tray Tools instead. System lockups occur during artifacting this can happen either during games or windows/browsing etc...
Anyway call me an idiot, on my quest to solve these problems i accidently flashed the bios with ATIWinflash, i was suppose to click "save" and dump bios but clicked "program" instead. This didn't make matters better or worse as the same problem still exist like before. Its currently flashed with the Sapphire Bios. Anyone with a HIS X1900XT IceQ 3 bios please let me know if you could possibly upload it somewhere.
I've tried changing PSU from a NeoHE 550 to a Tagan 480-U01 but that didn't work, maybe both PSU are two weak? Heard bad things about the NeoHE 550. It could also be my motherboard, using a Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 Ultra rev2.0(this motherboard is a lemon, doesn't boot up when HTT is over 210, but has no problems increasing HTT past 210 and beyond when using Clockgen in windows). Think the PCI bus doesn't stay lock on bootup.
I've flashed my motherboard to the latest Bios to try to limit any compatibility issues.
X1900XT temps, idles around 45c and loads around 80c, removed the heatsink and checked everything was intact, the card looked fine. So temp isn't the problem.
One thing that helped matters is too power on my PC without the PCI-E power cable connected to the X1900XT, i then let it beep a few times, power off, then insert the PCI-E cable back in, then power on again. This seems to totally cure the artifacting in 2D mode, but problem still persist in 3D. Also during 2D mode using ATITool 3D viewer can still cause full screen artifacts and lockups. Currently system is stable if i dont stress it with 3D applications.
CPU and memory worked fine in my previous AGP setup.
Current system specs:
Athlon 64 3000+ (Winchester)
2x512MB XMS3200C2PT
GA-K8NF-9 Ultra
HIS X1900XT IceQ 3
NeoHE 550
What do you guys think? Could it be a faulty X1900XT, motherboard compatibilty issues or a weak faulty PSU?
Im going to try purchase a Asrock 939Dual-Sata2 and a Thermaltake Purepower 250W Power Express PSU in 2-3 weeks to try and cancel out what is causing the problem, if it is the X1900XT im going to have to downgrade back to the 6800NU AGP. Really hope its either the PSU or the Mobo.