X800XL locks up all the time

[WdnUlik2no]

Well I just got my Radeon 800XL installed yesterday, and I have been having problems ever since. I wnated to test it out on Doom 3, but after only 5 minutes of play or even less, the game locks up or the screen just freezes, but the game still plays. I used the most current drivers from ATI's website Catlyst 5.00, but the game still f*cks up. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[Rage187]

Well, you have a ton of crap in your PC, how good is your PSU?

 

[WdnUlik2no]

I have the Cooler Master Real Power PSU 450W

 

[Philippine Mango]

RMA the card? I remember back when I got a Radeon 9800PRO that while it played games fine, it used to have D3D stuttering, I tried to prove to ATI that it was the card's fault but refused to listen. Well finally a year later it began to artifact when just doing 2D tasks and it was never overclocked, I was able to RMA the card and all the problems went away including the D3D stuttering which was nice. So I personally think that it's the card and not you.

Check the card's temps to see if it's running hot or not, driver cleaner the system? Uninstall the ATI drivers?

 

[WdnUlik2no]

RESOLVED:

I finally got the latest BIOS upgrade for my mobo, and no more lock ups. I decided to do this after 3dMark01 and 3dMark05 would also lock up. After getting the updates I ran 01 and 05 back to back about 5 times and they no longer locked up. So then I tried Doom3 and Halo again and they didn't lock up either. Thanks for all you guys suggestions!:thumbsup: