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9800pro hangs, freezes, locks.. etc etc..
Topic Started: Jul 8 2005, 06:22 PM (94 Views)
kpxny2sk
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NEWBIE
* Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
* AMD Athlon™ XP 3000+ Processor
QuantiSpeed™ Architecture operates at 2.167 GHz
512KB L2 cache & 333MHz FSB
* nVIDIA® nForce™2
* 512 MB DDR (PC 2700)
Expandable to 2 GB
* 160 GB HDD (7200 RPM) 1

Hi,

i just recieved my 9800pro today after much MUCH waiting, and well... its not working very well.

it works fine when im not running a game, say browsing the web for an instance.

but
whenever i play certain games like half-life 2, bf vietnam and even...
hitman contracts, the monitor stops receiving pictures after a few mins
of playing or sometimes when i try to change the resolution a bit
higher. i've played these games fine even with my late integrated
geforce 4.

i've updated graphics drivers and deleted all nvidia drivers using the "driver cleaner."

probably not a psu issue, cause even when the video card hangs, everything continues to spin and run.

please help.


ps: the heatsink, fan, is not entirely touching the card, though its locked firmly.

pps: some forums said to update my bios, how do i do this? i have model t3065, FIC AU31.

ppps: maybe i did something wrong with the on-board video card? i uninstalled its drivers and "disabled" it through device manager.


THANKS TO ALL
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TJSEVEN
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kpxny2sk
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ok it seems like i fixed it.

the heatsink was a bit loose.. so i tightened it and well, as of now, its working.
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TJSEVEN
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OZ ... The Great and Powerful!!
Excellent!
THE BLACK PEARL with a new sail!
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo Core 2MB L2 cache S939
Overclocked to something or other this week!
ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 MOBO
(3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 1 AGP, 1 Future CPU Port, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
4 Gig G.SKILL PC3200 DUAL DDR SDRAM
and other Stuff....!
ZOOM>>>ZOOM>>>

I ALWAYS SAY," IF YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO OVERCLOCK THEN IT ISN'T REALLY AN OVERCLOCK!!"
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