hey guys

i took my r9800 pro out of my computer and put it in a friends to see what was wrong with his

when i plugged it back into mine, i booted my PC and forgot to plug the molex into the card, coz im a noob and just forgot it needed molex power.

so the PC was probably on for a minute or 2 beeping and the card having no power supply thing.


now, on windows and in games, i get these massive artefacts like big ugly polygon things that just look f***ed... im sure you know what im talking about


it has to be overheating because when i put a big ass fan next to my PC, and let it cool down it stops. i just dont get why it would just start doing it? is it coz i didnt have the power in the card for that minute, and now it runs like 50 degrees hotter and is half fried or something?

is this definitely a video card problem as well? im pretty sure it is, ppl said it could be my monitor, but i really dont think its my monitor.. could it be my ram? cpu?

thanksfor your help

but i really dont think its my monitor..

Plug another monitor in and find out.

could it be my ram?

Test you ram with Memtest+ for a few passes.

cpu?

Test your cpu (and ram) with a good Prime95 frontend.

Yes, in that order.

Just running a game won't do s*** for troubleshooting, as it stresses your graphics card, ram and cpu all at once, making if hard to pinpoint which is a problem. I'll assume by "Windows" you mean in games, because it's a little hard to get polygon artifacts just in Windows like that :)

last edited by parabol at 11:14:09 16/Oct/05

is it weird black things all over your screen? I had the same just before my video card died at work

Maybe reseat the heathsink on the vid card with a fresh coat of silicon paste, dont use that artic silver its conductive and prob fry the gpu.

i get these massive artefacts like big ugly polygon things that just look f***ed

commonly happens when someone holds a videocard by the ram moduals when installing it

i had a fx5700 a while back, didnt put the molex in properly. Yes, it did exactly what your saying, i put the vid card in someone elses computer and it still did it..

i hope your under warranty cause your vids f***ed :(

Maybe reseat the heathsink on the vid card with a fresh coat of silicon paste, dont use that artic silver its conductive and prob fry the gpu.

only if you're stupid enough to get it on the pins. I've got AS all over my cpu's and I haven't fried anything

Ahuh, check the fan is still running fine, is it a gexcube? If so, they seem notorious for dying fans :p Better Q, is it still under warranty?

it has to be overheating because when i put a big ass fan next to my PC, and let it cool down it stops.

Go and get one of These.