Someone Please Help!

Pepsiboy700 · 09-01-2005, 10:16 AM

Ok i have a 9600xt 128mb agp x8 and all of a sudden it crashes in any game i play. I just got the card from a friend and he said it was fine. I got it and it acts up. Now in battlefield 2 it crashes and quits the game back to desktop. In any steam game, the entire pc crashes and some other games, it goes both ways. WTF is wrong?!?!?!?

sjpritch25 · 09-01-2005, 11:18 AM

The only way to tell if its your video card is to find another video card, place in your slot, play the same games and see what happens. If your computer and games react the same then its not your video card. It does seem like its your video card. Make sure its seated in the slot tightly. HOpe this helps

Pepsiboy700 · 09-01-2005, 11:21 AM

i dont have another agp card ****! any other way

sjpritch25 · 09-01-2005, 11:25 AM

Not really, I can't think of anything else. Was every game working fine before replacing with this video card?

Pepsiboy700 · 09-01-2005, 11:30 AM

well yeah and then it worked for a couple of days maybe couple of weeks and then all of a sudden bf2 crashed.

sjpritch25 · 09-01-2005, 11:39 AM

Have you checked to see if the video card is possibly overheating????

I can't think of anything else... Hope this helps...

CrucialLabs · 09-01-2005, 12:40 PM

Since all of your games are crashing and it does not seem to be just one game then it is either your video card driver or the card itself.

First try to update the driver or re-install it just using the driver not the ATI control panel stuff. Which you can find towards the bottom of the ATI driver page, it is about a 6MB download.

Second and probably the worst part would be to either get the card RMAed through ATI if it is still under warranty or try a different card.

One last thing is the fan working on that card?

bechdan · 09-01-2005, 01:01 PM

i had a similar ish problem, try goign in to your bios and turning down the agp speed to 6x rather than 8, mabey your board cant handle it, jsuta suggestion like

Pepsiboy700 · 09-01-2005, 04:49 PM

thank you CrucialLabs you were right. it seems good now. **** i hat ati's software for so many reasons now.

09-01-2005, 10:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Pepsiboy700 Master Techie Join Date: May 2005 Location: West Babylon, New York Posts: 2,015	Someone Please Help! Ok i have a 9600xt 128mb agp x8 and all of a sudden it crashes in any game i play. I just got the card from a friend and he said it was fine. I got it and it acts up. Now in battlefield 2 it crashes and quits the game back to desktop. In any steam game, the entire pc crashes and some other games, it goes both ways. WTF is wrong?!?!?!?

09-01-2005, 11:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
sjpritch25 True Techie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 121	The only way to tell if its your video card is to find another video card, place in your slot, play the same games and see what happens. If your computer and games react the same then its not your video card. It does seem like its your video card. Make sure its seated in the slot tightly. HOpe this helps __________________ $\"Upgrade$ $\"Get$ Antec Lanboy Intel 925XCV Intel P4 2.8Ghz 1024 Crucial DDR2 4200 Seagate 160GB Seagate 250GB ThermalRight XP-90C Dual Boot with Windows XP Professional and Ubuntu Linux

09-01-2005, 11:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
Pepsiboy700 Master Techie Join Date: May 2005 Location: West Babylon, New York Posts: 2,015	i dont have another agp card ****! any other way __________________ P4 3GHZ 1GB DDR400 HD 2600 Pro 800/1100

09-01-2005, 11:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
sjpritch25 True Techie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 121	Not really, I can't think of anything else. Was every game working fine before replacing with this video card? __________________ $\"Upgrade$ $\"Get$ Antec Lanboy Intel 925XCV Intel P4 2.8Ghz 1024 Crucial DDR2 4200 Seagate 160GB Seagate 250GB ThermalRight XP-90C Dual Boot with Windows XP Professional and Ubuntu Linux

09-01-2005, 11:30 AM	#5 (permalink)
Pepsiboy700 Master Techie Join Date: May 2005 Location: West Babylon, New York Posts: 2,015	well yeah and then it worked for a couple of days maybe couple of weeks and then all of a sudden bf2 crashed. __________________ P4 3GHZ 1GB DDR400 HD 2600 Pro 800/1100

09-01-2005, 11:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
sjpritch25 True Techie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 121	Have you checked to see if the video card is possibly overheating???? I can't think of anything else... Hope this helps... __________________ $\"Upgrade$ $\"Get$ Antec Lanboy Intel 925XCV Intel P4 2.8Ghz 1024 Crucial DDR2 4200 Seagate 160GB Seagate 250GB ThermalRight XP-90C Dual Boot with Windows XP Professional and Ubuntu Linux

09-01-2005, 12:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
CrucialLabs True Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 194	Since all of your games are crashing and it does not seem to be just one game then it is either your video card driver or the card itself. First try to update the driver or re-install it just using the driver not the ATI control panel stuff. Which you can find towards the bottom of the ATI driver page, it is about a 6MB download. Second and probably the worst part would be to either get the card RMAed through ATI if it is still under warranty or try a different card. One last thing is the fan working on that card? __________________ Crucial Performance Lab www.crucial.com The Memory Experts(SM) at Crucial Technology is now on board to give you straight answers to your memory-related questions. When responding please provide your full system specs; hardware and software, OS, BIOS, drivers Etc. You can e-mailmemory related questions to cpl@micron.com

09-01-2005, 01:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
bechdan Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 4	i had a similar ish problem, try goign in to your bios and turning down the agp speed to 6x rather than 8, mabey your board cant handle it, jsuta suggestion like

09-01-2005, 04:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
Pepsiboy700 Master Techie Join Date: May 2005 Location: West Babylon, New York Posts: 2,015	thank you CrucialLabs you were right. it seems good now. **** i hat ati's software for so many reasons now. __________________ P4 3GHZ 1GB DDR400 HD 2600 Pro 800/1100

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