ATI Radeon 9600XT Problems

fireblaster_lyz · February 9th, 2005

I using a GEXcube ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB card.

The problem is when I try to view DVDs on my PC, video corruption occurs. This also applies to 3D gaming whenever I play Half-Life 2 on my PC.

I also tried various ways and found one solution - By decreasing my hardware acceleration to second last notch. (However, I would not be able to play Half-Life 2 since I disabled its primary D3D/OGL functions and WGL extensions.)

What do you guys think?

GeneralClaymore · February 9th, 2005

you try diffent drivers. give omega drivers a try. you can get them at www.omegadrivers.net. though it sounds like you 9600xt is getting too hot or you card needs to be rma.

give another drivers a go first.

fireblaster_lyz · February 10th, 2005

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Originally Posted by GeneralClaymore

getting too hot or you card needs to be rma.

RMA? See the attached file...

**n_w95482** · February 10th, 2005

RMA is when you send a product back to the company you bought it from for either a refund or exchange. That picture reminds me of my first two GeForce 6800 GT's and when I overclocked my old 9500 Pro's memory too much, although both experiences looked worse than that

. What exactly is wrong with HL2? Does it display that same pattern?

Guyver2K6 · February 10th, 2005

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Originally Posted by fireblaster_lyz

RMA? See the attached file...

my screen went like that once when i overclocked my card to much...so if your overclocking it tune it down a bit..

**cooliscool** · February 10th, 2005

My 9600XT looked like that when the RAM mysteriously went bad.. sent it back to ATi, they sent me a new one, and all is great now and has been for about 2 months.

You could check the fan on the GPU Heatsink to see if it's still running. Fans tend to die quite easily on videocards, so heat isn't out of the picture yet.

fireblaster_lyz · February 12th, 2005

I checked the heatsink and is OK....maybe I try searching my warrent card 1st.

**Kirby** · February 12th, 2005

I am having similar problems as well....disabling AGP acceleration via SMARTGART fixed it for the meantime

Going past to previous experiences, it might be your power supply and the amps on each voltage line. You can't get away with a cheap power supply for this problem, so an Antec power supply would be best.

Valcrist · February 12th, 2005

SMARTGART is teh 3vil, it did the same thing to my radeon 9500np, i believe that just might be your problem, which, it also did that when I overclocked the memory to much. Might check to see if you somehow got an overclocked card when you bought it.

james.miller · February 13th, 2005

Definately looks to me like problem with the ram. you shouldnt be disabling AGP accelleration at all. If you have to do that then your card is faulty

industrian · February 13th, 2005

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Originally Posted by fireblaster_lyz

RMA? See the attached file...

DUDE ... I had the same problem with my FX5950 Ultra (amongst the damn refreshes and white lines). I plan to send a snail-mail application for a RMA on payday (as i can't get to a printer, photocopier or even a freaking postbox until my next weekday off.)

**Kirby** · February 14th, 2005

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Originally Posted by james.miller

Definately looks to me like problem with the ram. you shouldnt be disabling AGP accelleration at all. If you have to do that then your card is faulty

not always true.....not enough power going to the AGP slot is as equivalent as underclocking you video card

....well at least in my case

james.miller · February 14th, 2005

AGP accelleration has nothing to do with the speed of the card OR the power going to it kirby.

ChrisRay · February 14th, 2005

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Originally Posted by Kirby

not always true.....not enough power going to the AGP slot is as equivalent as underclocking you video card

....well at least in my case

AGP acceleration provides a certain wattage to your GPU regardless of whether its enabled or not. The GART drivers just enable AGP to better communicate directly to your CPU/Ram and bypass the Bus. There could be a problem with the chipset or the GPU.

fireblaster_lyz · February 15th, 2005

GART? It is already disabled and I don't think it has any effect as the moment I activate it, it will be automatically be disabled...maybe it was really the Half-Life 2 problem after all...I'm going to blame my brother for this...
I can't post a screenshot as I just only see lines - stretched textures and such.

What James.Miller said was true. To disable my hardware acceleration to such an extent proves my card to be faulty. This was further concluded when I installed the card at my office.

Drivers? I used the default drivers at my office and I still see the problem. I guess reinstalling the Catayst or Omega drivers might not help after all.

Anyway, I am sending my card in through RMA and see what can be done. I got to use my backup GPU then...

Noel · February 20th, 2005

From what I can tell from the screen, your card is on it's way to Self-Destruction. My 9500 Pro did that a while back and within week of the weird patterns showing up, it fried and completely stopped working.

**Kirby** · February 20th, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisRay

AGP acceleration provides a certain wattage to your GPU regardless of whether its enabled or not. The GART drivers just enable AGP to better communicate directly to your CPU/Ram and bypass the Bus. There could be a problem with the chipset or the GPU.

can't deny ChrisRay here....bought a 350W Antec and still has the same problem....I'm keeping it cause it only costed me 8 bucks, and can power up my new hard drive very nicely now

I had this problem the very first time I got my motherboard and CPU back from RMA....I told them to run extra tests on the AGP slot, but they said there was no problem with it. Now artifact problems is happening in PCI mode, so maybe RMAing my video card is the next step. Need to test with someone's 8x AGP card from school....

February 9th, 2005	#1 (permalink)
fireblaster_lyz A Blast from the Past... Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,751	ATI Radeon 9600XT Problems I using a GEXcube ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB card. The problem is when I try to view DVDs on my PC, video corruption occurs. This also applies to 3D gaming whenever I play Half-Life 2 on my PC. I also tried various ways and found one solution - By decreasing my hardware acceleration to second last notch. (However, I would not be able to play Half-Life 2 since I disabled its primary D3D/OGL functions and WGL extensions.) What do you guys think? __________________ Regards, fireblaster_lyz Plugin(s) Configuration: ePSXe/PSXeven/SSSPSX Pete's OpenGL GPU v2.7 \| Eternal SPU v1.41 \| P.E.O.p.S CDR Plugin Plugin(s) Links: Pete's Bernert Lewpy Configuration Guides: Troubleshooting FAQ (READ ME FIRST) Kane General Configuration Guide (in Japanese) Click here. (Dumping BIOS, Everything) "Because i want my computer to stay a computer. I dont want to be just a psx. "

February 9th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
GeneralClaymore Computer Nerd Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: MI.Det Posts: 162	you try diffent drivers. give omega drivers a try. you can get them at www.omegadrivers.net. though it sounds like you 9600xt is getting too hot or you card needs to be rma. give another drivers a go first. __________________ Gateway FPD2185W 21"HD LCD \|A64 X2 3800+ @ 2.7ghz\|DFI Lanparty UT NF4 SLi-D \|Forton source 500watts 24pin\|2x1GB mushkin pc3200\|Sappire X1900xt 256mb 661/900(1800)\|400GB Maxtor HD sata\| XFI Xtreme music \|logitech 5300e 5.1 \|eDimensional Audio FX Headsets\| Logitech G7 Gaming mouse

February 10th, 2005	#4 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	RMA is when you send a product back to the company you bought it from for either a refund or exchange. That picture reminds me of my first two GeForce 6800 GT's and when I overclocked my old 9500 Pro's memory too much, although both experiences looked worse than that . What exactly is wrong with HL2? Does it display that same pattern? __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro

February 10th, 2005	#6 (permalink)
cooliscool Natural medicine Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Redmond, Washington, USA Posts: 6,199	My 9600XT looked like that when the RAM mysteriously went bad.. sent it back to ATi, they sent me a new one, and all is great now and has been for about 2 months. You could check the fan on the GPU Heatsink to see if it's still running. Fans tend to die quite easily on videocards, so heat isn't out of the picture yet. __________________ Fayt : Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3.06GHz (1360MHz FSB), 2GB Crucial DDR2-800 Dual Channel @ 800MHz 4-3-3-11-14 1T, 512MB BFG nVidia GeForce 7950GT OC @ 650/1600, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, MSI P6N-SLi - nVidia 650i SLi, 200GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2, 80GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2, Lite-On DVD+-RW 16x w/ Lightscribe, Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM, Aspire X-Dreamer II case, Logitech MX518 Optical Mouse, Asetek Waterchill kit (distilled water + Red Line Water Wetter), T.I.M - AS Ceramique

February 12th, 2005	#7 (permalink)
fireblaster_lyz A Blast from the Past... Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,751	I checked the heatsink and is OK....maybe I try searching my warrent card 1st. __________________ Regards, fireblaster_lyz Plugin(s) Configuration: ePSXe/PSXeven/SSSPSX Pete's OpenGL GPU v2.7 \| Eternal SPU v1.41 \| P.E.O.p.S CDR Plugin Plugin(s) Links: Pete's Bernert Lewpy Configuration Guides: Troubleshooting FAQ (READ ME FIRST) Kane General Configuration Guide (in Japanese) Click here. (Dumping BIOS, Everything) "Because i want my computer to stay a computer. I dont want to be just a psx. "

February 12th, 2005	#8 (permalink)
Kirby Politically incorrect FTW Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 8,453	I am having similar problems as well....disabling AGP acceleration via SMARTGART fixed it for the meantime Going past to previous experiences, it might be your power supply and the amps on each voltage line. You can't get away with a cheap power supply for this problem, so an Antec power supply would be best. __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ Toledo, Nvidia GeForce 7950GT SLi, 2GB PC3200 2-3-2-5, ABit AN8-SLi, Sound Blaster X-FI XtremeMusic

February 12th, 2005	#9 (permalink)
Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	SMARTGART is teh 3vil, it did the same thing to my radeon 9500np, i believe that just might be your problem, which, it also did that when I overclocked the memory to much. Might check to see if you somehow got an overclocked card when you bought it. __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

February 13th, 2005	#10 (permalink)
james.miller Mr. Stupendous Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Here, There and Everywhere. Posts: 1,132	Definately looks to me like problem with the ram. you shouldnt be disabling AGP accelleration at all. If you have to do that then your card is faulty __________________ The HTPC E2160 @ 3.1ghz \| Thermaltake The Orb cooler \| Abit ip35-pro \| 4Gb DDR-II pc6400\| 1.00Tb of WD AAKS storage \| Asus Xonar D2\| 360 HD-DVD drive Pioneer bd204 bluray sata drive \| Corsair HX620w PSU \| *BFG GeForce 8800GTX* \| Silverstone SST-LC17b \| 24" DGM TFT \| 40" 1080p SONY 40w2000 ONKYO TX-SR805 \| bi-amped mission m71i fronts \| eltax center & bipolar rears 2x 12" custom built subwoofers powered by a denon pma-100m \| PS3 with linux and a 250gb 3.5" internal drive \| Nintendo wii

February 14th, 2005	#13 (permalink)
james.miller Mr. Stupendous Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Here, There and Everywhere. Posts: 1,132	AGP accelleration has nothing to do with the speed of the card OR the power going to it kirby. __________________ The HTPC E2160 @ 3.1ghz \| Thermaltake The Orb cooler \| Abit ip35-pro \| 4Gb DDR-II pc6400\| 1.00Tb of WD AAKS storage \| Asus Xonar D2\| 360 HD-DVD drive Pioneer bd204 bluray sata drive \| Corsair HX620w PSU \| *BFG GeForce 8800GTX* \| Silverstone SST-LC17b \| 24" DGM TFT \| 40" 1080p SONY 40w2000 ONKYO TX-SR805 \| bi-amped mission m71i fronts \| eltax center & bipolar rears 2x 12" custom built subwoofers powered by a denon pma-100m \| PS3 with linux and a 250gb 3.5" internal drive \| Nintendo wii

February 15th, 2005	#15 (permalink)
fireblaster_lyz A Blast from the Past... Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,751	GART? It is already disabled and I don't think it has any effect as the moment I activate it, it will be automatically be disabled...maybe it was really the Half-Life 2 problem after all...I'm going to blame my brother for this... I can't post a screenshot as I just only see lines - stretched textures and such. What James.Miller said was true. To disable my hardware acceleration to such an extent proves my card to be faulty. This was further concluded when I installed the card at my office. Drivers? I used the default drivers at my office and I still see the problem. I guess reinstalling the Catayst or Omega drivers might not help after all. Anyway, I am sending my card in through RMA and see what can be done. I got to use my backup GPU then... __________________ Regards, fireblaster_lyz Plugin(s) Configuration: ePSXe/PSXeven/SSSPSX Pete's OpenGL GPU v2.7 \| Eternal SPU v1.41 \| P.E.O.p.S CDR Plugin Plugin(s) Links: Pete's Bernert Lewpy Configuration Guides: Troubleshooting FAQ (READ ME FIRST) Kane General Configuration Guide (in Japanese) Click here. (Dumping BIOS, Everything) "Because i want my computer to stay a computer. I dont want to be just a psx. " Last edited by fireblaster_lyz; February 17th, 2005 at 01:06.

February 20th, 2005	#16 (permalink)
Noel Computer Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 35	From what I can tell from the screen, your card is on it's way to Self-Destruction. My 9500 Pro did that a while back and within week of the weird patterns showing up, it fried and completely stopped working. __________________ [-AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.9Ghz -] [-DFI LAN Party UT uNF4 Ultra-D-] [-AData 2GB (2x1GB) DDR400 2-2-2-5-] [-eVGA Geforce 8800GTS 640MB 320-Bit-] [-Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic-] [-Seagate 160GB & 250GB 16MB Cache SATA300-] [-WinXP Pro x86 & WinVista Ultimate x64-] [-OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI-] [-Saitek Eclipse II & Logitech MX518 & Ratpadz XT-] [-DELL 2005FPW LCD Monitor via DVI-D-]

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