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Old Aug 20, 2005, 07:08 AM   #1
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9800 problem again and again

Hey, I've had a lot of posts on problems with flashing my 9800 Pro, well now there's actually a hardware issue that isn't good at all. I installed the Zalman VF700Cu (4 months ago) on my Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb, and ever since then it's had strange problems. First, Redline, Sapphire's overclocking utility, finds artifacts at stock speeds when I put the new heatsink on. But with ATItool it was accurate, I went from 420/390 stock cooling to 450/410 with the new stuff. Well now my computer's unstable, and every time it shuts down for no reason or freezes, it says "The system has recovered from a critical error" and it always has to do with my graphics card. Not only that, but randomly it says "Radeon 9800 Pro not connected to power" in the BIOS that stops the computer from starting. Restart it and there's no problem. Should I just get a new card? I mean I want a stable computer, and I wouldn't mind a card about 2x as powerful (X800XL because it's cheap). Thanks everyone
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