Strange Driver Issues x1950XT

x800professor · Feb 21, 2007, 02:20 AM

My X1950XT was working just fine until about an hour ago. I was playing Oblivion when it froze for about 15 seconds and the graphics driver reloaded. It was ok for a few minutes before it did the same thing again. I thought I had a driver problem so I used driver cleaner to get rid of the old drivers and then re-installed them. I still have the same problem. I have uninstalled ATItool just because I thought that might be causing some sort of conflict, but I have the same problem. I made sure it wasn't just oblivion by running AoEIII which gave me the same problem. The funny thing is, if I go into a game and then exit, it leaves it at the game's resolution (1280x1024) and not the usual desktop resolution (1024x768). Any ideas?

x800professor · Feb 21, 2007, 02:40 AM

By the way, memtest and prime95 give no errors. I'm starting to wonder if I'm going to have to RMA this dumb thing.

noneed4me2 · Feb 21, 2007, 02:46 AM

Sounds like it might be temps or voltage related to the card. If driver reinstall didn't fix it try reinstalling DX and see if that fix it. Also go to run box and type "dxdiag" and run through the various test to see if the problem pops up.

x800professor · Feb 21, 2007, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by noneed4me2

Sounds like it might be temps or voltage related to the card. If driver reinstall didn't fix it try reinstalling DX and see if that fix it. Also go to run box and type "dxdiag" and run through the various test to see if the problem pops up.

This card gets extremely hot with default fan settings. However, it has been working just fine for weeks now. However, a few days ago it starting giving me some strange v-sync issues (the top of the screen and the bottom didn't seem to be connecting very well when turning quickly) while playing oblivion. Now this. I'm going to try running it with the fan on 100% constantly just to see what happens. As for voltage...it gets the default voltage according to rivatuner and my PSU is plenty adequate, so who knows.

x800professor · Feb 21, 2007, 03:06 AM

Well, now it's not crashing with the fan in dustbuster mode (100%, 5000RPM). So, evidently, it doesn't like to run at default settings. It did for the first few weeks, but now it won't. I'm going to keep testing, but I know I need a new fan.

Frogger · Feb 21, 2007, 03:15 AM

Hey Prof the voltage parts on this card overheat real easy for your info try reading the 1900xt volt mod art on the home page mifgt give you some help ...F

x800professor · Feb 21, 2007, 03:50 AM

Well this is odd, I uninstall ATItool and the v-sync problems go away. I re-install and they come back.

Frogger · Feb 21, 2007, 03:52 AM

still using that 17in crt mabe it's on it's way out

x800professor · Feb 21, 2007, 04:45 AM

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still using that 17in crt mabe it's on it's way out

Yeah yeah, I need to get a new monitor. However I need $$$ for that. The monitor doesn't have any problems in any other games...aside from sucking.

noneed4me2 · Feb 21, 2007, 06:06 AM

Still could be heat related, although it may be more than that thats affecting it. Hope you resolve it, I here good things on the Arctic Silencer for that model.

x800professor · Feb 21, 2007, 09:05 PM

I'm getting a zalman vf-900CU. Probably going to order it today. I still wonder why it was perfectly fine for weeks then went nuts. Plus, it was fine for hours in Oblivion and then started crashing after about 5 seconds.

x800professor · Feb 22, 2007, 12:36 AM

This thing is inching its way towards an RMA. Now it is crashing at 45C. I'm going to try to clean the drivers again and then run it to see if it restarts my system...again. I can run ATItool's fuzzy dice for about 10 seconds before my system restarts. It's running at default voltage and default 3d speeds....45c and CRASH! I am starting to hate ATI. I've had to RMA 0 nvidia cards dating back to the 90's and a TNT2 Ultra. I've purchased 2 ATI cards and the first one had to be RMAed and it's looking like this one may have to be too.

x800professor · Feb 22, 2007, 01:18 AM

Cleaned the drivers again and now it seems to be working. This card is going to make me age.

x800professor · Feb 24, 2007, 03:29 AM

Oh my freaking flying spaghetti monster! Now it's restarting the drivers every 30-40 seconds while I'm sitting in windows! It's not going above 48c! This is really driving me nuts. It's not running 3d speeds at 2d voltages or anything, it's just going insane.

Frogger · Feb 24, 2007, 03:35 AM

hey prof do you still have another vid card to try mabe it''s that mother board or try the vid card in another machine

x800professor · Feb 24, 2007, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Frogger

hey prof do you still have another vid card to try mabe it''s that mother board or try the vid card in another machine

I have one PCI-E video card and one PCI-E motherboard. Now, if this were AGP I'd be good to go, but nope.

x800professor · Feb 24, 2007, 04:53 AM

arrr, now oblivion is telling me that it is an unrecognized card and I can't enable HDR!

x800professor · Feb 24, 2007, 06:00 AM

Here's something that is fairly interesting. According to ATI tray tools I have no free video or texture memory.

x800professor · Feb 24, 2007, 06:38 AM

YAY! BSOD! ati2dvag infinite loops! Yippie! I hate this card...

tkpenalty · Feb 24, 2007, 07:59 AM

... I think your GPU might as well be overheating.

Nitro-Max · Feb 24, 2007, 01:02 PM

Ok apart from the obvious making sure its clean and no dust trapped anywhere make sure the hsf is making good contact with the chip etc check for loose screws dont titen them to the point of crunch and damage but just make sure its finger tite at least or maybe risk titening it a notch with a screw driver as some people have reported overheating problems on brand new cards and found this to be the problem or maybe u could remove it and but some arctic silver compond on it. also make sure the air vent isnt blocked some people forget to remove a 2nd metal plate for the fan exaust.

Nitro-Max · Feb 24, 2007, 01:06 PM

the x1900xt gets hot so god knows how the x1950 copes

x800professor · Feb 24, 2007, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Nitro-Max

Ok apart from the obvious making sure its clean and no dust trapped anywhere make sure the hsf is making good contact with the chip etc check for loose screws dont titen them to the point of crunch and damage but just make sure its finger tite at least or maybe risk titening it a notch with a screw driver as some people have reported overheating problems on brand new cards and found this to be the problem or maybe u could remove it and but some arctic silver compond on it. also make sure the air vent isnt blocked some people forget to remove a 2nd metal plate for the fan exaust.

It crashes at 45c. I have atitool set up to go into dustbuster mode (5000rpm) when it hits 70c. Strangely, it never crashes in dustbuster mode. It usually crashes when the fan is barely audible, which means it's no more than 55c according to my fan settings. The thing went haywire yesterday and changed the settings somehow to turn off the fan....and it didn't crash. It changed the fan settings to 0% above 50c after a crash. However, with the fan off, no crashes. I turned the fan back on, and it crashed about 30 seconds later after cooling off. Did I mention it had been fine for a few weeks and many hours of oblivion before it went nuts? Oh, and that it was fine for a few days after I cleaned the drivers 3 times?

Nitro-Max · Feb 24, 2007, 04:44 PM

did you buy this card from new? im just wondering if the memory timmings or bios has been messed with at some point maybe theres a faulty memory block i dunno tbh if ur temps are ok its strange i suppose youve already tried other drivers.

Alcpone · Feb 24, 2007, 05:30 PM

If its worked fine since you got it then I would doubt its anything in the bios causing it!

More likely its just a heat issue and its been cooked and it just wont like running now without issues! Just send the bugger back!

Feb 21, 2007, 02:20 AM	#1
x800professor Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 891 (0.35/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	Strange Driver Issues x1950XT My X1950XT was working just fine until about an hour ago. I was playing Oblivion when it froze for about 15 seconds and the graphics driver reloaded. It was ok for a few minutes before it did the same thing again. I thought I had a driver problem so I used driver cleaner to get rid of the old drivers and then re-installed them. I still have the same problem. I have uninstalled ATItool just because I thought that might be causing some sort of conflict, but I have the same problem. I made sure it wasn't just oblivion by running AoEIII which gave me the same problem. The funny thing is, if I go into a game and then exit, it leaves it at the game's resolution (1280x1024) and not the usual desktop resolution (1024x768). Any ideas?

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Feb 21, 2007, 02:46 AM	#3
noneed4me2 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Bernardino CA Posts: 611 (0.22/day) Thanks: 5 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts System Specs	Sounds like it might be temps or voltage related to the card. If driver reinstall didn't fix it try reinstalling DX and see if that fix it. Also go to run box and type "dxdiag" and run through the various test to see if the problem pops up. __________________ To be yourself in a way world which does its best night and day to make you like everyone else, means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ee cummings "Hile, Gunslingers to me!" Roland Deschain, Gunslinger Novel

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Feb 21, 2007, 02:40 AM	#2
x800professor Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 891 (0.35/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	By the way, memtest and prime95 give no errors. I'm starting to wonder if I'm going to have to RMA this dumb thing.

Feb 21, 2007, 03:06 AM	#5
x800professor Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 891 (0.35/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	Well, now it's not crashing with the fan in dustbuster mode (100%, 5000RPM). So, evidently, it doesn't like to run at default settings. It did for the first few weeks, but now it won't. I'm going to keep testing, but I know I need a new fan.

Feb 21, 2007, 03:15 AM	#6
Frogger Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ONTARIO CANADA Posts: 1,932 (0.73/day) Thanks: 326 Thanked 243 Times in 216 Posts System Specs	Hey Prof the voltage parts on this card overheat real easy for your info try reading the 1900xt volt mod art on the home page mifgt give you some help ...F __________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline-it helps if you have some kind of a football team,or some nuclear weapons,BUT at the very least you need a BEER!-Frank Zappa

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Feb 21, 2007, 03:50 AM	#7
x800professor Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 891 (0.35/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	Well this is odd, I uninstall ATItool and the v-sync problems go away. I re-install and they come back.

Feb 21, 2007, 03:52 AM	#8
Frogger Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ONTARIO CANADA Posts: 1,932 (0.73/day) Thanks: 326 Thanked 243 Times in 216 Posts System Specs	still using that 17in crt mabe it's on it's way out __________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline-it helps if you have some kind of a football team,or some nuclear weapons,BUT at the very least you need a BEER!-Frank Zappa

Feb 21, 2007, 06:06 AM	#10
noneed4me2 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Bernardino CA Posts: 611 (0.22/day) Thanks: 5 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts System Specs	Still could be heat related, although it may be more than that thats affecting it. Hope you resolve it, I here good things on the Arctic Silencer for that model. __________________ To be yourself in a way world which does its best night and day to make you like everyone else, means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ee cummings "Hile, Gunslingers to me!" Roland Deschain, Gunslinger Novel

Feb 21, 2007, 09:05 PM	#11
x800professor Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 891 (0.35/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	I'm getting a zalman vf-900CU. Probably going to order it today. I still wonder why it was perfectly fine for weeks then went nuts. Plus, it was fine for hours in Oblivion and then started crashing after about 5 seconds.

Feb 22, 2007, 12:36 AM	#12
x800professor Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 891 (0.35/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	This thing is inching its way towards an RMA. Now it is crashing at 45C. I'm going to try to clean the drivers again and then run it to see if it restarts my system...again. I can run ATItool's fuzzy dice for about 10 seconds before my system restarts. It's running at default voltage and default 3d speeds....45c and CRASH! I am starting to hate ATI. I've had to RMA 0 nvidia cards dating back to the 90's and a TNT2 Ultra. I've purchased 2 ATI cards and the first one had to be RMAed and it's looking like this one may have to be too.

Feb 22, 2007, 01:18 AM	#13
x800professor Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 891 (0.35/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	Cleaned the drivers again and now it seems to be working. This card is going to make me age.

Feb 24, 2007, 03:29 AM	#14
x800professor Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 891 (0.35/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	Oh my freaking flying spaghetti monster! Now it's restarting the drivers every 30-40 seconds while I'm sitting in windows! It's not going above 48c! This is really driving me nuts. It's not running 3d speeds at 2d voltages or anything, it's just going insane.

Feb 24, 2007, 03:35 AM	#15
Frogger Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ONTARIO CANADA Posts: 1,932 (0.73/day) Thanks: 326 Thanked 243 Times in 216 Posts System Specs	hey prof do you still have another vid card to try mabe it''s that mother board or try the vid card in another machine __________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline-it helps if you have some kind of a football team,or some nuclear weapons,BUT at the very least you need a BEER!-Frank Zappa

Feb 24, 2007, 04:53 AM	#17
x800professor Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 891 (0.35/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	arrr, now oblivion is telling me that it is an unrecognized card and I can't enable HDR!

Feb 24, 2007, 06:00 AM	#18
x800professor Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 891 (0.35/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	Here's something that is fairly interesting. According to ATI tray tools I have no free video or texture memory.

Feb 24, 2007, 06:38 AM	#19
x800professor Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 891 (0.35/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	YAY! BSOD! ati2dvag infinite loops! Yippie! I hate this card...

Feb 24, 2007, 07:59 AM	#20
tkpenalty Eligible for custom title Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Australia, Sydney Posts: 5,023 (2.06/day) Thanks: 412 Thanked 361 Times in 266 Posts System Specs	... I think your GPU might as well be overheating. __________________ AMD Radeon X1950~HD4000 Support Clubhouse “Mac: "Woah, what are you doing?" Mac says as he levitates in the air. PC: "Playing Half-Life 2, this is my gravity gun." Mac: "Well I can sort of do that." PC: "Technically Mac, you have to become me first."” -From_Nowhere

Feb 24, 2007, 01:02 PM	#21
Nitro-Max Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom.{East Anglian Coast} Posts: 1,722 (0.70/day) Thanks: 340 Thanked 249 Times in 222 Posts System Specs	Ok apart from the obvious making sure its clean and no dust trapped anywhere make sure the hsf is making good contact with the chip etc check for loose screws dont titen them to the point of crunch and damage but just make sure its finger tite at least or maybe risk titening it a notch with a screw driver as some people have reported overheating problems on brand new cards and found this to be the problem or maybe u could remove it and but some arctic silver compond on it. also make sure the air vent isnt blocked some people forget to remove a 2nd metal plate for the fan exaust. __________________ MY RIG http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1346.html Heatware http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=66464 I hate people that take drugs... Customs Officers for example!!

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Feb 24, 2007, 01:06 PM	#22
Nitro-Max Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom.{East Anglian Coast} Posts: 1,722 (0.70/day) Thanks: 340 Thanked 249 Times in 222 Posts System Specs	the x1900xt gets hot so god knows how the x1950 copes __________________ MY RIG http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1346.html Heatware http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=66464 I hate people that take drugs... Customs Officers for example!!

Feb 24, 2007, 04:44 PM	#24
Nitro-Max Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom.{East Anglian Coast} Posts: 1,722 (0.70/day) Thanks: 340 Thanked 249 Times in 222 Posts System Specs	did you buy this card from new? im just wondering if the memory timmings or bios has been messed with at some point maybe theres a faulty memory block i dunno tbh if ur temps are ok its strange i suppose youve already tried other drivers. __________________ MY RIG http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1346.html Heatware http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=66464 I hate people that take drugs... Customs Officers for example!!

Feb 24, 2007, 05:30 PM	#25
Alcpone Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tyne & Wear, UK Posts: 1,792 (0.74/day) Thanks: 91 Thanked 97 Times in 57 Posts System Specs	If its worked fine since you got it then I would doubt its anything in the bios causing it! More likely its just a heat issue and its been cooked and it just wont like running now without issues! Just send the bugger back!

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