faulty graphics?

[3n3rgy]

that's a edit bios that i did. (rabit) use the link to find out how to use atiflash.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=57750&highlight=atiflash

Holy krep man !!!! ur great Thanks man

 

[3n3rgy]

$£$£~##### "@#@# .... darn ... when i tried to do the update it said mis match and I used the -f comand ... guess what (f@# up my vga )

just thrown away 200 euros

anything I can do from here ?


Hey I redone all the comands without seeing anything and waited a few seconds ... IT WORKD now i need to check on which vga bios i am running to see wether the update was done : http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/08/06/14/2r9.png

wooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[CrackerJack]

yeah the 1950 can be kinda wierd. I flash my one time, went all wrong. Then i flash it with a 1950 256mb (i've got a 512mb) and it work. But for some reason the 512mb bios wouldn't flash or work for nothing. drove me insane. is it working better for you?

 

[3n3rgy]

Darn I'm going crazy :S ... I am having the same symptoms ... as soon as rendering starts the systems goes to black out ... and I have restart.

all drivers are up to date ... all bios up to date ... I donno ...

 

[saikou]

i got these alternative drivers from omega. they worked on cod 4 for a while then it died like before. it the same it was before now

 

[3n3rgy]

Guys ... I think I found a solution !!!

I was using my hiper Type R gfx card power cord and while doing some tests I decided to try the one that saphire provided ... the difference is that the hiper has 6 cables and the provided one only has 3 ...

Don't ask me why or how but on the one that sphire provided (3 cables only and you attach it to a normal 4 pin power from the psu ) the card seems to run smooth and great ...

btw ... this worked only after I updated the bios to the one Saphire provided SA99902.007 and followed Jack's tutorial

Any one has any idea on what or why this change made so much difference ?

This is the cable I used

 

[driver66]

Guys ... I think I found a solution !!!

I was using my hiper Type R gfx card power cord and while doing some tests I decided to try the one that saphire provided ... the difference is that the hiper has 6 cables and the provided one only has 3 ...

Don't ask me why or how but on the one that sphire provided (3 cables only and you attach it to a normal 4 pin power from the psu ) the card seems to run smooth and great ...

btw ... this worked only after I updated the bios to the one Saphire provided SA99902.007 and followed Jack's tutorial

Any one has any idea on what or why this change made so much difference ?

This is the cable I used

The 12v rail on your psu probably wasnt supplying enough power? Bad plug?
Those hiper Type R psu are not known to be that great.
Glad ya figured it out

 

[3n3rgy]

Last year I read some reviews all of them were positive regarding the Type R ... well hope this solution works for some one else

Apart from all the hassle I found this forum that I consider a very good one with a lot of technical people . Something good turned out from my bad experience

 

[kyle2020]

above 80 s :S ... when rendering they increase in from 50s to 80s s in no time . Thank god I made a very good ventilated pc otherwise I think now adays my card would be a fried one lol

the problem is that I cant test it any more to avoid heating it up

WAY too hot - that doesnt even sound characteristic of an Accelero mine stays around 35 on idle and goes to 50 on load

Im confused, must be a poorly ventilated pc?

 

[3n3rgy]

WAY too hot - that doesnt even sound characteristic of an Accelero mine stays around 35 on idle and goes to 50 on load

Im confused, must be a poorly ventilated pc?

Nope :S the fan was not spinning when rendering ... that was all the problem ... thats why I had to update the card's bios ... now everything is smooth 60 - 75 degrees after 7 hrs of rendering (using ati tool) 82 degrees but that's a standard and the card was developed to work under such temperatures from what I found.

I also did a 2 hour Scan for artifacts and everything went smooth with no errors

I pretty happy with this new BIOS

 

[kyle2020]

Glad you solved your problem And i bet your glad you joined TPU haha.

Im still a little concerned about those temps, it may not produce artifacts BUT it will be killing the card. Id try and solve that issue next.

'Grats again anyway

 

[3n3rgy]

Glad you solved your problem And i bet your glad you joined TPU haha.

Im still a little concerned about those temps, it may not produce artifacts BUT it will be killing the card. Id try and solve that issue next.

'Grats again anyway

DEFINITELY im super glad I joined TPU

yep your right , 80s are too high :

First I'll try to change the thermal paste , I'll use MX 2 ... it reduced around 10 degrees on my core 2 duo. If that doen't work I guess I'll buy a new heat sink fan for my card but soon I'll upgrade to a HD 3XXX series but I'm still thinking about it. The HD4XXX sounds to be a bargain range of cards

 

[kyle2020]

DEFINITELY im super glad I joined TPU

yep your right , 80s are too high :

First I'll try to change the thermal paste , I'll use MX 2 ... it reduced around 10 degrees on my core 2 duo. If that doen't work I guess I'll buy a new heat sink fan for my card but soon I'll upgrade to a HD 3XXX series but I'm still thinking about it. The HD4XXX sounds to be a bargain range of cards

As long as it doesnt melt itself i cant see the major harm in running it until upgrade.

Welcome to TPU then!

 

[3n3rgy]

As long as it doesnt melt itself i cant see the major harm in running it until upgrade.

Welcome to TPU then!

Thanks dude

 

[kyle2020]

No problem mate

Now get some PC specs up before i beat you with your George Foreman Grill of a graphics card!

 

[3n3rgy]

No problem mate

Now get some PC specs up before i beat you with your George Foreman Grill of a graphics card!

How do I ??

 

[kyle2020]

How do I ??

go into your CP, and then go to "edit your system specs" on the left hand side. 2nd item down.

 

[CrackerJack]

Now that it seems we got 3n3rgy issue solved. Now how about saikou?

 

[3n3rgy]

Now that it seems we got 3n3rgy issue solved. Now how about saikou?

I do suggest to update the bios , and then try to use the provided cable ... my thinking is that on 6 rails the power consumption of the vga is different from the 3 rail one and this card was developed to work on the 3 rail one.

Giving it a try wouldn't cost anything.

What do you think guys ?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

hey i dont think its overheating. temps in the catalyst control center says everything is fine. i can windows for hours but as soon as i load up a game or dvd or anything that uses direct 3d it freezes

I had the same problem but with a HIS pci-E. I contacted the support and did everything they wanted me to and nothing helped. So i sent it back to the egg for a refund and got a nvidia card\


EDIT:could have something to do with the PSU i HAD a Hiper Type-R when i had the x1950pro a few times when i started playing a game the PSU would just turn its self off and i had the same problems that you are having

 

[3n3rgy]

Could be ... and I think so too ...
saikou did you try anything or have any news ?

 

[saikou]

nah im just gonna send mine back anyone know what the warranty is on an agp powercolor x1950 pro?