Graphics Card Problem

[Bladeeagle]

Alright so every now and then my computer will do this:

I have a radeon 5850 with the most updated drivers. However even after constantly deleting the old drivers and installing the newest ones, my computer still does this. This seems to happen randomly (when I leave my computer on or when I'm surfing the web)

Other specs:

Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8300 2.50 GHz
3 gigs of ram
Windows XP Professional

Any help would be appreciated

Oh and a simple restart fixes this problem...until it comes up again.

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

You checked to make sure the card is clean and blowing air?

Crunch

[Bladeeagle]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

Yup my card's fan is blowing. Oh and a side note, this graphical glitch doesn't happen when I'm playing games which is strange.

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

So if it does the glitch, can you run a game and it be fine?

Crunch

[Bladeeagle]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

No, if I do it, my computer will freeze

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

Hmmmmm,

Download Kapersky Virus Removal Tool, at the top, and run it on your system and see if its clean.

http://www.kaspersky.com/virus-removal-tools

Crunch

[Bladeeagle]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

Just scanned it, nothing malicious found. Do you think there could be a problem with the card itself?

Edit: nvm, doing a deeper scan

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

Yeah, there could be a problem with the card, but I dont want to rule out software problems first.

The thing is that if it was the card, it should happen in game also, which you said it was not. Soooo, that makes me think a software issue.

Crunch

[Bladeeagle]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

Alright well I just removed a bunch of trojans so I'll see if the problem resurfaces. Thanks for all your help!

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

AHAH! I KNEW IT!

Actually, it was a good guess. Keep us updated!

Crunch

[Bladeeagle]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

Sorry to say but I removed all the trojans but the problem still occured. This time it was a bit different as the monitor blacked out and I couldn't do anything but restart.

[Vreki]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

If you have a spare partition or HD, you could try doing a fresh Windows install to see if that helps.
That could tell you if your old install is corrupted, and in the end it may take less time than debugging the old install.

[Bladeeagle]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

So I created a thread on AMD game forums and it seems the problem lies with my quote "complete and utter, total garbage" coolmax power supply. I guess I'm buying another PSU

[Vreki]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

Hmm, your PSU should be under much heavier load when gaming, so I would expect a faulty PSU to be more visible at that time.
A quality PSU is always good, but they are kind of expensive too.

Can we have a link to the AMD thread? They may be rigth, but I am curious about the reasoning.

[Bladeeagle]

Re: Graphics Card Problem

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=152710&enterthread=y

haha he doesn't really give a reasoning behind his hate.