Radeon 9800 problems

Computer Forum Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners
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I’ve recently upgraded my computer, but I have a problem

The screen is going funny, it likes shows up perfect, but then it goes blank , then comes back, delay of about 6-15 secs then does the same, this is happeneing all the time.

I tried swapping the card and putting an older radeon card in, and that works perfectly. Ive also tested my monitor on a new comp and that works fine.

I really cant understand why its doing it, unless it has somehting to do with the power supply, it has a max output of 350 watts. But would this happen if i need to have a higher psu?

My specs are as follows

AMD 64 3200, 1 gig DDR 400, 1 60 Gig drive, a cd drive, and a dvd burner drive and of course the radeon 9800

Any help would be appreciated.

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Is the radeon 9800 brand new?

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What brand of PSU is it?

That’s a fairly meaty system, and 350W, even from a high quality brand such as Antec or Sparkle won’t cut it.

350W is a little low, consider trying a better PSU, around 450W of the aforementioned brands.

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Waffles is probably right, a beefier PSU won’t break the bank and should give you some insurance for the future. Especially if you’re liveing off of some generic thing, like my 400wt thing (suprised it still works with my 6800).

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Well, if it is a new card it could be a fault in the card.

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I have absolutely no idea what make the psu is, ive just upgraded an old computer.

Yes the card is new, with the updated drivers, only got it on friday.

But if i invest in a new psu will it stop this problem? I probably will invest in one, just want this problem to stop .:frowning:

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My fiance seems to think its loosing signal , but not long enough for the monitor to display a message.

Ive tried just disconnecting the hard drive and booting up a linux cd, still doing it and it starts doing this from boot up.

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try looking at the PSU and making out any readings for brand and watt output

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Once again, the card may have come from the manufacturer faulty, if it has never worked this could easily be the issue.

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well it technically does work lol, god i hate replacing things

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Hahaha, yea I know how you feel, it took 4 weeks for my RMA with ABIT to come back. If you bought it form Newegg it will be much faster though. This is all assuming you RMA it. Continue to pittle around with it until you give up all hope, then RMA it.

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Right the card definately isnt faulty, my fiance installed it into his machine and it works perfectly.

Im baffled.

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Right tracked down the problem, its got something to do with the monitor and the radeon card. When my fiance changed from his crt to the tft it starts.

Ive got a Pro view 15 inch monitor. But i dont think the monitor can be faulty, because it works perfectly without that particular card.

Any ideas?

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Ive changed the resolution to 1024 x 768 and its stopped…but now i cant play world of warcraft in full screen mode:p Grrrrr why me?

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Hm..

check the WOW options to see if “play in window is enabled”.

I dont have the game, so thats all I can think of.

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So it appears that both the card and the monitor may work alright on their own but they’re simply incompatable together (or so it seems). This doesn’t make sense but you could always swap monitors?

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If he is using a VGA to DVI adapter, or the other way around, it could have something to do with that. Maybe?

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I wouldn’t think so but it’s a thought, adaptors are there just for compatabilites sake, and since he’s using a flat screen (right?) you wouldn’t need an adaptor as the 9800’s are DVI ready.

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I dunno, I was just throwing out some ideas.