[SOLVED] 9600GT Screen Freezing

metamorphpwner · 09-11-2008, 03:59 AM

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
CPU: AMD Athlon 6400+ 3.2Ghz DuelCore Black Edition- idle temp "35"
Memory: 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 667Mhz
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
GPU: XpertVision Nvidia GeForce 9600GT 512MB idle temp "30"
Motherboard: Asrock ALIVE SATA2GLAN
PSU: 650W corsair http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

Problem: screen freezing up with sound still playing while gaming and also flashes then pixelates./ general web browsing ect. the screen freezes and just flashes./ screen turns black with only mouse displayed, but frozen.

Edit: while only looking on this site the screen froze and began to flash needing a reboot.

Is this maybe a dodgy GPU chip?

dai · 09-11-2008, 10:54 AM

can you try the card in another computer to check it

**emosun** · 09-11-2008, 10:56 AM

Welcome to tsf. Make sure you have the latest bios for your askrock motherboard. I too had a similar problem with mine and found a bios update cured it.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.as...TA2-GLAN&s=AM2

Also , make sure your board supports that 9600 gt since its a pci-e 2.0 card and you have a pci-e 1.0 slot. The chipset on the board is a VIA chipset which is known to have all kinds or backward compatibility problems with pci-e 2.0 card in 1.0 slots. You could contact Asrock to see if it supports the 9600 or request a bios update for it.

metamorphpwner · 09-12-2008, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emosun

Welcome to tsf. Make sure you have the latest bios for your askrock motherboard. I too had a similar problem with mine and found a bios update cured it.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.as...TA2-GLAN&s=AM2

Also , make sure your board supports that 9600 gt since its a pci-e 2.0 card and you have a pci-e 1.0 slot. The chipset on the board is a VIA chipset which is known to have all kinds or backward compatibility problems with pci-e 2.0 card in 1.0 slots. You could contact Asrock to see if it supports the 9600 or request a bios update for it.

thankyou for your help, but this appears it wasn't the card or the motherboard, it appears to have been sophos antivirus.
i removed the antivirus to test, and instead of 1FPS in lost planet it now can get over 110 in the system test on it. it was hogging resources i think.
/ either sophos or the onboard sound card, uninstalled that and let it find its own drivers now everything seems cool, for now atleast.

thankyou for your suggestions/

dai · 09-12-2008, 02:20 AM

glad you have it sorted
try avg free you don't want to run with no a/virus

09-11-2008, 03:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
metamorphpwner Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 OS: WinXP Home Edition SP2	[SOLVED] 9600GT Screen Freezing Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 CPU: AMD Athlon 6400+ 3.2Ghz DuelCore Black Edition- idle temp "35" Memory: 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 667Mhz DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) GPU: XpertVision Nvidia GeForce 9600GT 512MB idle temp "30" Motherboard: Asrock ALIVE SATA2GLAN PSU: 650W corsair http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084 Problem: screen freezing up with sound still playing while gaming and also flashes then pixelates./ general web browsing ect. the screen freezes and just flashes./ screen turns black with only mouse displayed, but frozen. Edit: while only looking on this site the screen froze and began to flash needing a reboot. Is this maybe a dodgy GPU chip? Last edited by metamorphpwner; 09-11-2008 at 04:16 AM.

09-11-2008, 10:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,702 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: 9600GT Screen Freezing can you try the card in another computer to check it __________________

09-11-2008, 10:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,019 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: 9600GT Screen Freezing Welcome to tsf. Make sure you have the latest bios for your askrock motherboard. I too had a similar problem with mine and found a bios update cured it. http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.as...TA2-GLAN&s=AM2 Also , make sure your board supports that 9600 gt since its a pci-e 2.0 card and you have a pci-e 1.0 slot. The chipset on the board is a VIA chipset which is known to have all kinds or backward compatibility problems with pci-e 2.0 card in 1.0 slots. You could contact Asrock to see if it supports the 9600 or request a bios update for it. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list Last edited by emosun; 09-11-2008 at 10:57 AM.

09-12-2008, 02:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,702 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: 9600GT Screen Freezing glad you have it sorted try avg free you don't want to run with no a/virus __________________