Problem with my new 9800 GTX+ AMP

donfrigo · 12-27-2008, 03:40 AM

Hi all!

I bought a new computer a week ago which worked fine until yesterday....
So what happened yesterday? I decided to overclock it a bit, so i gained
plus 1 fps in GTA IV, everything worked nice, it was so fast. Because it was 10 P.M. I turned the computer off and went to bed. Then next day when i turned my computer on, after the boot i got a blank window.
I restarted the computer in safe mode, deleted the video driver and it booted without the blank screen. Then i installed the driver back and got the blank screen again. Now i found out if i run Windows in 640X480 on 4 bit, i can install the video drivers, but after it's installed i can't enter to the nvidia driver and can't get the resolution higher than 640x480.
Nor the overclocker program (Zotac Firestorm) recognizes my card!
Please help!
Thanks!

Donfrigo

taydan04 · 12-27-2008, 05:58 AM

i would say the card has been damaged by the overclock, zotacs cards are realy overerclocked out of the box especialy with the AMP! edition wich is a 100MHZ Overclock and runs realy hot i would say its fried, if its new complain to the company/shop its from, makesure to uninstall the overclock program and dont tell them you used it, as its a void of warranty but just tell them it overheated and get a new one.

12-27-2008, 03:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
donfrigo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6 OS: WinXP 32 bit	Problem with my new 9800 GTX+ AMP Hi all! I bought a new computer a week ago which worked fine until yesterday.... So what happened yesterday? I decided to overclock it a bit, so i gained plus 1 fps in GTA IV, everything worked nice, it was so fast. Because it was 10 P.M. I turned the computer off and went to bed. Then next day when i turned my computer on, after the boot i got a blank window. I restarted the computer in safe mode, deleted the video driver and it booted without the blank screen. Then i installed the driver back and got the blank screen again. Now i found out if i run Windows in 640X480 on 4 bit, i can install the video drivers, but after it's installed i can't enter to the nvidia driver and can't get the resolution higher than 640x480. Nor the overclocker program (Zotac Firestorm) recognizes my card! Please help! Thanks! Donfrigo

12-27-2008, 05:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
taydan04 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 213 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2/ Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: Problem with my new 9800 GTX+ AMP i would say the card has been damaged by the overclock, zotacs cards are realy overerclocked out of the box especialy with the AMP! edition wich is a 100MHZ Overclock and runs realy hot i would say its fried, if its new complain to the company/shop its from, makesure to uninstall the overclock program and dont tell them you used it, as its a void of warranty but just tell them it overheated and get a new one.