[SOLVED] My GFX card is acting wierd...Need help now.

hrafnigaur · 01-28-2009, 10:50 AM

I have just reinstalled my system because I thought I had a software problem but this problem still occurs (see picture).
There are some strange lines appearing on my screen And i think they are causing the problem. I have tried restarting the CMOS by changing the jumper on the MoBo But that didn't help. I have also tried to reset the BIOS but that didn't help me either

I looked at the Motherboard error report number thingy and it just says FF
exept when I'm booting up, then it scrolls through a ton of different numbers such as: 2b, 50,FF, etc...

It seems to be a hardware problem but I'm not sure.
When I try to boot into vista i just get a black blank screen, But when I try in safe mode it works for some odd reason. What is the cause of this?
What should I do?

My specs are the following:
AMD Athlon 4200+
Inno3d Nvidia 7900GS
GeiL 2gb 800Mhz pc 6400
Windows Vista Home Premium
400GB Samsung SpinPoint
Nvidia 550 MCP

I will post a picture later I cannot upload it on this computer for some reason.

dai · 01-28-2009, 11:29 AM

what power supply
brand and wattage

hrafnigaur · 01-28-2009, 01:52 PM

I don't know what brand it is but I assume it's something very cheap because the name isnt even on it.
I think the wattage is 300.

EDIT: But I could be wrong...

dai · 01-29-2009, 04:22 AM

you need to check
see if you can borrow a quality 550w to try in it

hrafnigaur · 01-30-2009, 12:22 AM

I'll try that.

hrafnigaur · 01-30-2009, 07:38 AM

I just found out that the wattage is 420, hope that helps.

dai · 01-30-2009, 09:59 AM

try another psu
is your board agp or pcie

hrafnigaur · 01-30-2009, 04:43 PM

Pci-e

dai · 01-30-2009, 09:24 PM

the psu needs to output 26a on the 12v+ line[s]

hrafnigaur · 01-31-2009, 05:48 PM

I'm going to borrow an ATI card from my friend to see if it's not just a Video card failure.

dai · 01-31-2009, 09:59 PM

what brand and model is the psu

01-28-2009, 10:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
hrafnigaur Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 8 OS: Windows Vista 32	[SOLVED] My GFX card is acting wierd...Need help now. I have just reinstalled my system because I thought I had a software problem but this problem still occurs (see picture). There are some strange lines appearing on my screen And i think they are causing the problem. I have tried restarting the CMOS by changing the jumper on the MoBo But that didn't help. I have also tried to reset the BIOS but that didn't help me either I looked at the Motherboard error report number thingy and it just says FF exept when I'm booting up, then it scrolls through a ton of different numbers such as: 2b, 50,FF, etc... It seems to be a hardware problem but I'm not sure. When I try to boot into vista i just get a black blank screen, But when I try in safe mode it works for some odd reason. What is the cause of this? What should I do? My specs are the following: AMD Athlon 4200+ Inno3d Nvidia 7900GS GeiL 2gb 800Mhz pc 6400 Windows Vista Home Premium 400GB Samsung SpinPoint Nvidia 550 MCP I will post a picture later I cannot upload it on this computer for some reason.

01-28-2009, 11:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,784 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: My GFX card is acting wierd...Need help now. what power supply brand and wattage __________________

01-28-2009, 01:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
hrafnigaur Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 8 OS: Windows Vista 32	Re: My GFX card is acting wierd...Need help now. I don't know what brand it is but I assume it's something very cheap because the name isnt even on it. I think the wattage is 300. EDIT: But I could be wrong...

01-29-2009, 04:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,784 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: My GFX card is acting wierd...Need help now. you need to check see if you can borrow a quality 550w to try in it __________________

01-30-2009, 12:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
hrafnigaur Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 8 OS: Windows Vista 32	Re: My GFX card is acting wierd...Need help now. I'll try that.

01-30-2009, 07:38 AM	#6 (permalink)
hrafnigaur Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 8 OS: Windows Vista 32	Re: My GFX card is acting wierd...Need help now. I just found out that the wattage is 420, hope that helps.

01-30-2009, 09:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,784 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: My GFX card is acting wierd...Need help now. try another psu is your board agp or pcie __________________

01-30-2009, 04:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
hrafnigaur Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 8 OS: Windows Vista 32	Re: My GFX card is acting wierd...Need help now. Pci-e

01-30-2009, 09:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,784 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: My GFX card is acting wierd...Need help now. the psu needs to output 26a on the 12v+ line[s] __________________

01-31-2009, 05:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
hrafnigaur Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 8 OS: Windows Vista 32	Re: My GFX card is acting wierd...Need help now. I'm going to borrow an ATI card from my friend to see if it's not just a Video card failure.

01-31-2009, 09:59 PM	#11 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,784 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: My GFX card is acting wierd...Need help now. what brand and model is the psu __________________