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Radeon 9700 pro crashing problems
Name: Excrucio Date: March 13, 2003 at 05:09:52 Pacific OS: Win2k CPU/Ram: 2.8ghz p4b/512mb pc2700 d
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Hi I'm having a lot of trouble with my radeon 9700 pro so here goes: I built my computer a few months ago and fit it with a radeon 9700 pro. The monitor said 'No Signal'. I tried a PCI card and it worked fine. I then took the card back and got the latest revision which seemed to work fine. I started crashing when playing most games, ie Unreal Tournament 2003. The only game I seemed to be able to play was counter-strike and even that crashed after excessive play. Recently I formatted my hard drive and installed all new drivers, latest Ati Catalyst etc. It was running fine until Counter-strike started causing errors and the computer started rebooting for no apparent reason. Please help as this is driving me mad!
P.S. motherboard: Epox (unsure on exact model) with agp 8x, SiS 648
Name: ben rogers Date: March 13, 2003 at 06:46:57 Pacific
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How many watts is your power supply?
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Response Number 2
Name: Excrucio Date: March 13, 2003 at 08:44:55 Pacific
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550w enermax, I had it replaced as I thought it was the problem - obviously not
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Response Number 3
Name: summoneruk Date: March 13, 2003 at 14:08:14 Pacific
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Have you got any cooling in your case as i have the radeon 9700 pro 2 and it gives off alot of heat!. Noticed my system came unstable as i o/c my cpu and had 2 much heat but got a new case with 5 fans and havnt had a problem since. What sort of airflow do you have?
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Response Number 4
Name: summoneruk Date: March 13, 2003 at 14:12:16 Pacific
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What agp setting do u have as i no 8x has some problem on some boards but 4x seems 2 be fine. Hope this has helped.
THe PSU has 2 fans and I have a case fan, the r9700p also has a fan onboard. I haven't noticed a massive temperature when it reboots itself or anything, it seems fine. As for AGP, I can't really figure much out and I'm beginning to think the agp slot on the board is the problem.. I had to take the card back because it didn't work with agp 8x or something, this new revision works but crashes. I can't tell what its set at but I'd really like to run at 8x or I wouldn't have got this motherboard
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over heating
