COuple comp problems :(

Post by **Phineus** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:06 pm

Drivers! Drivers! Drivers! Drivers! Drivers! Drivers! Drivers!

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:55 pm

But there are no drivers loaded at this point... http://upload.brandonbatson.com/images/DSC01248.JPG

Post by **Phineus** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:57 pm

Actually, there are. However, if you insist, then the card is garbage and you should get a new one.

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 3:36 pm

LOL... I'll try older drivers then

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:57 pm

Psyco wrote:But there are no drivers loaded at this point... http://upload.brandonbatson.com/images/DSC01248.JPG

Also.. Can anyone explain the smiley faces in that? lol...

Post by **Phineus** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:26 pm

Yeah, crummy drivers.

they are dos/bios level characters

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:33 pm

I don't know what to go back to then. The ATI 6.3's were the ones that screwed up the screensaver. Using the 6.5's now. (both sets are the Omega modded drivers that I've always used..)

Post by **Phineus** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:40 pm

>> Omega modded

If that's not ati, then maybe try factory reference drivers.

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:23 pm

http://omegadrivers.net/

The guy uses files from several driver versions to fix some of the stability problems with their drivers.. He's been doing this a long time and I've always seen a performance increase and have seen several problems fixed after ATI (and he used to do Nvidia too) messed up.

Post by **Phineus** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:27 pm

Maybe submit a bug report to him. It's possible he doesn't know about this problem. Might get it fixed.

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:19 pm

Through more testing.. it seems the card is overheating. I've seen drivers affect temps before, but I think I just got a crummy card. Guess I need to be looking for a heatsink for the card...

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:37 pm

Welp... it's dead now. My new desktop.
http://upload.brandonbatson.com/images/DSC01263.JPG

Before it died.. I tried new drivers.. Underclocking the card... Praying.. ect..

Damnit.

You don't have a 7800GT AGP layin around anywhere do ya?

Post by **Phineus** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:51 pm

I have an ATI Rage Pro I can let you have, but it's only got drivers for windows 95 [:P]

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:17 am

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:48 pm

My video card is older than yours!

Heh.. I've sold my old tnt2.. and my 6600GT...my 9600XT and my voodoo banshee..

What am I running? a S3 Trio 32/64 PCI.

The newest drivers I've found for it are dated...
June 16, 1997

I can't believe XP even boots with it. It gives an error.. but seems to work.. just slllllooooow.

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:35 pm

Good news, I just got a "replacement or refund?" email.

Post by **Phineus** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:24 pm

Good to hear. Now let's just hope they follow through.