[ant3b]

Hi there i flashed my x850 pro and now even at low clockrates im getting fuzzy stuff happening and my monitor going black and hanging any ideas?

 

[Ste]

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Originally Posted by ant3b Hi there i flashed my x850 pro and now even at low clockrates im getting fuzzy stuff happening and my monitor going black and hanging any ideas?

Looks like you've got faulty pipelines. I'd flash back to your original bios to stop it.

 

[ant3b]

thats the thing ste , i dont have the bios for it im currently looking for the bios every x850 pro bios for pci-express turns out to be a x800gto which has 16 pipelines right?

 

[Ste]

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Originally Posted by ant3b thats the thing ste , i dont have the bios for it im currently looking for the bios every x850 pro bios for pci-express turns out to be a x800gto which has 16 pipelines right?

No, the GTO has 12p. What's the make of your card and I'll upload a bios for you

 

[ant3b]

club 3d x850 pro 256mb vivo pci express

 

[Some_Idiot2]

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Originally Posted by ant3b club 3d x850 pro 256mb vivo pci express

x850 Pro PCIe's havent been known to flash to 16/6 very well.

 

[ant3b]

yeah i noticed lol, but i having trouble finding the original bios :< like a spoon i forgot to back it up

 

[Ste]

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Originally Posted by ant3b club 3d x850 pro 256mb vivo pci express

Sorry, couldn't find the club 3d, but here's a Sapphire one that will work just the same. Just note that it's for 1.6ns ram. If you have 2.0ns ram then let me know and I'll alter it tomorrow for you.

 

[ant3b]

i used the bios... but .. still the same maybe my 3d card is buggered

 

[Ste]

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Originally Posted by ant3b i used the bios... but .. still the same maybe my 3d card is buggered

What did you use to flash back with?

 

[ant3b]

win flash?

 

[Ste]

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Originally Posted by ant3b win flash?

Okay, give ATIFlash or Flashrom a go, both available from here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/bios/

 

[ant3b]

hmm i think its just overheating , does overheating cause artifacts? i presume so, its running at 42C idle, but as soon as i start a game or movie etc it shoots up to 80c+ any ideas

 

[Ste]

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Originally Posted by ant3b hmm i think its just overheating , does overheating cause artifacts? i presume so, its running at 42C idle, but as soon as i start a game or movie etc it shoots up to 80c+ any ideas

Yeah, heat does cause artifacts. Maybe replacing the Thermal Grease with Arctic Silver 5 or try aftermarket cooling like the Zalman VF770-cu.
The GPU is rated to run at those temps, even though they are quite high so it might not be a heat issue.

 

[ant3b]

ok sounds good.. but i cam up with this.. i underclocked it and tried running a game and still it hangs and the screen goes black,, and artifacts appear aswell i think ive serouisly killed my card..

 

[Fishie36]

Did you tamper with the cooling at all? It shouldn't be getting so hot. But even 80C is not really something to worry about, just a bit hot.

 

[Ste]

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Originally Posted by ant3b ok sounds good.. but i cam up with this.. i underclocked it and tried running a game and still it hangs and the screen goes black,, and artifacts appear aswell i think ive serouisly killed my card..

Can you RMA it? If you can, just don't mention that you flashed the bios.

 

[ant3b]

no i left the cooling as it was, but then when it got hot i increased the fan speed in conjuction with the speed... i mean it works for like 5 mins then artifacts appear etc.

 

[Fishie36]

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Originally Posted by ant3b no i left the cooling as it was, but then when it got hot i increased the fan speed in conjuction with the speed... i mean it works for like 5 mins then artifacts appear etc.

Sounds like you fried something then. Now might be a good opertunity to upgrade to a new card though