Help!!!! Radeon X1800xt 512mb Crashes!!!

[boozeedoo]

Hi
I am new to the forums but I am desperate for help. I have just built the following computer:

Abit AN8 Fata1ty motherboard
Athlon 64 3800+
2 x Corsair Value select 400/3200 1gb ram modules
Ati Radeon X1800XT 512mb
250 gb 7200 rpm SATA HD (Maxtor)
Running WinXP 64 trial
550w power

Latest ATI drivers
Latest Nforce 4 drivers
Latest sound drivers
Latest AMD 64 processor driver


The rpoblem I have is that the computer crashes whenever I ty to do anything remotely 3d. I have tried 3dmark 01 /05 and they both crash - mainly forcing a restart of the system, but sometimes just returning to windows. I cant play any games without it crashing during startup. I have tried turning off CCC, and using Ati tray tool, and using rivatune to turn my fan to 100% to keep the GPU temp down, thinking it would be an overheat issue, but still the same result. I am truly at m wits end as I have spent 3 days trying to get it to run. the farthest it has gone is to the end of the 3rd test in 3dmark05 before crashing.

I have even tried swapping the memory about

all temp ranges through out the system are perfectly fine, and I have tried previous drivers with and without catalyst. The only strange thing I can see is that in catalyst is that it lets the core clock be selected to 5000, obviously I'm not gonna do that though!

Even as I ave ben sitting here, the computer has powered off from windows!

I have built this rig for gaming, but cant play any games on it.... -HELP HELP HELP PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

 

[boozeedoo]

One thing I forgot to say is that no matter what gfx driver i put on, the computer then recognises two new unknown pieces of hardware which are apparently something to do with the graphics card?!!?

 

[hadoud76]

You have an ATI Radeon X1800xt 512mb, and it crashes:
1 Make sure your Mother Board is alright, and make sure the card is inserted in the slot placidly
2 Contact the vendor
3 Give me the card, please!( Kidding)
4 You have come to the right place, Im sure if the first two steps aren't enough someone else from the forums will help you.

And regarding the other post I think you should uninstall then install your MotherBoard's drivers

 

[kirock]

Well pretty gutsy running XP 64 trial, do u have 32bit WinXP you can try out?
Couple of HW points: What make/model is your PSU? Have you got all PSU connections connected to the X1800xt AND the mobo properly. Some mobos have a secondary power-in molex near the AGP or PCI-E slot for current sucking fat big juicy video cards like the X1800xt.

My guesses in order: 64 bit OS trial, under powered system or under power video card, overheating CPU.

See what the others think. Cheers

 

[boozeedoo]

thanks for the replies... in response:

PSU - I have tried two PSUs - one 500w and the 550w that currently resides
P
O/S - I was running XP home 32 bit prior to trialling 64, as I thought it may have been a 'bit-based' issue
I have reinstalled motherboard drivers with no success

*I have just replaced my new corsair memory with 2 x 512mb lumps, from my other computer system, and it now can run Farcry with no problems. although memory tests run on the 2 hardware blocks show all ok, I am now suspecting that there may be a fault/compatibility issue with this - anyone had any stability issues with new mem modules?
*Successfully ran 3dmark 05 just now giving me a score of 8717 - does this sound ok for my system seeing that I am now running with 1gb of 2700ddr ram?

 

[Copsh]

Sorry to bump if this thread is old, I found it on google. I am having exactly the same problems as described by the OP.

This problem has happaned over the last 2 days and the only thing I did was open the case to blow out some dust that seems to gather at an alarming rate.
I can conclude that the card is not overheating as it is crashing at around 60deg. I've trired un-installing and re-installing all drivers and the CCC with no luck. Sometimes I can play a game for an extended period of time (about an hour) before it crashes. Other times it crashes AS the game loads.

I will try swapping my RAM around, but I dont see how this would help as I've had this PC since January and had no problems with it.

My specs are:
* AMD Athlon 64BIT 4000 (San Diago) 1MB L2 Cache (939 pin)
* 2048 MB DDR400 PC320
* 200 GB HDD @ 7200rpm 8mb cache
* 512MB Radeon X1800XT

 

[kirock]

What kind of PSU do you have?

 

[boozeedoo]

Itg was definately the power supply with me and I took ages looking, as I believed I had 2 good supplies already 500 + 550w. wattage is not everything - the supply needs to be a quality piece of kit, trust me!!!!!

 

[marques]

For me it was also the power supply!
My system went crashing at around 60c also.
So I bought a 550W with PCIe power.
It's named POWER and costed only 50€. Never heard of them, but the shop recommened it, so it doesn't need to be a big name/bucks to work.

I was freaking out so now I'm writing on all the forums where I've been reading about same stuff.

Hope it works for others.

 

[jake keeys]

YuP Same Problem

very irritateing a graphics card is the last thing in my computer that i though wasnt going to get enough power but anyway i think my wattage is 350 my computer is a dell dimension 8400 and every time i try and do anything like open a game it will just crashs putting square patters all over my screen then if im lucky restart the graphics processor