Hello all i am having a very big ATI radeon 9550 256 AGP 8x video card problem
no matter what drivers i use,what game i play or even sometimes just looking around on my computer the video card locks up and i get a VPU recover error.
i am updating from my nvidia mx 420 64 mb card which i am using right now i took the radeon out untill i find out what the problem is.
i got the card for christmas along with a 200 gb hd that i just installed a fresh version of windows xp home ediiton on,so it was brand new all in all
here are my specs:
AMD 64 2800+ processor
768 DDR333 ram
PSU:420watts
mobo:Giga-byte GA-K8VM800M
I dont think overheating is an issue here i ran 3D benchmarks and the card is cool to the touch plus i have 4 80mm fans in their and my current nvidia card doesnt even have a heatstink/fan..it's a 4 year old clunker lol
i also read/got advice that maybe it was the AGP fastwrite.so i disabled that..still locked i even tried to lower my AGP setting to 4x still no luck
please help i am at the end of my rope
Thanks :approve:
p.s i did not overclock the video card
no matter what drivers i use,what game i play or even sometimes just looking around on my computer the video card locks up and i get a VPU recover error.
i am updating from my nvidia mx 420 64 mb card which i am using right now i took the radeon out untill i find out what the problem is.
i got the card for christmas along with a 200 gb hd that i just installed a fresh version of windows xp home ediiton on,so it was brand new all in all
here are my specs:
AMD 64 2800+ processor
768 DDR333 ram
PSU:420watts
mobo:Giga-byte GA-K8VM800M
I dont think overheating is an issue here i ran 3D benchmarks and the card is cool to the touch plus i have 4 80mm fans in their and my current nvidia card doesnt even have a heatstink/fan..it's a 4 year old clunker lol
i also read/got advice that maybe it was the AGP fastwrite.so i disabled that..still locked i even tried to lower my AGP setting to 4x still no luck
please help i am at the end of my rope
Thanks :approve:
p.s i did not overclock the video card