pek
07-04-2006, 11:16 PM
I get this when I hit the misc drop down in atitool. I pops then won't show until I minimize/re-open atitool. I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem I've started having and need to know if this is normal for atitool or if it's related to my problem.
Well, if it helps, here's my config:
amd 64 3000+
Biostar N4SLI-A9 mb (it was on sale!)
2 gig ram
Sapphire x800 gto2 patched to x800 xtpe
latest and greatest drivers from ati and nvidia
The problem I've started about a month ago (when summer really started here). I've had the x800 since Dec 2005, it's been running great, I have been moderately overclocking to 500 mhz cpu/520 mhz mem, not really pushing it compared to what I've read about. I've been able to run everything at 1280x960 (I can read the font easy without my glasses at this size), COD2, FEAR, H/L2 no problems. then the audio started to stutter once in a while. Recently, the video (no inputs allowed, no movement on the screen) would freeze in a game, the audio would continue for about 30 sec, then it would go to a black screen, the audio would go into a tight loop. I have to do a hard reset to reboot the pc. XP would take longer than usual to start after one of these episodes. I used atitool to see what was happening, since everest doesn't log temps. I load my oc'd profile, then start 'scan for artifacts', it runs fine until the gpu temp hits about 64c (ambient is about 47c), then it crashes the pc. If I go back to default (400mhz cpu/480 mem), run find max cpu, it crashes at about 69c at 488 mhz cpu (haven't tried to oc mem, one thing at a time). the cpu never goes above 39c at 100% utilization during the scan for artifacts. I'm going to see about an rma tomorrow, but while I was asking about the subject error, I thought I'd abuse the knowlege base of users here.
Thanks,
pek
Well, if it helps, here's my config:
amd 64 3000+
Biostar N4SLI-A9 mb (it was on sale!)
2 gig ram
Sapphire x800 gto2 patched to x800 xtpe
latest and greatest drivers from ati and nvidia
The problem I've started about a month ago (when summer really started here). I've had the x800 since Dec 2005, it's been running great, I have been moderately overclocking to 500 mhz cpu/520 mhz mem, not really pushing it compared to what I've read about. I've been able to run everything at 1280x960 (I can read the font easy without my glasses at this size), COD2, FEAR, H/L2 no problems. then the audio started to stutter once in a while. Recently, the video (no inputs allowed, no movement on the screen) would freeze in a game, the audio would continue for about 30 sec, then it would go to a black screen, the audio would go into a tight loop. I have to do a hard reset to reboot the pc. XP would take longer than usual to start after one of these episodes. I used atitool to see what was happening, since everest doesn't log temps. I load my oc'd profile, then start 'scan for artifacts', it runs fine until the gpu temp hits about 64c (ambient is about 47c), then it crashes the pc. If I go back to default (400mhz cpu/480 mem), run find max cpu, it crashes at about 69c at 488 mhz cpu (haven't tried to oc mem, one thing at a time). the cpu never goes above 39c at 100% utilization during the scan for artifacts. I'm going to see about an rma tomorrow, but while I was asking about the subject error, I thought I'd abuse the knowlege base of users here.
Thanks,
pek