ATI 9200 crashes after gaming?

[Yoast]

Hi,
I have a problem that seems to be caused by my ATI Radeon 9200 Videocard
(128 MB)

Here's a description:

- After playing a game (usually a FPS) for a while (20-40 minutes) the image
suddenly changes in a way that can be seen on http://www.yoast_vb.dds.nl (2
screenshots).
- This only happens when I play games, never when I edit a document or work
with audio for example.
- The screen looks like quickly changing triangular polygones.
- When I quit the game, the image of my desktop is also slightly distorted
(but not as much). It will stay that way until I restart the computer. Then
it is usually completely fine again but sometimes an icon for example stays
a bit distorted for a while.

Specs:
AMD 2400+, 512 MB ram, ATI Radeon 9200, Cathalyst 4.3 drivers, Windows XP
professional

All help or advice would be much appreciated
(e-mail address removed)

Thanx

Yoast

 

[DaveW]

It sounds like your video card is overheating while being stressed by the 3D
games. After you reboot and it cools down it is fine.

 

[Yoast]

It sounds like your video card is overheating while being stressed by the 3D
games. After you reboot and it cools down it is fine.

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That is kind of what i assumed. Is this common in this kind of card? And
what can be done?

Yoast

 

[Rick]

No, it is not common for that video card since the core and mem on the 9200
is not stressed much at stock speeds. Start your computer with the side off
and make sure the fan is spinning on your video card. Make sure your case is
not extremely overheating as well. Frankly, I've never seen the textures and
colors that messed up on a video card without the program freezing, so it is
overheating a lot or the card has problems.

If your case temperature is good and the video cards fan is working, you may
have a damaged card and need a replacement.

bye, Rick

 

[Yoast]

No, it is not common for that video card since the core and mem on the 9200
is not stressed much at stock speeds. Start your computer with the side off
and make sure the fan is spinning on your video card. Make sure your case is
not extremely overheating as well. Frankly, I've never seen the textures and
colors that messed up on a video card without the program freezing, so it is
overheating a lot or the card has problems.

If your case temperature is good and the video cards fan is working, you may
have a damaged card and need a replacement.

bye, Rick

I changed the location of the computer (it was a little close to the heating
maybe) and placed a fan that was in the front op the computer to the back,
near my videocard.
We'll see how that goes.
Thanks a lot
Yoast