Radeon

[Michael]

Need another suggestion for my 9700 pro. Last week I put
on ram sinks, tweak monster brand with the arctic
adhesive, to help cool the memory on the card. I still
think the card is having heat problems. I have 2 fans in
the back blowing air out, 4 up front blowing in and one
on the side blowing in which use to blow out, but changed
it to blow in on the card. I have nothing around the
card so that I could have good circulation. Ram sinks
are on fine, but when I played UnrealII, those flashing
bars and little black lines that are in a pattern
appeared again and I had to shut down and reboot. I have
all the latest drivers and patches and played with
settings and I know that it's not that, but heat because
a tech who has done work for me before said it was
definitely heat. I do not know what else to do. A
better fan on the gpu? Cannot do the heat pipe like
Zalman's because I don't see any mounting holes for it.
Should I try a card that has that on there or a different
Radeon or maybe the FX? Please help. I have had all of
these frustrations for months.

 

[Bill Crocker]

I guess I won't ask the usual question, are your drivers up to date?

Are you over clocking it?

What is the wattage of your power supply?

Bill Crocker

 

[John McNeil]

-----Original Message-----
Need another suggestion for my 9700 pro. Last week I put
on ram sinks, tweak monster brand with the arctic
adhesive, to help cool the memory on the card. I still
think the card is having heat problems. I have 2 fans in
the back blowing air out, 4 up front blowing in and one
on the side blowing in which use to blow out, but changed
it to blow in on the card. I have nothing around the
card so that I could have good circulation. Ram sinks
are on fine, but when I played UnrealII, those flashing
bars and little black lines that are in a pattern
appeared again and I had to shut down and reboot. I have
all the latest drivers and patches and played with
settings and I know that it's not that, but heat because
a tech who has done work for me before said it was
definitely heat. I do not know what else to do. A
better fan on the gpu? Cannot do the heat pipe like
Zalman's because I don't see any mounting holes for it.
Should I try a card that has that on there or a different
Radeon or maybe the FX? Please help. I have had all of
these frustrations for months.
.
Is it possible for you to measure the temp of one of your

video rams? Rent or borrow a thermal meter with thermistor
or thermocouple sensor. Lead the sensor wire out of the
chassis and take temp after 30 to 60 minutes of operation.
Then call ATI with the results.