Faulty 7900GS

[Waynos_Face]

Hi all,

My mate has given me a box of spare PC parts to muck around with,

I have enough to make a fairly respectable PC, however...

The 7900GS 256MB shows artifacts on the post and windows loading screen.

I get intermittent lines vertically down the screen.

It installs the drivers properly but then on restart i get BSOD and a data dump, Vista Solution is different drivers but i've tried'em all.

So is it worth trying a BIOS flash on the card and if so how do i do this???

I've read a few posts on people doing it but none which detail the process.

Any ideas??? or is it in the bin time?

 

[V_R]

Sounds dead or dying tbh mate.

 

[Madxgraphics]

Hi all,

My mate has given me a box of spare PC parts to muck around with,

I have enough to make a fairly respectable PC, however...

The 7900GS 256MB shows artifacts on the post and windows loading screen.

I get intermittent lines vertically down the screen.

It installs the drivers properly but then on restart i get BSOD and a data dump, Vista Solution is different drivers but i've tried'em all.

So is it worth trying a BIOS flash on the card and if so how do i do this???

I've read a few posts on people doing it but nonewhich detail the process.

Any ideas??? or is it in the bin time?

Hi ya m8
Can't quite remember where I read it, but I will keep looking..Anyway in the post I read, the person was having the same problems as you..The remody to his problem was to flash the GS bios with Gt bios..When I remeber where I read it again, i'll post the link..

 

[Waynos_Face]

Thanks Madx,

I think i've read some similar posts, but these guys were doing it to gain performance, i just wanna fix it.

If you find it great, but don't spend too much time as it was free and i ain't too bothered.

 

[Waynos_Face]

I've read that it maybe because the clocks are too high, but i can't get Riva tuner to pick it up or ntune?

Is it because i'm using it with Vista?

 

[V_R]

you using Rivatuner to OC? Try holding CTRL when your pc logs in. That should reset them to default.

 

[Waynos_Face]

Hi, V_R i'm trying to see what the clocks are at using Riva Tuner or Ntune, as i read a few posts saying that the kind of artifacts i'm seeing are more than likely a result of overclocking, so i want to see what they are set at or to drop them 20Mhz.

But Riva keeps saying that i need a newer version Riva but i've tried 3 different versions and none pick it up.

Will try the Ctrl trick.

Thanks

 

[Waynos_Face]

Is clearly screwed!

It will work in safe mode but then i can't use riva or ntune to check clocks but when i try to boot into windows properly BSOD.

It is now smashed to pieces in the bin, ahahahahahah, teach it to waste my time.

Oh well i still have a E4300, Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 and a 6600GT to play with.

 

[V_R]

lool, crap luck mate.

Oh well as least you know its dead now.