garbled graphics and crashes

lippy · Mar 14, 2005, 11:59 AM

I run 3.2 P IV, 512DDR ram, ATI AIW 9800 SE, Realtek 97 sound, since new machine has suffered persistent garbled graphics, shadows around desktop icons, garbled games (blitzkrieg series - sad i know) and BSD crashes. Have had 3 new memories and replaced motherboard. Latest drivers and catalyst 5.3 have made no difference. Any ideas??? Please

@Husky · Mar 14, 2005, 03:27 PM

First and foremore, was it like that before you installed new drivers for the graphic card? Do your motherboard and everythings else hardware have up-to-date drivers/bios?

lippy · Mar 14, 2005, 03:43 PM

It has played up since day one. The manufacturer has tried everything and have given up on the machine. I've now been refunded by the credit card company and still have it in my home but would love to try and fix the bloody thing!
What could you suggest?
I'm a novice but keen to learn.
Lippy

@Husky · Mar 14, 2005, 04:30 PM

If the manufacturer has given up it may be a lost case... Maybe there's a faulty hardware, or there's a software messing up things... I really don't know but maybe you could re-install your OS ( win XP?)

Tipstaff · Mar 14, 2005, 10:18 PM

Do you have corrupt graphics right from boot up? Also, you said that you tried new memory and motherboard, but did the manufacturer think to try a new video card, or even a standby old one? It's quite possible that the card itself is defective.

The only other thing to do is to reinstall Windows. If you get the same problem there then I would send the video card in for an RMA from ATI or whomever made the card.

- Tip