lodisx

hello,
i just recently built my first computer and it was all going fine until i got message DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_EQUAL_OR_LESS on a windows error screen and restarted. i then started playing half life 2 which runs fine, when suddenly artefacts appear on my screen and triangles come off of everything and my comp. crashed. Now i always have those color blurbs even in the POST. Does anybody know what happened? i ran memtest and my ram seems ok(no errors returned)
if anyone can help, greatly appreciated

xfx 6800xtreme
amd athlon 64 3400+newcastle
1gb corsair ram
epox EP-8NPA+SLI
600w coolermaster psu
160gb hd

BurL

I had the same problem when I got my 6800gt. The temps were high so i exchanged and the new one worked perfect.

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lodisx

ok, i guess i'll have to give that a try...funny thing is it only ran for like 4 hours(2 of which were me playing half life 2) but i guess things can go wrong.

thanks for the reply

BurL

Before you return it maybe you should try reseating the heatsink, check your temps first, It might void any refund\exchange policy though so be careful. Or try to lower the clock speeds if you overclock. Do you overclock any parts of your system?

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