I just ordered a MSI 9800 pro and now it is locking up my computer.
At first i though my PSU was to blame as it is only 300 watts but in running some tests to figure out if that was it I don't think it is.
I took out some pci cards and disconected the floppy drive. Which seemed to increase the lenght of time before it crashed (which i now think may have been due to air flow).
But then I ran 3dmark01 and found that it crashs on the nature test. I tested this by running nature in a loop and it would crash after one go around (right at the begining of the second run).
It crashes by freezing up for a second (if in a game with sound the sound goes into a loop) then the monitor loses the signal, then it goes to a gray screen if in a game or goes to artifacts in 3dmark (after it crashs to the desktop)
I am switching from a nvidia ti 4400 so I am not familar with how ati cards act when they over heat.
So my questions is what could be the possible problems or is there something i did wrong.
At first i though my PSU was to blame as it is only 300 watts but in running some tests to figure out if that was it I don't think it is.
I took out some pci cards and disconected the floppy drive. Which seemed to increase the lenght of time before it crashed (which i now think may have been due to air flow).
But then I ran 3dmark01 and found that it crashs on the nature test. I tested this by running nature in a loop and it would crash after one go around (right at the begining of the second run).
It crashes by freezing up for a second (if in a game with sound the sound goes into a loop) then the monitor loses the signal, then it goes to a gray screen if in a game or goes to artifacts in 3dmark (after it crashs to the desktop)
I am switching from a nvidia ti 4400 so I am not familar with how ati cards act when they over heat.
So my questions is what could be the possible problems or is there something i did wrong.
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