Screen freezes, then turns black - Page 2

Tyreal · June 10th, 2006

Your Videocard has no fan?
Take off your side panel and use a fan to blow air in. Not a computer fan but a house fan.

wtcnbrwndo4u · June 11th, 2006

It has a heatsink at least right? Some of my older cards didn't even have heatsinks.

**gvblake22** · June 11th, 2006

THIS is what a radeon 9550 256MB looks like. Most have fans, but some are passively cooled.

As for you indeedhelp, follow the instructions given before:

Quote:

Originally Posted by RangerXLT8

Quote:

Originally Posted by One4yu2c

Some generic advice:

1) Install the latest Catalyst drivers for your videocard, available from ATI.

2) Make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed.

3) Check for an overheating problem. This means not only the overall airflow inside your chassis, but verify that your videocard's fan is spinning and free of any dust or debris.

4) If this problem happens in a specific game, check to see if there are any patches available.

That is about the best advice one can give. I want to stress the tip to check the cards fan, to ensure it's spinning and the heatsink is free of dust.

This is a good method of making sure you have a clean\fresh driver install:

1. Download Driver Cleaner here, install
2. Uninstall current ATI CC\Drivers|uninstall utility
3. restart
4. run DC, clean for all ATI
5. restart
6. Install latest ATI drivers found here

When you go to ATI's download support page (the link in step 6 above) and click on the link corresponding to which operating system you are running. Then click "Radeon" on the next page that comes up (because that is what series video card you have), then click on the link that mentions "Catalyst" and has "- driver download" at the end.

ineedhelp · June 11th, 2006

i dont think i have Directx 9.0 where do i get it in ati i look for it but i cant find it

**Capper** · June 11th, 2006

Download DirectX 9.0c
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=835

**Hitman** · June 11th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mom

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all

Think I am going to follow my Mothers advice on this one. :)

**gvblake22** · June 11th, 2006

What operating system are you running on? Make sure that if you are downloading the Catalyst Control Center for WindowsXP that you first download and install Microsoft's .NET framework or else the driver install will have a fit and not install.

ineedhelp · June 11th, 2006

OKAY I AM REALLY UPSET ITS GETTING WORSER i really need the help. Okay i installed direcx 90. I was all happy for like a few mintues until the error appeard in my screen again. I blew air in my side case and touch the heat sink if its hot or not its not hot it was perfetcly normal. I blew air in the side case. I turned off the compouter i took the video card out, took a house fan blew in the video card. I put it back. Turned on my computer few mintues later bam it happend again.!!! please help. i installd catalyst and direct x what is the problem!.Please help i got this video card for my birthday i wasnt expecting a error would happen please. I am kind of upset.

ineedhelp · June 12th, 2006

GUYS I AM BEGGINES U! answer me

drew and not u · June 12th, 2006

If you've followed all previous instructions to a T, I would try one of two things. If you have a known good video card (perhaps you could borrow one from a friend) to test to see if the problem lies with the card or with the rest of the computer. Also, does the problem occur with no video drivers installed?

June 10th, 2006	#11
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	Your Videocard has no fan? Take off your side panel and use a fan to blow air in. Not a computer fan but a house fan. I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

June 11th, 2006	#12
wtcnbrwndo4u Teh Brown Staffer Join Date: May 2006 Location: KS Posts: 2,281	It has a heatsink at least right? Some of my older cards didn't even have heatsinks. - Core 2 Quad Q6600 - DFI Infinity 975X - 4GB Corsair XMS2 w/ DHX DDR2-800 - 250GB Seagate 7200.10RPM + 160GB Hitachi 5400.4RPM - ATi Radeon X1900XT 256MB - Cooler Master Centurion 5 + OCZ StealthXStream 600W - Acer 19" P191W Monitor - Logitech Z-5500 Digital + Logitech MX Revolution - Vista Ultimate x64

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ineedhelp Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 22	i dont think i have Directx 9.0 where do i get it in ati i look for it but i cant find it

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drew and not u 4GHz or Bust Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: A different kind of Green Computing Posts: 2,110	If you've followed all previous instructions to a T, I would try one of two things. If you have a known good video card (perhaps you could borrow one from a friend) to test to see if the problem lies with the card or with the rest of the computer. Also, does the problem occur with no video drivers installed?