Display and driver problem

edithegodfather · #1 25-06-10, 05:27 PM

Hey guys, i have an nvidia 9600 gso and in the last couple o' days i've been bumping into this issue where i'm playing a game and all of a sudden everything freezes, the sound starts looping and some of the colors go pink or green (like an old nintendo game would crash).

At first a simple restart solved the problem, later, after restarting the video driver got messed up and somehow i managed to reinstall it back and now i can't install the driver and i see a lot of flickering stripes on my screen. Also i can't access nvidia control panel cuz it says i'm not using a display attached to an nvidia gpu.

I tried to uninstall/reinstall the driver quite a few times but haven't solved much.

You have any ideea what this might be?

Thnx

tinytomlogan · #2 25-06-10, 05:35 PM

First of all when you uninstalled the driver did you use a driver cleaner after the uninstal restart?

But in all honesty it sounds like the GPU is failing and will probably need RMA'ing (initial gut instinct)

Steve-O- · #3 25-06-10, 06:19 PM

^ Agree. The flickering and bright colored lines give it away. Time for a new card or RMA if possible.

edithegodfather · #4 25-06-10, 07:51 PM

Hm hm, well, good thing i don't have to tinker with it any more; bad news is i have to wait like a week till i find some time to go to the store to ask about warranty. But i don't get it, i had a pretty old busted ass computer before and the video card never gave any problems, do these newer models have such a short life span? :-/

AMDFTW · #5 25-06-10, 08:34 PM

what make is the GPU?

was the PC pre built or did you build it

Steve-O- · #6 25-06-10, 09:03 PM

Compared to some other products electronics vary greatly in reliability. I have been pretty lucky not to get any failed hardware for years (minus a possible PSU). Just because one goes out doesn't mean the overall quality of hardware is going down the drain. It just means you got a lemon that didn't show up until a later date. It happens.

edithegodfather · #7 26-06-10, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='AMDFTW'

what make is the GPU?

was the PC pre built or did you build it

This one is nvidia 9600 gso (768 mb), the old one was ati radeon 9550 (128 mb).

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='Steve-O-'

Compared to some other products electronics vary greatly in reliability. I have been pretty lucky not to get any failed hardware for years (minus a possible PSU). Just because one goes out doesn't mean the overall quality of hardware is going down the drain. It just means you got a lemon that didn't show up until a later date. It happens.

I didn't say that, i was just wondering if it's supposed to be like this or it was a more or less isolated case

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AMDFTW · #8 26-06-10, 10:00 AM

yes but who makes the card xfx,evga etc or is it the vanilla cards

edithegodfather · #9 26-06-10, 10:02 AM

Don't know, lemme see the bill :-?

...

Says here nvidia expertvision gf 9600g.

Is this it?

Ow, yeah, and the computer is built by me not preconfigured.

AMDFTW · #10 26-06-10, 10:17 AM

ok then,i guess you have had the card for a while,so you need to RMA it back to expertvision

and i think expertvision is part owned by XFX but ime not sure.RMA it back to expertvision fella