Problem with FX5900 Ultra

[aprospere]

I have a Gainward FX5900 Ultra 256MB video card and on the POST screen i get 4 white thin lines goin horizontally on the screen and after the POST screen these 4 white thin lines turn into 4 red thick lines. What is this? Can it be fixed?

Thnx

 

[aprospere]

Sorry not 4 horizontal lines. It actually has 5 white vertical lines at the POST screen and after that it turns into several thicker red lines. In windows and at the loading screen there a several broken vertical lines on the screen.

Help plz

 

[paparazi]

aprospere
Thats not a good sign.

You might try a firmware upgrade, if available for your card.

Check that the fan spins freely and the heatsink is clean, although the damage appears to have been done.

There is a slim possibility of power supply issues, so try a differant PSU and or, the card in a differant machine.

Martin

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[pmonett]

Is your vid chip running at factory specifications or have you overclocked its frequency ?

Check the frequency and make sure it is running at normal specs, then reboot to see if the issues remain.

Pascal.

 

[aprospere]

Didnot get nay firmware upgrade but tried it in 2 other machines and it does the same thing on one of them.
The card is running at factory specification.

 

[aprospere]

Now its gives the lines on the machine that it worked on. Could it be bad video memory causin this problem?

 

[paparazi]

I'm afraid so, it looks to be corrupted, probably memory but unfortunately there is little you can do.
I would investigate the possibility of warranty, some cards have 2, 3 or even lifetime cover.
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[felixc]

You acquired this card recently? Send it back for a swap. The same symptom on three different machines is definitely not a good sign.

Have you tried a different monitor?

 

[aprospere]

sorry it took so long for a respnse. i have been told thats it is the memory which has gone bad. i have had the card for a while so i'm gonna have to buy a new one .

thnx for the help