help on HD2900XT

daigo2008v6 · Oct 1, 2008, 05:02 AM

hi guys, i bought the card about a year ago and its been working fine until that day when i launched a game, the whole screen went full of graphic corruptions, restarting at 1st seems to hav fixed the problem but it came back again whenever i launch a game. i tried uninstalling my graphic drivers, then updating the drivers. i thought i managed to fix it the other day, when i can resume playing my games. but today the problem came back and im so furios. now, even during booting phase i get the graphic corruption issues too, i get a blue screen whenever i reinstalled my drivers stating atikmdag.sys. i tried to print screen the prob to post it here but the picture itself doesnt seem to have the graphic corruptions im seeing it on my monitor... pls assist me in this, thx.

processor : AMD athlon X2 3800+
graphic : HIS ATi Radeon 2900XT 512MB
motherboard : Asus M2N-E ( Nvidia 570ultra chipset )
ram : 2gb ddr2 667mhz
os : vista ultimate sp1 32bit

Liqourice · Oct 1, 2008, 03:12 PM

Sounds like a fried card to me.

Cow_160483 · Oct 2, 2008, 01:52 PM

Try unplugging the card completely from the motherboard then putting it back it might have gotten loose, if that does not do the trick then i guess its the card itself which has a problem.

zensaber · Oct 5, 2008, 07:33 PM

i also have a 2900xt and i can say from experience i might be the card, my just recently has done something similar to this, (my screen just goes all artifacts now and i'm running on a backup card, i'm thinking of calling the company, perhaps you should too.

Snipergod87 · Oct 6, 2008, 01:25 AM

this actually happened to my friends card his games would artifact then his comp would just shutdown completely even at the windows desktop there was some artifcating., he ended up buying a 3870x2 as a replacment, and i took his old card, ended up that his videoc ards BIOS was corrupt, the CRC did not match up with what it should have been, so i reflashed it and it has been running fine with not problem and since he doesnt need the 2900 anymore i put it into crossfire configuration with mine.

zensaber · Oct 6, 2008, 10:14 PM

How do you flash the card's bios? Maybe that's whats wrong with mine. It would rock to be able to use that beast again.

Oct 1, 2008, 05:02 AM	#1
daigo2008v6 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	help on HD2900XT hi guys, i bought the card about a year ago and its been working fine until that day when i launched a game, the whole screen went full of graphic corruptions, restarting at 1st seems to hav fixed the problem but it came back again whenever i launch a game. i tried uninstalling my graphic drivers, then updating the drivers. i thought i managed to fix it the other day, when i can resume playing my games. but today the problem came back and im so furios. now, even during booting phase i get the graphic corruption issues too, i get a blue screen whenever i reinstalled my drivers stating atikmdag.sys. i tried to print screen the prob to post it here but the picture itself doesnt seem to have the graphic corruptions im seeing it on my monitor... pls assist me in this, thx. processor : AMD athlon X2 3800+ graphic : HIS ATi Radeon 2900XT 512MB motherboard : Asus M2N-E ( Nvidia 570ultra chipset ) ram : 2gb ddr2 667mhz os : vista ultimate sp1 32bit Last edited by daigo2008v6; Oct 1, 2008 at 06:12 AM.

Oct 2, 2008, 01:52 PM	#3
Cow_160483 HH's only cow moooooo... Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: BOTSWANA Posts: 6,807 Rep Power: 299 System Specs	Try unplugging the card completely from the motherboard then putting it back it might have gotten loose, if that does not do the trick then i guess its the card itself which has a problem. __________________ Decode! Muhahahahah!

Oct 5, 2008, 07:33 PM	#4
zensaber DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Brunswick Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Re: help on HD2900XT i also have a 2900xt and i can say from experience i might be the card, my just recently has done something similar to this, (my screen just goes all artifacts now and i'm running on a backup card, i'm thinking of calling the company, perhaps you should too.

Oct 6, 2008, 01:25 AM	#5
Snipergod87 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: help on HD2900XT this actually happened to my friends card his games would artifact then his comp would just shutdown completely even at the windows desktop there was some artifcating., he ended up buying a 3870x2 as a replacment, and i took his old card, ended up that his videoc ards BIOS was corrupt, the CRC did not match up with what it should have been, so i reflashed it and it has been running fine with not problem and since he doesnt need the 2900 anymore i put it into crossfire configuration with mine. __________________ SilverStone ST1000-NV Asus P5K-Premium WiFi/AP Core 2 Duo E6750 Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro (CPU) 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-1066 Dual ATi Radeon 2900 XT's in CrossFire 800/900 3xWD 6400AAKS in RAID 0 Creative SB Live! 5.1 Digital SoundMAX 7.1 Viewsonic VG2230wm 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD RAIDMAX 8-Bay Aluminum Case Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1

Oct 6, 2008, 10:14 PM	#6
zensaber DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Brunswick Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Re: help on HD2900XT How do you flash the card's bios? Maybe that's whats wrong with mine. It would rock to be able to use that beast again.

Oct 1, 2008, 03:12 PM	#2
Liqourice HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stockholm Posts: 1,690 Rep Power: 98 System Specs	Sounds like a fried card to me.