9800 Pro & 9500 Pro R.I.P

Nicky-chan · Jan 3, 2005, 04:41 PM

Today my 9800 Pro graphics card died and then put in my fritzy 9500 Pro in and it died too on me. Now im running on my onboard graphics bleh till newegg gets my X800 XT PE here. I orderd last friday, my bet is it'll be here at January 6th. I can frown and smile im just not sure witch I should do...

Oh and not to mention this happend wail doing Memtest and testing out my new timings on my ram. It failed, pc started giving warning messeges, screen blanks out and then powers down all at once. I tried despritly to find out what the problem was till oh finaly when i rip out my 9800 Pro and put in my old 9500 Pro I get a post screen YAY!.... A hour later that thing dies wail in windows lisening to music with the asume Kx Drivers for my Audigy 2 ZS and enjoying life and ditto all over again. Rip the 9500 Pro out clear my CMOS and plug in my monitor to my onboard vga. Everythings is working fine.... For now..

Its only a madder of time till my whole system dies at this rate. =(

Oh Forgot to mention but something strange happend to the size of my ram, It dropped from 1536mb's of ram to 1520mbs of ram. Does anyone here understand how in the world that could happen???
I mean its not like 1 ram stick died on me cuz there all 256 x 2 and 512 x 2.
Unless somehow one black thingy on my ram died and the rest are functioning. =|
I think ill cry now..

Kgentatszu] · Jan 3, 2005, 04:52 PM

you ram dropped from 1536mb's of ram to 1520mbs of ram cause you're using the onboard gfx...that happens all the time, its normal...

so cheers..
hey, enjoy your card, it kind'a rocks....at least mine did ^^

Nicky-chan · Jan 3, 2005, 05:11 PM

Well im glad my ram is ok. At this very moment im scavenging heatsinks off my graphics cards, and lisening to Venga Boys.

Sarrow · Jan 3, 2005, 05:17 PM

Was your AGP Slot fualty? Did you overclock your cards entisively?

I would find out what happened before sticking a $400 piece of Hardware in you know, so it doesn't die like the others

Nicky-chan · Jan 3, 2005, 05:25 PM

I overclocked my 9800 Pro to the point of failer yes. But after seeing artifacts i imediatly threw the card back to stock speeds. As for the agp slot being falty that i am finding out my self with an older card"rage 128 pro", if it gets cooked well gunna have to wait 2 months till i can get a new motherboard. The X800 XT PE killed the budget here for 2 months. Bleh

Geminiwave · Jan 3, 2005, 05:34 PM

uh...

test those cards out in a different system before you put a nice shiny new expensive X800 in there. It might be your AGP port frying cards. I would be wary of any board that fried 2 cards that quickly.

seriously just test the cards out in a different rig.

Nicky-chan · Jan 3, 2005, 08:57 PM

I did test them on my friends comp and they are not ok"fried". And my 9500 Pro was giving me problems before thats why i replaced it with the 9800 Pro but my agp slot works after the test with my old rage pro 128 card. The 9500 pro was my last resort when my 9800 Pro dies "is dead" and the 9500 pro was very close to death when i swaped with the 9800 Pro so im possitive its just concindence. Anyway this onboard is putting strain on my eyes... lol

Jerm357 · Jan 4, 2005, 04:42 AM

he's gonna fry that new x800 xt i would almost bet money

Geminiwave · Jan 4, 2005, 05:39 AM

now dont be so negative jerm.

that being said, BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE X800!

DO NOT OVERCLOCK IT OR MESS WITH IT AT ALL!

just to be safe. in case it does fry, you'll be able to RMA it and then you'll know that your mobo and\or PSU are fubar.

CDsDontBurn · Jan 4, 2005, 08:28 AM

my two cents....before you put in that new shiny x800xt in your AGP, check out the gold pins on the AGP bus of both your 9500 and your 9800 cards. If there are any burnt marks anywhere on the bus, then your MoBo's AGP bus is killing your cards. If the cards are clean, then your cards died out a natural death.

Nicky-chan · Jan 4, 2005, 10:32 AM

Im a she ty. And imma go check if one of the cards has any burnt marks. If not ill still not overclock or anything to the card, not even put my Artic Silencer on it that I got for it."Like Geminiwave Said and i have no idea why this went blue. O.o" If asuming it runs fine for a month and is all ok nothing is fubar on my system ill go ahead with the Artic Silencer and overclocking but after my last experiance with my 9800 Pro im not sure i even want to overclock even when i have the artic silencer on there. O.o

Anyway thx for your help

Edit: I Just checked and there are no burn marks on the gold agp things or anywere else on the card. Even check the gpu on the card to see if there were any marks and there was none. =D
Well but still... Is there other ways to tell if its working? I mean I only put in the agp card that I tested on it for only a tiny bit like maybe 30 minutes... Im impatient.
*goes to the kitchen to go cook something and get dressed"just got up"*

INSTG8R · Jan 4, 2005, 10:39 AM

I guess my only thought on it as you have it overclocked have you got the AGP/PCI buses locked and not crankin em up with your FSB too

Nicky-chan · Jan 4, 2005, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by INSTG8R

I guess my only thought on it as you have it overclocked have you got the AGP/PCI buses locked and not crankin em up with your FSB too

I wont =)

Kgentatszu] · Jan 4, 2005, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

then your cards died out a natural death.

natural death? cards can actually die naturally...wow..i didnt know that (*not trying to be sacastic though i do sound like one)

Jan 3, 2005, 04:41 PM	#1
Nicky-chan formally Elclair Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Arizona,Pheonix Posts: 360 Rep Power: 0	9800 Pro & 9500 Pro R.I.P Today my 9800 Pro graphics card died and then put in my fritzy 9500 Pro in and it died too on me. Now im running on my onboard graphics bleh till newegg gets my X800 XT PE here. I orderd last friday, my bet is it'll be here at January 6th. I can frown and smile im just not sure witch I should do... Oh and not to mention this happend wail doing Memtest and testing out my new timings on my ram. It failed, pc started giving warning messeges, screen blanks out and then powers down all at once. I tried despritly to find out what the problem was till oh finaly when i rip out my 9800 Pro and put in my old 9500 Pro I get a post screen YAY!.... A hour later that thing dies wail in windows lisening to music with the asume Kx Drivers for my Audigy 2 ZS and enjoying life and ditto all over again. Rip the 9500 Pro out clear my CMOS and plug in my monitor to my onboard vga. Everythings is working fine.... For now.. Its only a madder of time till my whole system dies at this rate. =( Oh Forgot to mention but something strange happend to the size of my ram, It dropped from 1536mb's of ram to 1520mbs of ram. Does anyone here understand how in the world that could happen??? I mean its not like 1 ram stick died on me cuz there all 256 x 2 and 512 x 2. Unless somehow one black thingy on my ram died and the rest are functioning. =\| I think ill cry now.. __________________

Jan 3, 2005, 05:11 PM	Thread Starter #3
Nicky-chan formally Elclair Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Arizona,Pheonix Posts: 360 Rep Power: 0	Well im glad my ram is ok. At this very moment im scavenging heatsinks off my graphics cards, and lisening to Venga Boys. __________________

Jan 3, 2005, 05:17 PM	#4
Sarrow DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 45 Rep Power: 0	Was your AGP Slot fualty? Did you overclock your cards entisively? I would find out what happened before sticking a $400 piece of Hardware in you know, so it doesn't die like the others __________________ Specs ASUSTek P4SD-VL- no mods, stock cooling Intel Pentinum 4 HT 3.0 Ghz Radeon 9550 softmodded into Radeon 9600XT (455/225) 768MB DDR 3200-Defualt Stock RAM Defualt Stock Cooling Fans Omega's 4.12 Official Drivers 3DMark03-10505 PCMARK04-4189

Jan 3, 2005, 05:25 PM	Thread Starter #5
Nicky-chan formally Elclair Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Arizona,Pheonix Posts: 360 Rep Power: 0	I overclocked my 9800 Pro to the point of failer yes. But after seeing artifacts i imediatly threw the card back to stock speeds. As for the agp slot being falty that i am finding out my self with an older card"rage 128 pro", if it gets cooked well gunna have to wait 2 months till i can get a new motherboard. The X800 XT PE killed the budget here for 2 months. Bleh __________________

Jan 3, 2005, 05:34 PM	#6
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 63	uh... test those cards out in a different system before you put a nice shiny new expensive X800 in there. It might be your AGP port frying cards. I would be wary of any board that fried 2 cards that quickly. seriously just test the cards out in a different rig. __________________

Jan 3, 2005, 04:52 PM	#2
Kgentatszu] DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,802 Rep Power: 0	you ram dropped from 1536mb's of ram to 1520mbs of ram cause you're using the onboard gfx...that happens all the time, its normal... so cheers.. hey, enjoy your card, it kind'a rocks....at least mine did ^^

Jan 3, 2005, 08:57 PM	Thread Starter #7
Nicky-chan formally Elclair Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Arizona,Pheonix Posts: 360 Rep Power: 0	I did test them on my friends comp and they are not ok"fried". And my 9500 Pro was giving me problems before thats why i replaced it with the 9800 Pro but my agp slot works after the test with my old rage pro 128 card. The 9500 pro was my last resort when my 9800 Pro dies "is dead" and the 9500 pro was very close to death when i swaped with the 9800 Pro so im possitive its just concindence. Anyway this onboard is putting strain on my eyes... lol __________________

Jan 4, 2005, 04:42 AM	#8
Jerm357 HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 42 Rep Power: 0	he's gonna fry that new x800 xt i would almost bet money

Jan 4, 2005, 05:39 AM	#9
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 63	now dont be so negative jerm. that being said, BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE X800! DO NOT OVERCLOCK IT OR MESS WITH IT AT ALL! just to be safe. in case it does fry, you'll be able to RMA it and then you'll know that your mobo and\or PSU are fubar. __________________

Jan 4, 2005, 08:28 AM	#10
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,760 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	my two cents....before you put in that new shiny x800xt in your AGP, check out the gold pins on the AGP bus of both your 9500 and your 9800 cards. If there are any burnt marks anywhere on the bus, then your MoBo's AGP bus is killing your cards. If the cards are clean, then your cards died out a natural death. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jan 4, 2005, 10:32 AM	Thread Starter #11
Nicky-chan formally Elclair Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Arizona,Pheonix Posts: 360 Rep Power: 0	Im a she ty. And imma go check if one of the cards has any burnt marks. If not ill still not overclock or anything to the card, not even put my Artic Silencer on it that I got for it."Like Geminiwave Said and i have no idea why this went blue. O.o" If asuming it runs fine for a month and is all ok nothing is fubar on my system ill go ahead with the Artic Silencer and overclocking but after my last experiance with my 9800 Pro im not sure i even want to overclock even when i have the artic silencer on there. O.o Anyway thx for your help Edit: I Just checked and there are no burn marks on the gold agp things or anywere else on the card. Even check the gpu on the card to see if there were any marks and there was none. =D Well but still... Is there other ways to tell if its working? I mean I only put in the agp card that I tested on it for only a tiny bit like maybe 30 minutes... Im impatient. goes to the kitchen to go cook something and get dressed"just got up" __________________

Jan 4, 2005, 10:39 AM	#12
INSTG8R DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canadian lost in Norway Posts: 527 Rep Power: 0	I guess my only thought on it as you have it overclocked have you got the AGP/PCI buses locked and not crankin em up with your FSB too