A weird graphics problem.

Nightstorm · Jan 2, 2007, 07:42 PM

I have a Gateway MX7515 with a Mobility Radeon X600, Athlon 64 4000+ and a gig of RAM. A little while ago my computer started acting up for no good reason.

Whenever I did anything particularly graphics intensive (i.e. running games) the computer would eventually freak out and the X600 would crash and VPU recover would fail resulting in software rendering mode. Sometimes it would bluescreen after the crash. As time went on games now have completely messed graphics from the beginning and then crash as before.

I had not changed anything hardware/software/settings wise from the day it worked to the day it stopped working. It was literally playing Battlefield 2 one night and the next night these issues appeared.

My original hypothesis was that the graphics card was overheating, maybe something wrong with the system fans. I cleaned out the fans and ensured that they were running properly, but that did not resolve the issue. Additionally, as I mentioned the computer now displays corrupted graphics from the get-go, when the computer is cold.

I've contacted Gateway (my warrenty was just expired by the way) and chatted with their negatively intelligent, yet very polite tech support, and nothing was resolved. I've reverted back to the original graphics drivers, the Gateway updated drivers and also Omega drivers (which I'm currently running) and nothing worked. I've virus scanned and defragged. I'm starting to think something may be wrong the graphics card hardware itself, which would suck. Also the computer has not crashed in Windows while surfing the internet or doing office work.

I would greatly appreciate any thoughts on this very weird, and really annoying (it is the holidays) problem.

Cheers,
Nightstorm

Rosserton · May 24, 2007, 06:18 PM

I'm having the EXACT same problem with my MX7515 as well, we seem to have identical systems, and identical problems. I've tried everything. I had to underclock my VRAM to 50% to get the system to run without crashing. As my warranty is (conviently) expired as well, I'm just having to deal with a half-broken system until I can afford to ship it off to Gateway.

If anyone has ANY ideas here about what we should do (I've been working on this for two months so far with no results), please, PLEASE, respond!

Jan 2, 2007, 07:42 PM	#1
Nightstorm DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	A weird graphics problem. I have a Gateway MX7515 with a Mobility Radeon X600, Athlon 64 4000+ and a gig of RAM. A little while ago my computer started acting up for no good reason. Whenever I did anything particularly graphics intensive (i.e. running games) the computer would eventually freak out and the X600 would crash and VPU recover would fail resulting in software rendering mode. Sometimes it would bluescreen after the crash. As time went on games now have completely messed graphics from the beginning and then crash as before. I had not changed anything hardware/software/settings wise from the day it worked to the day it stopped working. It was literally playing Battlefield 2 one night and the next night these issues appeared. My original hypothesis was that the graphics card was overheating, maybe something wrong with the system fans. I cleaned out the fans and ensured that they were running properly, but that did not resolve the issue. Additionally, as I mentioned the computer now displays corrupted graphics from the get-go, when the computer is cold. I've contacted Gateway (my warrenty was just expired by the way) and chatted with their negatively intelligent, yet very polite tech support, and nothing was resolved. I've reverted back to the original graphics drivers, the Gateway updated drivers and also Omega drivers (which I'm currently running) and nothing worked. I've virus scanned and defragged. I'm starting to think something may be wrong the graphics card hardware itself, which would suck. Also the computer has not crashed in Windows while surfing the internet or doing office work. I would greatly appreciate any thoughts on this very weird, and really annoying (it is the holidays) problem. Cheers, Nightstorm

May 24, 2007, 06:18 PM	#2
Rosserton DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Same exact problem! I'm having the EXACT same problem with my MX7515 as well, we seem to have identical systems, and identical problems. I've tried everything. I had to underclock my VRAM to 50% to get the system to run without crashing. As my warranty is (conviently) expired as well, I'm just having to deal with a half-broken system until I can afford to ship it off to Gateway. If anyone has ANY ideas here about what we should do (I've been working on this for two months so far with no results), please, PLEASE, respond!