Garbled Screen (ATI x800 Pro)

danG7o5 · Sep 16, 2004, 03:43 AM

Hi all,

I recently got a made by ATI Radeon x800 Pro. I am currently using the newest omega drivers. I have directx 9.0b, and windows xp pro sp2. Anyways, when I run a program that utilizes directx (such as the dirext3d test in dxdiag, or 3dmark03), my screen goes all garbled and colored and fades different colors. I have tried a few versions of the ATI drivers, directx 9.0c and 9.0b, forced safe refresh rates, and I updated my VIA, AGP, and monitor drivers, all to no avail. I also tried changing to 4x, disabling fast writes, and messing with other BIOS settings. My monitor is a tl500a LCD. I have no idea what else I could try besides reinstalling XP, which I dont really want to do. Any ideas?

System Specs:

Athlon XP 2300+
DFI AD77 Infinity
ATI Radeon x800 Pro
512MB Corsair TwinX
30 gig HD space
Cd Burner
Dvd player
Soundblaster 512
425 watt PSU

Thanks

nauticus · Sep 16, 2004, 04:00 AM

But only in D3d?

Did you install the video drivers AFTER the motherboards? <-Thats what you should do.

But I don't think that is what is cousing your problem.
Posting a screenshot of this "garbledness" will mostlikely help in diagnosing your problem.

danG7o5 · Sep 16, 2004, 04:18 AM

Whoa... I have been working on this for 3 days and it just started working fine... maybe that indicates a tempurature or power supply problem, or is this forum just so good all I had to do was post and make myself look stupid :P

EDIT- Stupid P.O.S. I rebooted and its doing it again when I did a direct3d test in dxdiag.

EDIT 2 - I have found out that every time I run counter-strike, it fixes it. When I reboot, it happens again. So... counterstrike has healing powers :P

Any ideas?

daw182 · Sep 16, 2004, 06:00 AM

do u use radlinker? i had an old version and it use to do that to me..

Sep 16, 2004, 03:43 AM	#1
danG7o5 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Garbled Screen (ATI x800 Pro) Hi all, I recently got a made by ATI Radeon x800 Pro. I am currently using the newest omega drivers. I have directx 9.0b, and windows xp pro sp2. Anyways, when I run a program that utilizes directx (such as the dirext3d test in dxdiag, or 3dmark03), my screen goes all garbled and colored and fades different colors. I have tried a few versions of the ATI drivers, directx 9.0c and 9.0b, forced safe refresh rates, and I updated my VIA, AGP, and monitor drivers, all to no avail. I also tried changing to 4x, disabling fast writes, and messing with other BIOS settings. My monitor is a tl500a LCD. I have no idea what else I could try besides reinstalling XP, which I dont really want to do. Any ideas? System Specs: Athlon XP 2300+ DFI AD77 Infinity ATI Radeon x800 Pro 512MB Corsair TwinX 30 gig HD space Cd Burner Dvd player Soundblaster 512 425 watt PSU Thanks

Sep 16, 2004, 04:18 AM	Thread Starter #3
danG7o5 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Whoa... I have been working on this for 3 days and it just started working fine... maybe that indicates a tempurature or power supply problem, or is this forum just so good all I had to do was post and make myself look stupid :P EDIT- Stupid P.O.S. I rebooted and its doing it again when I did a direct3d test in dxdiag. EDIT 2 - I have found out that every time I run counter-strike, it fixes it. When I reboot, it happens again. So... counterstrike has healing powers :P Any ideas? Last edited by danG7o5; Sep 16, 2004 at 05:42 AM. Reason: Shit....

Sep 16, 2004, 04:00 AM	#2
nauticus Carpcarpcarpcarpcarp Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: nauticus Posts: 232 Rep Power: 0	But only in D3d? Did you install the video drivers AFTER the motherboards? <-Thats what you should do. But I don't think that is what is cousing your problem. Posting a screenshot of this "garbledness" will mostlikely help in diagnosing your problem.

Sep 16, 2004, 06:00 AM	#4
daw182 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	do u use radlinker? i had an old version and it use to do that to me..