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  1. My ATI AIW 9800se appears to have died. I am ******* livid. Games were constantly crashing but the system seems stable now I have swapped it for a 9200 and games no longer crash. I'm ******* steaming here. I have to get this problem sorted in time for the 6 Nations as I have to capture it. Oh, and to top it all off I've forgotten to pay my credit card bill and they've put a block on my card. This means I missed getting series 5 of the simpsons for 17 quid as the price has gone up to 26.99. What a bastard start to the new year.


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    Tough break there buddy

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  3. Originally Posted by yoda313
    Hello,

    Tough break there buddy

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    You have no idea. . . .


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    oh yea -- happy new year to you non the less
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    Could be worse... could be raining.
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  6. Originally Posted by smearbrick1
    Could be worse... could be raining.
    It is, bloody pissing down an' all. So come on then folks, I need to thoroughly test my ATI AIW then decide on a replacement.


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    Maybe you're getting all your bad luck for 2005 out of the way the first week
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    Hows your power supply?? I had a similar problem with a 9800 Pro (non-AIW) - games, mostly DX9, would hang/crash with tons of artifacts.

    Read a number of sites and many comments pointed to power - upgraded to a decent power supply and haven't had a single problem since.

    Good luck... (and Happy New Year too!)
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  9. Originally Posted by SquirrelDip
    Hows your power supply?? I had a similar problem with a 9800 Pro (non-AIW) - games, mostly DX9, would hang/crash with tons of artifacts.

    Read a number of sites and many comments pointed to power - upgraded to a decent power supply and haven't had a single problem since.

    Good luck... (and Happy New Year too!)
    Its a 400w ******. I've already tried swapping PSUs all without success. I may see if I can pick up a decent PSU next week or something.


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    Possibly a driver issue? Guess that would be less likely, they use the same ones don't they? I've seen it recommened many times before to do a complete reinstall of windows when adding a new video card.

    Might want to check out www.rage3d.com, I saw a post there on how to completely unistall a ATI card manually.
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  11. Originally Posted by thecoalman
    Possibly a driver issue? Guess that would be less likely, they use the same ones don't they? I've seen it recommened many times before to do a complete reinstall of windows when adding a new video card.

    Might want to check out www.rage3d.com, I saw a post there on how to completely unistall a ATI card manually.
    Windows XP crashes during install with the 9800 card in. I need some sort of diagnostic tool to see if is is the 9800 thats fecked.


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    put the 9800 in another machine
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  13. Originally Posted by BJ_M
    put the 9800 in another machine
    Hmmm, there's an idea. All I have to do now is find someone with a machine they're willing to let me use.


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    Originally Posted by northcat_8
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    That poor soul!!! Hopefully it's not the same issue!

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  16. Originally Posted by northcat_8


    Jesus - and I thought I had problems ! I think I may know someone who can test the card out for me. Just have to convince him . . . . .


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    That sucks VCD, I had a Nvdia card go out on me around thanksgiving.

    It was the first video card I have ever had go bad, I tested it in 3 boxes just to be sure...it was the first video card that I have had that wasn't ATI and pissed me off so much that I will only buy ATI from now on.
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  18. Originally Posted by northcat_8
    That sucks VCD, I had a Nvdia card go out on me around thanksgiving.

    It was the first video card I have ever had go bad, I tested it in 3 boxes just to be sure...it was the first video card that I have had that wasn't ATI and pissed me off so much that I will only buy ATI from now on.
    The reverse is true for me. I've always bought Nvidia, except this card was a replacement for a broken Nvidia and the shit I had to go through to get it is documented on this site here.


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    [quote="VCDHunter"]
    Originally Posted by northcat_8
    *snip*
    I think I may know someone who can test the card out for me. Just have to convince him . . . . .
    It's not going to break his PC, just crash it which, by replacing the original card, will fix ... dur

    Good luck m8
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