My 9800 Pro is flat lining!

EPirate · Dec 29, 2004

My 9800 Pro (soft modded to XT) seems to be die or seomthing im getting artifacting on the desktop its not the cooling at all ive reset it 3 times now. Massive glitches in HL2, im not sure what the problem is if anyone could give me some suggestions i would be very greatful. Its 1 year old as of today. Is there any warrenties on this thing btw?

Dan0512 · Dec 29, 2004

Looks like you've got a goner. Try lowering the frequencies below pro, and see if that helps. Don't know, but maybe softmodding voids the warranty, not sure.

Dan

EPirate · Dec 29, 2004

yea im wondering if cause i soft modded it i voided the warranty

Xenocide · Dec 29, 2004

ya did for sure

im going to smack you if you return hardware you overclocked anyways :argue:

EPirate · Dec 29, 2004

Overclocked erm, i would never do a thing like that. My core always ran at 514

Someone Stupid · Dec 30, 2004

The softmod is technically overclocking. So yes, you did void the warranty. As for lowering the clockspeeds, you can try it, but that sounds awfully like how mine died, and dropping the core or memory didn't help at all. I wish you better luck with salvaging the card (for however long it'll last if you can) than I had with mine.

Silmatharien · Dec 30, 2004

Yes, you have voided your warrenty.

What does this artifacting on your desktop look like? Horizontal and vertical lines? If so, my 9700 Pro was doing that and I DID NOT overclock it. RMA'd it and ATi was fine.

Edit: I think the card has a 3-year warrenty.

My 9800 Pro is flat lining!

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