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Answer» I am pretty certain that my video card is blown but I WANTED to make sure before I went out and spent any money. First of all I am using a dell XPS with a 3ghz processor, 2gb or ram and windows XP. The trouble started when I began to notice small dots on my screen. I tried several things to remove them including checking to make sure the monitor connection was in place correctly and making sure that the graphics card was in place correctly. After neither of these worked I tried to download new drivers for my radeon 9800 PRO. At this point after I restarted the computer the display issues became worse and I have seen anything from the little dots to small screen "tears" to virtually not being able to see anything on my screen. I did an artifacts scan with ATI TOOLS and the whole scan screen turned yellow and no shape emerged. I also noticed a MESSAGE when attempting to start a video game that said I needed to download direct x 9.0c which I did. I was told this sometimes causes problems with ATI drivers and I have ALREADY tried the steps to corrent the problem in this way including the installation of them in a particular order and the removal of ATI control center. I have checked to make sure all of the fans in the computer are functioning, including the one on the graphics card, and they all seem to be working correctly although I will admit that I am not sure as to how fast the fan on the graphics card should be moving because it does not keep the area cool. I should also note that if you turn off the computer and let it sit for a while it will boot up with minimal display issues but these get progressively worse and after 35 minutes it is virtually impossible to do anything. In addition, I now get a message when my computer boots up that says "Could not load file or assembly. 'MOM.Implementation, version = 2.0.2910.39003, culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken 90ba9c70846762e or one of its dependencies, the system could not find the file specified." Most of the steps I have taken so far have come from doing some research and reading forum posts on various forums but at this point I am at a loss as to what to do next besides get a new video card. Thank you very much in advance for any help or advice you might have and I apologize for the long post.From your description of the fan, along with the note that letting the computer sit for a while can help, it's possible the graphics card is overheating. However... have you tried any other monitors on this same card? Or... have you tried this monitor on any other computers/video cards?I have tried a different monitor but the problems still exist I tried to swap out video cards with my friends computer but they do not have the same connection and it would not work. I believe that it is overheating.......I can not hold my finger on the video card's heatsink for more than 2 seconds when its been on for a bit because it is too hot....I assume this is not normal.......at this point im trying to figure out if the damage is permanent and I should buy a new card or perhaps I should just try and buy a new fan since...even though it is moving...it does not seem to be moving that fast.Yeah, it sounds like the card may be overheating. A good test would be to take your monitor and try it on your friend's computer. If it works fine on your friend's computer, you know your video card is the issue.well at first it sounded like it was just dead pixels on your monitor is it lcd or crt?scratch that post...sry, didnt read far enough |
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