Sapphire 4870 Problem

papu

I was playing fallout 3 today(Which has been running perfectly since I got the card) and out of no-where the screen goes black and it says no input .
I Reboot Pc everything is fine , back to fallout 3! same thing happens ,so I reboot and stop playing games for a while do some work , Then The same thing happens while I'm Browsing the internet , boot the pc and The boot Screen , Bios everything is all Artifacted with Vertical Lines and Mouse Ghosting ( when you move the cursor and the mouse trails like when its frozen). Let it cool down , have some tea come back boot it up , 2/3 times i try the fan spins 100% third time I get some Video Bios looks okay Boots into Windows , but it Freezes on the Windows Logo , But my speakers Still play the Windows Sound and I hear programs pop up and stuff
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But Now it wont boot at all , Fan keeps spinning at 100% But no Video Signal.
I'm Running My old video card at the moment Just wondering , has anyone ever had a similar situation? How was it fixed? Been thinking about flashing it but I really dont want to , I'd much rather RMA it.

Thanks


Edit::
System specs are ,
620W corsair Psu
4 gigs of Ballistix Ram
Asus P5q-e motherboard
E2160 oc > 3.1ghz
Using a Hd2900Xt at the moment which sucks more power so it isnt the psu.

AlmightyCushion

\IF your old card is workking fine then I say your new card is over heating. Definitely something not rifght with it. RMA it to fck.

marco_polo

Artifacting before any drivers have loaded does not sound good.

papu

Tried it again Cold this morning to rule out Overheating , The Thing Still Freezes Just as Windows Plays the Entering Os Chime. But it now Shows the Bios And everything =[ Hope I can get a Rma on this now

marco_polo

papu wrote: »

Tried it again Cold this morning to rule out Overheating , The Thing Still Freezes Just as Windows Plays the Entering Os Chime. But it now Shows the Bios And everything =[ Hope I can get a Rma on this now

Could be dodge memory on it or something. Deffo RMA it.

papu

marco_polo wrote: »

Could be dodge memory on it or something. Deffo RMA it.

Update i guess , After by Backup Started Artifacting and Bluescreening I got to thinking , the red LED on the 2900Xt was on , indicating that that 6pin wasnt getting enough power ( just thought my card was broken from being ancient and heavily overclocked)

Switched out that cable for a 4 pin molex to 6 pin Pcie Power and Plugged back in the 4870 and low and behold its been running strong for about a week now!
yay
\0/

Effluo

papu wrote: »

Update i guess , After by Backup Started Artifacting and Bluescreening I got to thinking , the red LED on the 2900Xt was on , indicating that that 6pin wasnt getting enough power ( just thought my card was broken from being ancient and heavily overclocked)

Switched out that cable for a 4 pin molex to 6 pin Pcie Power and Plugged back in the 4870 and low and behold its been running strong for about a week now!
yay
\0/

Corsair psu broke!!!!

omg

papu

Effluo wrote: »

Corsair psu broke!!!!

omg

I know thats what I'm thinking , Maybe the cable has come out a little at the modular part of the Psu i havent been able to check , or maybe the cable is messup up , Usually they go forever . Isnt it strange that only one power cable is messed up?

marco_polo

papu wrote: »

Update i guess , After by Backup Started Artifacting and Bluescreening I got to thinking , the red LED on the 2900Xt was on , indicating that that 6pin wasnt getting enough power ( just thought my card was broken from being ancient and heavily overclocked)

Switched out that cable for a 4 pin molex to 6 pin Pcie Power and Plugged back in the 4870 and low and behold its been running strong for about a week now!
yay
\0/

D'oh forgot about the LEDs at the back, could have saved you some time . Well at least it is working now, good times.