 Free Scan: Update Your PC's Outdated Drivers to Optimize Performance 
August 20th, 2008, 12:32 PM
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I finished building my new computer last night, installed Vista Home Premium and I am running into an issue. First here are my computer specs
Intel Qx6850 Quad Core Extreme 3.0
EVGA 750i FTW SLI Motherboard
EVGA GTX280 SSC Edition
OCZ Reaper pc2-8500 DD2 1066mhz (4 gigs)
Seagate 7200rpm 160gb SATA 2 Hard Drive
Seagate 7200rpm 500gb SATA 2 Hard Drive
HP DVD+-RW w/ Light scribe
Cooler master Centurion 534 case
Cooler master 850w ps
Now for my problem. When I first installed everything the picture was very distorted and had random blocky messages all over the screen, i pulled video card and put in a spare i had (7600GS). Problem went away, I installed windows everything was fine.
After windows was installed i pulled the 7600gs out and installed the gtx280, problem came up again, i installed video drivers and it went away so i think all is good, well i load up a game for the first time(Counter Strike Source) it blue screens and crashes.
After this i flash the bios and reinstall the newest video drivers and it seems to be ok as of late but i am getting some random blue screens and or lock ups. I am pretty sure this is related to the video card, is their anything people have herd/had issues with such as overheating or issues with the new gtx280 ssc from EVGA? Thank you for reading this and hopefully we can get this fixed!
PS: I got a constant 300 FPS in Counter Strike Source!
Last edited by uninstall.exe : August 20th, 2008 at 01:21 PM.
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August 20th, 2008, 12:56 PM
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list is incomplete... whats the PSU?
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August 20th, 2008, 01:14 PM
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Could well be a psu problem.
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August 20th, 2008, 01:15 PM
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Sorry, I have a cooler master 850w ps | |
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August 20th, 2008, 01:20 PM
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Oh right hmmmmm that should be more then enough to run all you have. Have you tryed all the usual things such as lose cables and latest drivers and all the usaul stuff people recommened? | |
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August 20th, 2008, 03:01 PM
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heres what i have done...
-pulled out car, reseated it
-reseated ram
-reseated proc
-ran everything outside of case
-ran on diff power supply
-diff ram
-flashed bios
-drivers off of cd
-drivers off of website | |
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August 20th, 2008, 03:55 PM
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make sure all your fans are spinning including the one on the card. also, im not sure if ur card has this option, but try turning off fastwrites. other than that i dont know what to tell u, it could be a dud card. | |
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August 20th, 2008, 04:28 PM
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OK a dumb question, did you hook up the power to the video card?
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August 20th, 2008, 05:52 PM
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DL and install the latest chipset drivers for your board
if nvidia go to their web site to get the latest | |
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