Ok heres a real brain buster,
I built a system fairly cutting edge:
AMD ATHLON 64 3200+ 2.0GHZ 1MB L2 CACHE SOCKET-754 CPU
Thermaltake A1838 Silent Boost K8 Venus Series Cooler
ASUS K8V Deluxe AMD Athlon 64 CPU BOARD
Kingston Hyper-X 1024MB DDR400 (PC3200 / CL2)
SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB DVI/TV 8X AGP BULK
WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE 80.0GB/120.0GB ULTRA-ATA/100 7200RPM
Power Magic Titanium Plated Heavy Duty 600watt ATX Power Supply With Internal Dual Case Fan
also i have laser leds and neons, but you'll see why im mentioning that later.
anyways, i started playing COD... no problems, and Halo without a hitch. then later i played JK3 and my video just corrupts. It looks like artifacting, then it just goes to blocks and various colors, then i lose video signal, and somtimes the Motherboard will power off.
Ok, i think. its a bad video card from pricewatch. so i get a brand new ATI 9800 Pro 128 from bestbuy. Hook it up, and in 30 seconds my video does the same thing.
Now im pretty agravated, i talk to some IT ppl and they say my power supply may be my problem. And i did see a marginal improvment when i removed my neons from my case, but it still did it.
It only seems to happen when i run 3d games like JK3, prince of persia (just tried it and it did it) but the drivers are never corrupt, although i have uninstalled drivers and updated, and used 3rd party, and just about anything you can think of with the drivers. It doesnt do it during direct X tests, or during benchmarks *often* (3Dmark. and aquamark)I changed my AGP from 1.5v to 1.7v, no avail. Turned of fast write, no dice. Changed my auptutre from 64 to 128 just hoping without luck.
I really dont know what to do at this point, i ordered an enermax 470w PSU and im just waiting for it in the mail. But i have a suspition that its not going to resolve this problem. I feel like the problem is staring me in the face and i just dont see it, i need help.
Thanks for reading,
Charlie
