[09tomlin]

Hi there!

After a while of playing (about 1 minute) the screen shows a "no signal input" message. My guess is that is has something to do with the graphics card. I know its not because of overheating (the load temperature reaches a max of 60/140 degrees celsius/fahrenheit. I have downloaded the latest drivers. If I look in the computer log it shows the following message: Error code 10000050, parameter1 ffd1558b, parameter2 00000000, parameter3 f739adeb, parameter4 00000000. When I restart the computer after the crash it says: "Windows has been restored after a serious problem" or similar to that.

I've tried the most things i came to think of: Reinstalled Windows, drivers to the graphics card, cleared the cmos, updated BIOS, it's not overheating, the power supply isn't to weak and probably something more.

Any ideas what might be wrong and how to solve it?

By the way, it's a Sapphire Radeon x1950 pro 256 mb graphics card.

Oh and one more thing worth writing is that I've recently changed computer chassis and the graphics cooler. Could something have happened while i was moving all the components to the new chassis? (I've been very carefull with static electrisity)

[mrdaveyk]

what game is it mate and whats ya specs? ill see if i can fish something.

[09tomlin]

It's all kind of games such as: Counter-Strike Source, Half-Life 2, F.E.A.R, Colin McRae Dirt, Test Drive Unlimited, Flatout 2, Oblivion, Guild Wars, Far Cry, Doom 3, Battlefield 2, so i guess it's all games not just some specific.

My computer specs are:

CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 Dual-Core 4200+ 2.2GHz 2x512Kb 65W Boxed
Videocard: Sapphire Radeon X1950Pro 256MB DDR3 TV-out DUAL DVI LITE RETAIL PCI Express
Motherboard: Asus M2V VIA K8T890 4DDR2-DIMM 4PCI 2PCIe SATA Raid Audio GB-LAN Socket AM2 ATX
Power supply: Xilence 600W 12cm Fan REDWING ATX12V V2.0
Harddrive: 2x Samsung SP2504C 250GB 7200rpm 8MB SATA2
CD: Samsung DVD SH-S182D Dual-Layer +RW/R -RW/R 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 48X CDR 32X CDRW BLACK/SVART RETAIL IDE
Memories: OCZ Gold XTC DDR2 PC6400 1024MB KIT

[Rik]

When you changed the graphics cooler, did you remove the original and fit a new one in its place?

If so, did you ues thermal paste or one of those horrible pads?

[evilfantasy]

09tomlin

Calm down. New members posts with links in them will not show until approved by a moderator.

[09tomlin]

Oh sorry about that, I posted the message but it never showed up. Guess i became a little bit desperate :P

[evilfantasy]

Desperate times 6 lol.

No problem just letting you know for the future.

[09tomlin]

Originally Posted by Rik When you changed the graphics cooler, did you remove the original and fit a new one in its place? If so, did you ues thermal paste or one of those horrible pads?

Yes i removed the old cooler and replaced it with the new cooler. Yes i used thermal paste. If you think it's because of overheating, it's not :P Since i changed the cooler the temperature has been halved (spelling/grammar? :P) and before, when the temperature was way higher, i didn't have this problem.

[Rik]

Click start, then run, and type dxdiag. See if all the tests for your graphics run.

[09tomlin]

Just did the tests. All tests came up with "no problem was found" and "all the tests were succesful"

[09tomlin]

After some reading I've found out that it might be the voltregulators that's getting overheated. Is there some special cooler for the voltregulators?

Where on the card can i find them/what do they look like?

[Rik]

Ive never heard of special voltage regulator coolers for a graphics card and I've worked for 15 years in the electronics trade and had an interest in pc's for slightly longer.

The best thing you can do is make sure your case is well ventilated and free of dust.

[cheesewheels99]

try getting a better cooler

[09tomlin]

Well i bought a new cooler, so i will not do it again =P

But anyway I solved the problem, it turned out it was the voltage regulators that was getting overheated, so i fixed a cooling solution for them and now it works. The voltage regulators are still getting to hot though but not hot enough to cause the PC to crash, so i dont bother fixing it better since I'll probably buy a new video card in february or so when the new models is introduced.

[marsay001]

hi mate. dont know if this will help you like, but my fan went the other day on my heatsink fpr cpu , it was spinning but not fast enough so my cpu was idiling 65C and when i played a game it would just all freeze up and go off so maybe check other components? hope yiu get it fixed man, would drive me nuts lol