Need Help With My Card

[blaackoran]

Ok ive recently purchased a x1600pro 512 pcie card for my comp. Sometimes when i turn the computer on it crashes...and occasionally i get the blue screen of death. Ive narrowed it down to the video card, as it doesnt happen when i install my other card. I thought at first it was a driver issue (ive tried the sapphire disc drivers and the ati website drivers) but i cant seem to fix the problem. It plays games flawlessly most of the time. But the comp does crash when turned on and then i get the mobo beeps...until i power down adn try again.

Any ideas on why this is happening? Or did i just get a bum card....

My computer specs are in my sig...


Also im in the market for a new heatsink....Im lookin at the Zalman cps9500led, the arctic cooling 64 pro and the cooler master 6+ which one should i get? i want it to be reallly queit yet really effective.

 

[fuz_master]

Ok dude you need to check what your PSU is.(Power Supply) If it is below 450W I dont think it will run.

 

[Static_11]

PSU: Comp USA 500w

 

[blaackoran]

no my psu is good... not even running 2 hd's or optical drives... and it workes fine with a 6800...

the card is fine just sometimes it locks up.... im begining to think its a faulty card...

 

[trimmin]

one thing you might need to check is how many amps the 12 volt rail its supplying to the card. it may not be getting enough.

 

[blaackoran]

no it is definitely more then sufficient....its either a driver issue, a faulty card or maybe its something to do with mobo bios settings?

The mobo i got uses agp and pci e....maybe thats it? any settings i should check there???