mnelson07
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Just a warning, this will be long. I'll try to summarize at the end in bold.
I had an 8800GT that I stepped-up with EVGA to the 8800GTS (only so I can step up to the 9800GX2 when it comes out or some other card since I extended 90 more days). When I took my 8800GT out of my case and put my old 7800GT in, the Windows Login screen was all jagged and you couldn't read anything. I thought it was a driver problem since I didn't uninstall the drivers but I don't think that's the case (keep reading). Eventually, after uninstalling the nvidia drivers completely (courtesy of DriverCleaner) I eventually put my OLD ATI x700 in. It worked so I was somewhat happy that my machine could work, but I had a crappy video card that can't run WoW or CoD4.
Randomly, a day later, I thought I'd give the 7800GT another shot. To my surprise it worked! Somehow something changed to allow it to work. I uninstalled the ATI driver, installed the nVidia ones and everything seemed good.
Now, the PC crashes randomly during games. At first the PC crashed the moment I pulled WoW up and logged in. Then I rebooted and it crashed after about two minutes. Now it crashes after a good 15 minutes or so of playing. I left the PC running all night and it was fine, so it seems it's the video card. I believed it was to begin with, seeing as how it didn't work before making the Windows Login screen all randomly shifted and distorted, but this further strengthens that assumption
Since it only crashes during games I figured it was a load/overheating issue. So, I monitored the temps and it never goes above 53 Celsius. I can't figure this out for the life of me!
Isn't there some minidump file or something that shows me what caused the random crash?
Cliff Notes:
EVGA Step Up from 8800GT to 8800GTS (so I get 90 more days to step up to the 9800GX2)
Put in 7800GT while waiting on 8800GTS to arrive, video was messed up when booted into Windows (BIOS displayed fine).
Put in old ATI x700, worked.
Randomly put 7800GT back in a day later an it worked!
Started playing WoW (on 7800GT), crashed immediately, and now it crashes after ~15mins of playing. Temperature of video card doesn't go above 53 Celsius.
I had an 8800GT that I stepped-up with EVGA to the 8800GTS (only so I can step up to the 9800GX2 when it comes out or some other card since I extended 90 more days). When I took my 8800GT out of my case and put my old 7800GT in, the Windows Login screen was all jagged and you couldn't read anything. I thought it was a driver problem since I didn't uninstall the drivers but I don't think that's the case (keep reading). Eventually, after uninstalling the nvidia drivers completely (courtesy of DriverCleaner) I eventually put my OLD ATI x700 in. It worked so I was somewhat happy that my machine could work, but I had a crappy video card that can't run WoW or CoD4.
Randomly, a day later, I thought I'd give the 7800GT another shot. To my surprise it worked! Somehow something changed to allow it to work. I uninstalled the ATI driver, installed the nVidia ones and everything seemed good.
Now, the PC crashes randomly during games. At first the PC crashed the moment I pulled WoW up and logged in. Then I rebooted and it crashed after about two minutes. Now it crashes after a good 15 minutes or so of playing. I left the PC running all night and it was fine, so it seems it's the video card. I believed it was to begin with, seeing as how it didn't work before making the Windows Login screen all randomly shifted and distorted, but this further strengthens that assumption
Since it only crashes during games I figured it was a load/overheating issue. So, I monitored the temps and it never goes above 53 Celsius. I can't figure this out for the life of me!
Isn't there some minidump file or something that shows me what caused the random crash?
Cliff Notes:
EVGA Step Up from 8800GT to 8800GTS (so I get 90 more days to step up to the 9800GX2)
Put in 7800GT while waiting on 8800GTS to arrive, video was messed up when booted into Windows (BIOS displayed fine).
Put in old ATI x700, worked.
Randomly put 7800GT back in a day later an it worked!
Started playing WoW (on 7800GT), crashed immediately, and now it crashes after ~15mins of playing. Temperature of video card doesn't go above 53 Celsius.