View Full Version : Serious issue here, need help as i tried everything i can think of TWICE!
nvidiapissmeoff
11-30-04, 09:57 PM
Hello
I have a nvidia geforce ti 4200
I have no idea whats going on but for the past 2 weeks out of the blue my computer will freeze while playing any game
This used to happen but only under INTENSE BATTLES, now... it happens any time at all
I have refomated, i have installed new and old nvidia drivers, i have used virus scans, i have checked the hardware, i have dont it all folks!
Any ideas on what i can do to stop this freezing issue?
Its really pissing me off !
thanks
nvidiapissmeoff
11-30-04, 10:13 PM
i forgot to mention that when it does freeze the same sound plays over and over again too
saturnotaku
11-30-04, 10:18 PM
Do you honestly think you deserve any help with a user name like that?
saturnotaku
11-30-04, 10:20 PM
No he doesn't actually
OK, was just making sure.
nvidiapissmeoff
11-30-04, 10:21 PM
******* right I DO!
do you even realize the hell i have been threw for 2 weeks over this crap card!
I payed a lot of money for it an i expect it to work in 2 years\
Your not going to try to help me because i say nvidia pisses me off?
Hmm ok, im only stating the truth, THEY PISS ME OFF
They offer NO SUPPORT, they offer nothing!
But hey, what can i expect from a person like you who doesnt need to deal with a problem like this because when it happens to you you can run out and buy a new $500 video card
You're pissing me off now son. Stop acting like a 2yr old throwing a tantrum.
Word of advice
Never make decisions when you are angry
Now on the card thing.
Check your bios settings, AGP aperture to 128mb and fastwrites disabled. Check also your ram timings.
Check if the fan is working.
maybe the card is overheating, you can underclock it with rivatuner or coolbits. Lower to the least possible speed and try some games.
Its card made by a AiB and not by NVIDIA. So you should really be angry / vent your fustrations on the AIB who made the card. Ask for RMA or see if you still have a valid waranty
Daneel Olivaw
11-30-04, 11:00 PM
Isn't this the wrong forum?
Lfctony
12-01-04, 02:46 AM
I still think this is flamebait. I won't bite.
On the given issue, if the card was working fine and started freezing out of the blue, there's something wrong with your hardware. Try another card if you have a spare one lying around. Or take that card to a friend and test it on their PC. If the problem is indeed the video card, no amount of reinstalling and formatting will fix it.
(snowlol) He hasn't replied in days. well.... have u tested the card in another system?.... have u tried another card in ur system?
How did u test the hadware, by the way?....
Like Muya said: Nvidia are not the one's to be mad @.. It could be the VGA Board or even a problem with Ur mobo.....You need to seriously test it on another system.
Im willing to help here... may i suggest you first check the fan on the heatsink on the card to make sure its still spinning fine or it might be slowy dying if its not excesively dirty, then clean it. What looks like is happening is because the video card GPU(core) is overheating. If the fan is good, then i would suggest changeing out the white thermal grease the manufacture puts in and replace it with some arctic silver5 between the hsf and core. Remember to put alittle more in the center of the gpu because it has a concave(sunk in) like surface. If all the above didn't help, maybe its time to retire that card and get a new one or get a replacement HSF for it from thermaltake and try that... good luck.
Zelda_fan
12-08-04, 09:37 PM
it sounds like an overheating issue to me. There is also a good chance that the hardware is damaged.
Lfctony
12-09-04, 03:02 AM
As a previous post said, he hasn't replied for days. So, 1 of 2 things must have happened.
1. He got so pissed off he threw his system out the window.
2. It was mere flamebait and after seeing how no one fell for it, he decided not to continue.
CaptNKILL
12-09-04, 03:27 AM
As a previous post said, he hasn't replied for days. So, 1 of 2 things must have happened.
1. He got so pissed off he threw his system out the window.
2. It was mere flamebait and after seeing how no one fell for it, he decided not to continue.
Or maybe he was mad when he posted (hence the name and the swearing) and when people refused to help him, he left.
No offense guys, but a simple suggestion to not use a name like that and then an (easy) answer to his question probably would have been fine. Obviously his card\CPU is overheating but you scared him away before anyone actually told him :p
Lfctony
12-09-04, 03:40 AM
He did receive several answers as to how to fix the problem though.
CaptNKILL
12-09-04, 04:11 AM
He did receive several answers as to how to fix the problem though.
Yeah I know... I was referring to the first couple posts. We have all been pissed off with broken hardware, I was just saying that if they answered him the first time he probably wouldnt have gotten really pissed and left.
Yeah I know... I was referring to the first couple posts. We have all been pissed off with broken hardware, I was just saying that if they answered him the first time he probably wouldnt have gotten really pissed and left.
They way he started off , first his nick, then his attitude in general like the community or NVIDIA owed him something for nothing. The card is faulty , it's;
a) not our problem.
b) not NVIDIA's problem but of the AIB partner.
c) not a need for him register with such a nick and then throw a tantrum.
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