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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Graphic cards => Topic started by: IndianScout on June 19, 2009, 10:32:08 pm

Title: black blotches
Post by: IndianScout on June 19, 2009, 10:32:08 pm

I've noticed when I'm in game after a couple hours I start getting black flashing blotches all over the screen, this happened no matter what driver version I've tried..

the card has never been clocked or abused, I just need it to work so I can do my job

any suggestions?

Title: Re: black blotches
Post by: m00se on June 20, 2009, 10:15:44 am

Which graphics card and which game?

And all the other information: cpu, motherboard, psu, ...

Without this information it's difficult to answer your question.

Title: Re: black blotches
Post by: Pottypete on June 20, 2009, 12:50:14 pm

Hi,
I'm not very technical,
But Check your fans and temps, get rid of any dust build up, get riva tuner installed and check the GPU temps,
Hope this helps,
As above posts request info on your O/S and Puter ;D

Title: Re: black blotches
Post by: Badbonji on June 20, 2009, 06:14:58 pm

Seems like it is overheating, or something wrong with the solder on the card when it gets hot. My friend had a similar problem, but with red patches. His was an 8800 ultra, and was well outside of warranty. I told him about sticking it in the oven to fix it, something to do with repairing bad connections of the solder on the PCB or something and it worked. But I would get an RMA first before risking it :P

Title: Re: black blotches
Post by: IndianScout on June 20, 2009, 08:34:17 pm

this card is only a year old, it's an Gigabyte 8800GTS

specs are..

Antec 900 Gaming case (all fans on medium) great air flow
Abit IP35 Pro
Q6600 @ 3.4 (G0)
Tuniq tower
6g OCZ PC1066
GIGABYTE GV-NX88S512H-B GeForce 8800GTS (G92) (always stock no clocking)
Audigy 4
120g/300g SATA WD's
PC&P 750w PSU..

XP64 Pro

Title: Re: black blotches
Post by: oggmonster on June 21, 2009, 12:15:16 pm

If you have another card you can borrow you could try using that and see if you get the same problem. Is your CPU overheating? You could try running a memtest, but seems highly unlikely its RAM.

Title: Re: black blotches
Post by: IndianScout on June 21, 2009, 03:42:53 pm

prime stable, I put in an 8800gt I had laying around and it's fine.

looks like it's time for an RMA

Title: Re: black blotches
Post by: oggmonster on June 21, 2009, 03:53:25 pm

Quote from: IndianScout on June 21, 2009, 03:42:53 pm

prime stable, I put in an 8800gt I had laying around and it's fine.

looks like it's time for an RMA

Looks like it :( Though I hear Gigabyte are pretty good with RMAs so hopefully you shouldn't be too long without your card