ATI Radeon x800 reboots while playing a game

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Hazard

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Hello,

I have had x800 for about a year now and all of a sudden it started giving me problems. When i am playing a game with a decent graphics (Need for Speed: Most Wanted, HOMM5 or Titan Quest) it gives me an error message like graphics card had to reset and whole screen goes blank for few moments then jumps back into a game. After few such resets the whole system reboots :( . Sometime weird blocks would appear on the screen distorting the image.

I haven't had this problem before. I have all the latest drivers, I tried Catalyst and Omega both with same results. Windows is fully patched.

System:
AMD 3600+
Kingston DDR Ram 1024Mb
Asus A8N-E Motherboard
ATI Radeon x800 256Mb Video Card

Any help on how to resolve this annoying issue is greatly appreciated.
 
I was about to say try another power supply, but when you mention distortion, I suspect a bad video card. If you can test the video card in another system, do. Or, if you can test another PSU in yours, try that...
 
my psu is pretty crappy, I think it is like 300W... Max temp was like 56C, it is not too high is it? Image distortion is kinda rare and I can live with it as long as I ll get rid of hang ups.

I ll try swapping with my brother's psu, we ll see what happens.
 
Hazard said:
my psu is pretty crappy, I think it is like 300W... Max temp was like 56C, it is not too high is it? Image distortion is kinda rare and I can live with it as long as I ll get rid of hang ups.

I ll try swapping with my brother's psu, we ll see what happens.
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56 is just fine.
 
Download ati tools and run some tests on the card, including artifacts test. Also, how many 12v+ rail amps on the psu?
 
I am not sure of how many rail amps are on the psu... I know its pretty cheap 300W psu. I tried running artifacts scan and the temp jumped to over 100C, computer froze and I had to reboot. Tried few other tests with the same result

*edit
I have used speedfan software to check temps and I think it gave me a lower temp reading than it actual was. ATI tools shows ~65C if i am just surfing the net. Over a 100 if i do tests

*edit2
I did artifacts scan, system froze, I rebooted and thats what I found as a last line in a log file:
Artifacts detected after 01:00.01. 4 pixels don't match.
 
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