My 9600XT is wreaking havoc on my PC!

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DyeHardFan

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I just grabbed the 9600XT 256MB two weeks ago off of amazon.com for $49.95. The card came in the mail with one of the clear plastic fan pins broken, hence the thermal paste was off the GPU and had dried up, and it was in disorder. I managed to get the fan secured, but when I would work on the computer the graphics of moving tiles and boxes is garbled. See the screenshot below.

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Anyway, it has been randomly shutting down my PC at different times. I read on a site that it was because my VC was overheating, so my PC would automatically restart itself. So I pulled the card out, cleaned the heatsink and GPU up, and put a fresh batch of thermal paste on it and made sure all the connections were secure and in place.

No luck, but I did learn something. It has never restarted my PC while doing a graphic intensive game or video stressing test. It only restarts itself while I am scrolling an internet window in Opera or Firefox, it has yet to crash in IE, which is what I am using right now.

What are your thoughts on what I can do?

Thanks,

Ian:cool:
 
Yes, I used the original drivers for a while and it was crashing, and then I updated the the latest 6.2 catalyst driver and still no luck.
 
Update:

The computer is restarting when I use IE, Firefox, Opera, and now even Outlook Express.

It also locks up and freezes when I am in explorer windows.

I can barely use an internet window longer than a few minutes before my computer restarts. What is going on?

I'm just reformatted my PC so I don't think I have any viruses, but I will scan right now anyway.
 
First when you purchase a card and you receive it like that you return it :). Some company's might even suggest you are lying if you tell them you received it like that because you installed it and modified it by adding your own thermal paste etc.

Secondly if it don't crash during games then I'm doubting it is your video card. If 3D games won't crash your system then desktop apps are not going to heat up your card more then the 3D apps.

I sounds more like a Virus or spyware is on your system.
 
you need to eliminate the possiblities. try running the card in another system, if that system starts "garbling" things up then the video card is defective.
 
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