Posts by zard

well i have come to the conclusion its definitely the video card. 3dmark eventually started displaying the artifacts and completely crashing. Like i said, the card has to get hot before it seems to start messing up. Hopefully an RMA...

Well i ran 3dmark, and it didnt crash, but because the scenes are so dark, its hard to see the artifacts. They are a deep/dark red/blue, so unless against something white or light colored, its difficult to see. Anyone have any thoughts?

A little more information. For quite some time, i was using the omega drivers (never overclocked the card). When ATI started to support the X800 Mobility i switched to those drivers. In order to make sure it wasnt driver related (or...

Hey all, I am just curious as to what your thoughts on my issue is. Recently (though at this point i think its coincidence), i started getting some crashes with a video error while playing games. Its not immediate, usually after 5-10...

sorry for the double post. Please delete/ignore this thread.

Quote: Originally Posted by Twilight Im confused, I have a 9860 and for the sound I've been installing these drivers: Realtek r118 Drivers (KB888111) which came out on 03/26/2005 So what are these drivers...

i seem to recall in my research that this was a problem with windows XP more than anything related to the card itself. I never found a solution to the problem either , but so far on this system, im not having any issues...atleast that i...

This same thing happened to me in general, though not specifically like your situation. What fixed it was getting the latest and greatest version of Windows Media Player from windowsupdate. Hope this helps

No he means turning on the microphone boost option. Its in Control panel -> Sounds and Audio Device Properties -> Audio Tab -> Sound Recording Section -> Volume Button -> Advanced -> Microphone Boost. There may be a...

On my 9860, its at the bottom of the LCD Display, around the middle left side. THere was a post somewhere on how to get the built in mic to work, but I cannot seem to find it. On my display panel, it's actually labeled with a small...