Hi,
I'm having a problem with the graphics on my computer (home-built, three year old 3500+ with a Radeon X800 XL and Fedora 9) and I wanted to try to track down whether it was the graphics card or the motherboard before I shelled out for a replacement of either.
Below are two photos of the worst corruption I get. I also sometimes get an almost entirely black screen with a few broken stripes of slightly distorted image (I know it's partially showing what it should because the stripes are mainly blue when I restart X and should have my GDM up and then grey like my desktop once I type in my username and password to log in). Once I get the line corruption then restarting X will either give me the same corruption or the corruption in the photos. Once I get the corruption in the photos then restarting X just returns me to more of the same.
Nothing seems to obviously be the cause in the XOrg log or the messages log. I can reproduce the issue by either restarting the computer or shutting down and trying to boot it again in the next 15 or so minutes. Once the corruption occurs then boot up (RHGB) and X will always be corrupt and either the BIOS messages won't show or I'll get a message from the monitor saying "Not optimum mode - Recommended mode: 1280x1024 60Hz". Given that it occurs outside of X and on the boot screens then it can't be a driver issue.
The only resolution I've found so far is to leave the computer powered down and unplugged for at least 30 minutes. I can have my computer running fine for hours without the problem occurring, or I can have it on for half an hour, leave it alone for 15 minutes, let the power management turn off the monitor and have it occur (or not - it's not as common when the monitor switches off).
Unfortunately I don't have a spare graphics card, although I'll see if anyone at work can lend me one.
So, I'm guessing it's a graphics card issue related to some power level change, but given that I don't have much budget for replacements I want to try to work out whether I just need a new graphics card or whether I need a new motherboard (and CPU and memory). Any ideas or experiences?
Thanks.
I'm having a problem with the graphics on my computer (home-built, three year old 3500+ with a Radeon X800 XL and Fedora 9) and I wanted to try to track down whether it was the graphics card or the motherboard before I shelled out for a replacement of either.
Below are two photos of the worst corruption I get. I also sometimes get an almost entirely black screen with a few broken stripes of slightly distorted image (I know it's partially showing what it should because the stripes are mainly blue when I restart X and should have my GDM up and then grey like my desktop once I type in my username and password to log in). Once I get the line corruption then restarting X will either give me the same corruption or the corruption in the photos. Once I get the corruption in the photos then restarting X just returns me to more of the same.
Nothing seems to obviously be the cause in the XOrg log or the messages log. I can reproduce the issue by either restarting the computer or shutting down and trying to boot it again in the next 15 or so minutes. Once the corruption occurs then boot up (RHGB) and X will always be corrupt and either the BIOS messages won't show or I'll get a message from the monitor saying "Not optimum mode - Recommended mode: 1280x1024 60Hz". Given that it occurs outside of X and on the boot screens then it can't be a driver issue.
The only resolution I've found so far is to leave the computer powered down and unplugged for at least 30 minutes. I can have my computer running fine for hours without the problem occurring, or I can have it on for half an hour, leave it alone for 15 minutes, let the power management turn off the monitor and have it occur (or not - it's not as common when the monitor switches off).
Unfortunately I don't have a spare graphics card, although I'll see if anyone at work can lend me one.
So, I'm guessing it's a graphics card issue related to some power level change, but given that I don't have much budget for replacements I want to try to work out whether I just need a new graphics card or whether I need a new motherboard (and CPU and memory). Any ideas or experiences?
Thanks.
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