Problems with Video card

[the splat in the hat]

yes its definately sounding like a motherboard screw up, l cant think of anything else you can try on the vid card.
Got a spair motherboard ?

[SquirrelAssassin]

Yea, im guessing that it must be my mobo I dont have the money to get a new one either, o well

[SquirrelAssassin]

But why my mobo would randomly stop workin correctly is a mystery to me, i keep it clean lol

[the splat in the hat]

Live near the ocean, or a moist area ?
They can just die for no reason at time, there wierd things, stress from heavy video cards, and or ram being pulled out and put in over time may have cracked something in the motherboards circuits, corrosion is a big killer, a surge may have damaged a diode , or over time many surges, static, static from you incorrectly touching a pc part without earthing.....many many things go wrong with em, then sometimes you can get one that lasts 12 months of lan parties and everything with no glitches, luck of the draw, and other than that all you can do is be gentle with em.

[SquirrelAssassin]

But i'm not sure if its even my MOBO, after searching I've seen so many cases exactly like mine on many different message boards, but the thread either ends or there isn't a definitive answer...I've tried talkin with ATI but I just get the standard reply.

[SquirrelAssassin]

any1?

[Bs|Archaon]

The only way to really diagnose this kind of thing is trial and error. You've confirmed it isn't either of the cards, so logically it's your motherboard.

[Homer Gonerson]

Could it possibly be RAM or CPU? Think about it, high-strain programs on a weak part = crash. But I don't know about this "whine". If any of your friends has a spare stick of RAM, borrow it (or if you have 2 sticks of RAM, try one at a time). As far as CPU, the only way i could think of to test that is to switch it out with another one, but would be tricky if you don't know how to do it. So if you don't know how, don't do it, get someone who does know how.

[SquirrelAssassin]

But running the same graphics on just my motherboard graphics card my computer does not hardlock, and then runnin same crappy graphics on my ATI card my computer will hardlock. So it has to be the video card and its somethin wrong with ATI or something idk.

[Homer Gonerson]

Hmm... true, I forgot about that... It probably is the slot, as earlier suggested, or something esle. Sorry to hear about this m8, wish there was more I could do to help, someone else might have a suggestion, so wait till tomorrow and see if anyone else has some more ideas.