michrech Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I have a "Bad Axe 2" board, as you might have guessed. A couple weeks ago, I started seeing some strange behavior. I had a XFX 8600GT in the machine and, on a predictable interval, my monitor would display "NO SIGNAL", however, I'd still have video on my monitor. After roughly a minute, the screen would blank for about 10 seconds, then come back. Rinse, lather, repeat. I figured, "{censored} - video card is crapping out on me -- better replace it before it fully dies", so I bought a EVGA 9800GTX. Everything seemed great for the last week (or so), however, today, I started experiencing the *SAME* issue. I find it highly unlikely I'd be having the *exact* issue with two different cards, from two different manufacturers. For those wondering, I have a 500W Thermaltake power supply (with modular cabling -- yes, it has two specific cables it came with for hooking up to the newer video card, and yes, I'm using them. ) Has this happened to any of you? What did you end up having to do to fix it? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeblough Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 never seen this problem with my badaxe2. i ran an 8600GT for a while, but found that i'd get total UI freezes when using coverflow in iTunes. i switched to an ATI 2600 HD... no problems with UI freezes, though after the 10.5.3 update somehow my CPU temperatures are 10-20C higher... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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