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    Vertical Colored Lines with Radeon

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by c0dy, Jun 22, 2011.

  1. c0dy

    c0dy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey,

    Since I have replaced my 8600 with a HD 3650 ddr3... I get weirdo vertical lines after the display wakes up. I also used a 512MB ddr2 version of the same card and I don't remember it doing this. It does it on both linux and windows as well, which makes me think it is a driver issue because I use ati catalyst on both OS's.

    Anyone else had this issue? I may just go back to ddr2. I don't notice any performance increase anyway.

    *EDIT*
    I have uploaded a screenshot of the problem, maybe it'll help. As you can see when I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a TTY console... the lines go away and display refreshes and is back. But what is the reason for the lines coming on anyway? I only know it's a driver/hardware issue, I honestly don't recall the ddr2 version of the card doing this. I may reinstall the ddr2 version just to make sure... just don't feel like taking it all apart.
     

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    c0dy, Jun 22, 2011
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  2. c0dy

    c0dy Notebook Enthusiast

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    It is confirmed. It only does that with the ddr3 version of the card... I have the ddr2 version in now and it works just fine. Which means something to do with the chipset not having full support for ddr3.
     
    c0dy, Jun 24, 2011
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    Dr.Colossos Notebook Evangelist

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    I am the last to suggest a BIOS update, but I saw that BIOS showed VRAM of 0MB with older versions, when using an ATI card.

    BIOS 1.18 always had it right, either 256MB or 512MB - maybe this could help.

    Or the DDR3 version has a problem, maybe.

    But, as the DDR2 version is working, and you are obviously happy with the performance, leave it be, I'd say.

    Cheers
     
    Dr.Colossos, Jun 26, 2011
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    c0dy Notebook Enthusiast

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    I run BIOS 1.18 and it shows my 512MB Radeon as 256MB. It showed the 256MB DDR3 card as correct though. But CPU-Z sees the 512MB on the DDR2.

    So yea, I'll just resell the DDR3 card I guess. But I didn't notice any performance increase over the DDR2 card in windows or linux.
     
    c0dy, Jun 28, 2011
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