dust is a *major* factor and i think its the problem nobody is realising with this card.. the system is obviously working harder and theyre not cleaning the air intake and heat sync up.
blow through the rear of the fan with compressed air (or your own) weekly to ensure it remains at low temperature! pretty sure youll be sorted then :)
still waiting to hear from a company in the uk on whether they can obtain the card, they have it on their stocklist so chances are :D
Ive never had a heat prob but then i have a fan to the left of my lappy that i have blowing cool air across it while im playing a game or if i plan to spend a few hours on it,I reckon there is still gunk in there so i will give it a blow every couple of weeks.
If crucial is too expensive bro,what about kingston? Ive heard they r ok.
Hey Musik whats the name of the place that might be able to get u a m9000 bro,i found a place of here and they want £195+VAT ,i nearly spit coffee all over my screen when i read that .
Oh well this really womps,DELL(UK) spare parts wont/cant sell me a M9000 and DELL(US) wont ship to the UK,
OMG DELL must have tooo much money and dont want no more LOL
Ok. Ive got my ATI radeon 9000 installed in my Inspiron 5100. Heres my problem: The TV out functionality has become very, very screwey. 99% of the time, it says that my TV isnt connected. 1% of the time, it recognizes it, and will send video to my TV. If I try to use the "Force recognition of my TV" option under troubleshooting in the displays subpanel, it doesnt send video to my TV. Ive tried changing drivers, cables, everything, and I have no idea why it wont detect my TV. Anyone else had this problem, or know what I might try to get it fixed?
I had been using an S-Video to RCA conversion cable. Worked magnificiently with my 7500. With the 9000 though, it exibits the above scenario. The converter works fine, I tested it on my DVD player, and it performed flawlessly. However, the 9000 doesnt like it. I went out and bought a 12ft S-Video cable, and straight to my TV's SVideo in, it works. My theory is maybe the video converter is grounding the signal just enough for the radeon to not detect it. But, Im a software engineer (in training), not a computer engineer =)
i always manage to feck things up... worn one of the screws and it wont come out of the socket .. grrr.. have to try and find a flatter philips screwdriver tomorrow. bloody thing.
on another note, when i put the 9000 in it worked really well with some games but when i tried to play BF vietnam it was really jolty.. oddness, was fine when i put the 7500 in.
tried the omega, dell and default drivers to no avail
is the 9000 properly seated ?? Did u try pluging in the 7500 and checking if it still works ??
It could proally be a bad card that they sent u .... pity u cant test it out anywhere else..
Musik...u'd need to reduce the video quality settings in BF'42. This is a M9000 that we're talking about not a 9800XT.....most proally BF is trying to run the DX8.1 features on High in the Game....mebbe lower the resolution or trun down the eye-candy ..
Deus EX 2 would run real shi tty even at 800X600 ... had to get it down to 640X480 to play with all the eye candy on.
yeah tried the 7500 back in it using it now works perfect but no joy with 9000
I hate that Id been waiting ages for card! Now Ive to send it back! wait another age!
the only thing I noticed bot times I put the 7500 back in was when booting up at start the bios selection screen took ages as it was reconfig something, which ment it detected the 9000 but cant display it
Just got my ati 64mb 9000 and when I install it and on boot up theres nothing there sceen works of as there is a sign of life but no joy the sceen just stay blank as it boots up?
I5100
BIOS : A29
havent installed drivers does that have to be done before change over?
name of company is upgrade options pretty expensive compared to some places but least I though Id be happy with it? I still want thew hardware but dont want to wait for ages to get nothing!!!
had to send it back.. turned out to be pretty bummed.
rattlehead, it sounds as though you have the same problem as me although mine booted it was fudged on the desktop. btw mate, where did you get it from? ive tried a few companies to no avail.
musik
25 Posts
0
May 10th, 2004 15:00
dust is a *major* factor and i think its the problem nobody is realising with this card.. the system is obviously working harder and theyre not cleaning the air intake and heat sync up.
blow through the rear of the fan with compressed air (or your own) weekly to ensure it remains at low temperature! pretty sure youll be sorted then :)
still waiting to hear from a company in the uk on whether they can obtain the card, they have it on their stocklist so chances are :D
bhp236
46 Posts
0
May 10th, 2004 16:00
Ive never had a heat prob but then i have a fan to the left of my lappy that i have blowing cool air across it while im playing a game or if i plan to spend a few hours on it,I reckon there is still gunk in there so i will give it a blow every couple of weeks.
If crucial is too expensive bro,what about kingston? Ive heard they r ok.
Hey Musik whats the name of the place that might be able to get u a m9000 bro,i found a place of here and they want £195+VAT
,i nearly spit coffee all over my screen when i read that 
.
Oh well this really womps,DELL(UK) spare parts wont/cant sell me a M9000 and DELL(US) wont ship to the UK,
OMG DELL must have tooo much money and dont want no more LOL
Inspiron 5100,
P4-2.4Ghz Cpu,
512 DDR,
20Gig HDD,
Mobility Radeon 7500-64mb,
WinXP-Home-SP1,
Bios A29.
musik
25 Posts
0
May 10th, 2004 19:00
wheres yours mate? £195 isnt bad given that importing from the Us would cost £160 anyways? its a guaranteed getter anyways..
01925 260830 - service source
www.servicesource.com i think..
either way they said they had the part on their parts list, ill post when i get a quote on the cost and if they can supply!
musik
25 Posts
0
May 12th, 2004 20:00
bleh they said chances are they cant get the part, but will let me know if they hear any more.
upgrade.co.uk has already been tried right?
just won one on ebay, £160 inc postage. not too bad! very happy infact :) now just waiting for it to arrive!!
Message Edited by musik on 05-12-2004 06:47 PM
Dalavar
6 Posts
0
May 16th, 2004 16:00
Ok. Ive got my ATI radeon 9000 installed in my Inspiron 5100. Heres my problem: The TV out functionality has become very, very screwey. 99% of the time, it says that my TV isnt connected. 1% of the time, it recognizes it, and will send video to my TV. If I try to use the "Force recognition of my TV" option under troubleshooting in the displays subpanel, it doesnt send video to my TV. Ive tried changing drivers, cables, everything, and I have no idea why it wont detect my TV. Anyone else had this problem, or know what I might try to get it fixed?
musik
25 Posts
0
May 16th, 2004 18:00
jesus thats a bit annoying, hopes it can be fixed..
i use my tv out all the time
Dalavar
6 Posts
0
May 16th, 2004 21:00
Well, I figured it out, sort of ....
I had been using an S-Video to RCA conversion cable. Worked magnificiently with my 7500. With the 9000 though, it exibits the above scenario. The converter works fine, I tested it on my DVD player, and it performed flawlessly. However, the 9000 doesnt like it. I went out and bought a 12ft S-Video cable, and straight to my TV's SVideo in, it works. My theory is maybe the video converter is grounding the signal just enough for the radeon to not detect it. But, Im a software engineer (in training), not a computer engineer =)
musik
25 Posts
0
May 16th, 2004 22:00
ah fair enough, i have an s video cable so should be fine :)
as things get newer old cables dont work, tis well annoying
musik
25 Posts
0
May 26th, 2004 23:00
i always manage to feck things up... worn one of the screws and it wont come out of the socket .. grrr.. have to try and find a flatter philips screwdriver tomorrow. bloody thing.
on another note, when i put the 9000 in it worked really well with some games but when i tried to play BF vietnam it was really jolty.. oddness, was fine when i put the 7500 in.
tried the omega, dell and default drivers to no avail
any ideas?
nev_neo
42 Posts
0
June 4th, 2004 20:00
is the 9000 properly seated ?? Did u try pluging in the 7500 and checking if it still works ??
It could proally be a bad card that they sent u .... pity u cant test it out anywhere else..
Musik...u'd need to reduce the video quality settings in BF'42. This is a M9000 that we're talking about not a 9800XT.....most proally BF is trying to run the DX8.1 features on High in the Game....mebbe lower the resolution or trun down the eye-candy ..
Deus EX 2 would run real shi tty even at 800X600 ... had to get it down to 640X480 to play with all the eye candy on.
Rattlehead_ie
65 Posts
0
June 4th, 2004 20:00
yeah tried the 7500 back in it using it now works perfect but no joy with 9000
I hate that Id been waiting ages for card! Now Ive to send it back! wait another age!
the only thing I noticed bot times I put the 7500 back in was when booting up at start the bios selection screen took ages as it was reconfig something, which ment it detected the 9000 but cant display it
Rattlehead_ie
65 Posts
0
June 4th, 2004 20:00
HELP!!!!!
Just got my ati 64mb 9000 and when I install it and on boot up theres nothing there sceen works of as there is a sign of life but no joy the sceen just stay blank as it boots up?
I5100
BIOS : A29
havent installed drivers does that have to be done before change over?
any help would be aprciated
Rattlehead_ie
65 Posts
0
June 4th, 2004 21:00
name of company is upgrade options pretty expensive compared to some places but least I though Id be happy with it? I still want thew hardware but dont want to wait for ages to get nothing!!!
sales@upgrades.co.uk
should get u on the right track was talking to Dan Smith cool guy
musik
25 Posts
0
June 4th, 2004 21:00
had to send it back.. turned out to be pretty bummed.
rattlehead, it sounds as though you have the same problem as me although mine booted it was fudged on the desktop. btw mate, where did you get it from? ive tried a few companies to no avail.
No_Limit
20 Posts
0
June 4th, 2004 21:00
try using an earlier version of Bios with Omega Drivers...2.5.14 works great for me