[H] computer problems! - Page 2

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

February 03 2010 23:48 GMT

#21

yea i just uninstalled all the ATI stuff and sound works, but now, obviously, my video is all gayed up.

installed something called omega drivers, which worked but is showing 2 '?'s in device manager for my SM bus controller and another unknown for my card.
yea i just opened HoN and let it sit in a chat room and after a minute I could hear the fan spinning up, i'd alt tab and see the fan stop and the temp got up to about 75°C, 82°C, 86°C and would go down after tabbing (did this about 3 times). after the 3rd time I let it sit, and it froze my whole comp, this time I heard the same sound repeating over and over like a real crash and not a standby thing.

jimminy_kriket

Canada5483 Posts

February 04 2010 01:40 GMT

#22

how much do you take your video card apart? You said you take it apart to clean it, do you actually remove the heatsink then put it back on afterwards? That could cause alot of problems if you do.

Lokomis

United States72 Posts

February 04 2010 01:50 GMT

#23

Sorry it too me so long to get back. I work Mon. night through Fri. morning, 2300-0900 USEast (GMT-5) so I tend to sleep all day during the week. I'll actually be heading back in to work early in another hour or so to finish helping a coworker with her computer troubles but that should be resolved quickly and I'll have the rest of the night to hopefully get your sound sorted out.

Anyway, onward!

Keep Azalia turned to Auto/Enabled in the BIOS. That is definitely the on-board audio of your mobo which is why disabling caused errors with Winamp (Winamp could no longer find an audio device to play through after it was disabled). I hit Gigabytes site and found that model mobo. These are the audio drivers for it:
http://america.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/Driver/motherboard_driver_audio_realtek_azalia.exe

I'd also remove the Omega Drivers and reinstall ATI's CCC / 9.11 driver set. Third party drivers are usually a last resort or for special purposes such as overclocking. When you reinstall the ATI Suite it will probably kill the sound again but we'll get that resolved. We've confirmed you have the drivers for on-board audio & that it is enabled in the BIOS. Sound works when you're not using the ATI driver set so we can eliminate faulty hardware/cables. This narrows the trouble down to the audio being disabled at a system level when using ATI's drivers for your card. Only after you've reinstalled the ATI CCC / 9.11 Driver Suite & the drivers for your on-board audio you'll need to check here:

Conexant AMC Audio is my laptop's on-board audio. You should see ATI's audio listed in the dropdown box along with something like Azalia HD Audio, Realtek AC97, Realtek HD Audio.... something other than the ATI Audio. If it is set to ATI audio you need to set it back to whatever the other option is. Click apply and then click the volume button and look at the sliders & mute boxes to make sure that nothing is muted or turned way down for that audio device.

If that doesn't work let me know what is/isn't in the dropdown menu and I'll see what else I can think of once I get unpacked at work.

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

February 04 2010 02:41 GMT

#24

ive already installed the mobo drivers previously (thought I said I did on the last page), and this menu has and is always set to the correct setting regardless of what is/isn't installed. (realtek HD audio output) ati isn't even show in the drop down either.

I now can't install the ATI CCC 9.11 (but I did install just the driver wmd thing)

On February 04 2010 10:40 jimminy_kriket wrote:
how much do you take your video card apart? You said you take it apart to clean it, do you actually remove the heatsink then put it back on afterwards? That could cause alot of problems if you do.

I've had this problem forever and It's totally not a hardware issue. obviously something software related is causing my shit to freak out.

ok finally, got the ATI CCC installed and sound works, but now It seems that it slowly creeps up to 90°C and then the screen will blank out for a few seconds, did this about 2-3 times then finally locked up.

Lokomis

United States72 Posts

February 04 2010 05:46 GMT

#25

Huzzah, CCC & working sound! What ended up being the 'cause/solution? I'd like to know in case I come across the same problems when I get my rig back up and running. I put my order in for two 1TB spindle drives for a RAID1 data storage setup and I talked myself into getting one of the new 40GB Intel/Kingston SSDs for the OS Install. I'd have gone higher but I only needed enough space for Win7 & any major applications I might use. $3.50/GB is hard to pay when you can buy a 1TB spindle drive at about $0.09/GB. Hopefully I'll be back up and running by the weekend though ^__^

Anyway, it sounds like the only remaining problem is cooling. You said the thermal paste is lacking/dried up so it is probably about time to apply a fresh coat of some quality paste. I hear that 40's to 50's is a fairly typical idle for the Sapphire x1950's with the fan running at 50%. Low to mid 60's are typical after running for a while under load. It shouldn't be hitting in the 90's though so it's definitely an overheating issue. After you've applied some fresh paste you should be good to go.

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

February 04 2010 07:49 GMT

#26

I really have no clue what was the cause/solution. I just uninstalled and reinstalled like 10 times. I still have an unknown SM bus controller issue, says it needs a driver.

Also, my overheating issue was never like this. I mean, I could game all day and not have a crash. It seemed to only do it sometimes when the games were first loaded up. now I basically can't even play a game without it crashing in 2 minutes.

it's actually kind of coincidental and suspicious, apparently this thing regulates sensors and fans, temps, etc.

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