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Mike9685

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Here's my system specs:
AMD FX-8350 (eight core) 4.0 ghz
Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0
ADATA XPG Gaming 2.0 16gb DDR3 2x8Gb 2400 MHz
2 x MSI AMD Radeon HD 6790 Video Cards (Crossfire)
WD 600 Gb Velocirapter (System)
WD 600 Gb Velocirapter (Work Disk)
WD 600 Gb Velocirapter (Flight Programs)
Ultra Gladiator Mid Tower case (case fans replaced with Cougar Vortex PWM fans)
Antec Cooler H2O 920 (2 x fans replaced with Scythe Gentle Typhoons)
NZXT HALE82N Series NP-1BN-0750A-US 750W Power Supply
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

I've been running the crossfire for about a month now. One of the Radeon cards has 2 x 6 pin power connections (840 clock) and the other one has 1 x 6 pin power connections (it's an OC model 920 clock). Got a new monitor today and wanted to do some house keeping. The 840 clock Radeon was the original one installed about 6 months ago. I uninstalled all the AMD Video drivers (Control Panel, reboot, Driver Fusion, reboot, search for any leftovers, JV16 Registry cleaning).

When I got it back together, plugged in the new monitor (HDMI) and booted the system. At post, I got the 1 long and 3 short beeps -"no video device installed". Removed the Crossfire bridge and power cable from the second card. Booted, went into Windows, checked driver in Device Manager (Windows standard VGA) - all ok. Shut down, removed power cable (x2) on 1st video card, installed HDMI on 2nd card, power cable and booted - all ok. Reconnected both cards, Crossfire bridge, HDMI cable on 1st card, booted -"no video device installed". Tried HDMI cable on 2nd card - "no video device installed".

Went back to 1 card in system and installed Catalyst 13.4 (13.9 messes with FSX) on each card - individually runs fine, both connected same problem. Reinstalled the card in the original positions - same problem.

I think I've run out of options - where do I go from here (thinking about a new card - NOT Crossfire - and...maybe...not AMD...
 
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Dogsnake
Sounds like you have issues going on with the xfire software. I suggest you use the latest 13.11 beta8 drivers and be sure to install the latest profiles as well. Make sure the cards are in their proper slots and locked in. Be sure that you install the .net library in the catalyst package. When you did all that "house keeping" you deleted files you have not replaced yet. I would never recommend doing what you did as general maintenance. Since you probably did not log the deletions before doing them it is hard to say what is gone. You can always try a system restore to the point before you started to deletions. You did set a point right? If not look at the restore points and you may find one you can use. I would try the system restore...
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Sounds like you have issues going on with the xfire software. I suggest you use the latest 13.11 beta8 drivers and be sure to install the latest profiles as well. Make sure the cards are in their proper slots and locked in. Be sure that you install the .net library in the catalyst package. When you did all that "house keeping" you deleted files you have not replaced yet. I would never recommend doing what you did as general maintenance. Since you probably did not log the deletions before doing them it is hard to say what is gone. You can always try a system restore to the point before you started to deletions. You did set a point right? If not look at the restore points and you may find one you can use. I would try the system restore option before doing anything else. If you get it running that way then update the drivers to the latest beta package. AMD has made a number of xfire improvements lately.
 
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