Problems loading 3d mark with new card!

3dmark06 takes some time to check your hardware. it will take like 2-3mins. run the program and wait.if it hangs, let it hang and there is a chance that after 2-3mins, things will be normal. hope i helped.

i tried to just let it run for an hour
i went out and came back

the program was still not responding

i also checked my power supply
and its a newish 550
that i bought earlier this year

according to post and information gathered this is sufficient for a single card setup

If it runs fine in games its not the power supply. Have you tried running 3dmark 05 to see if that starts up.

no not yet
but im still scratching my head to why 3dmark 06 will not run
and i have tried different versions and installs of it
has anyone else had this problem

so i formatted recently
and it runs perfectly now
running 3dmark no problems

still cant load ati tools yes the altest beta version
but isuspect thats a card power problem currently running it with 2 six pin connectors instead of 1 6 and 1 8 pin connector

I had the same problem but found his to work (found this on 3dmark website):
"It is a Microsoft WHQL signature check, and has nothing to do with 3DMark03. You can disable it by running the dxdiag, and uncheck the "Check for WHQL digital signatures" checkbox. "
And
"Q: I just bought the ATI Radeon HD 2900XT and 3DMark06 freezes during the splash-screen. What is wrong and how can I fix this?

A: This is a known issue and we have been able to reproduce it in our test lab. The problem lays in an DLL which we use to detect the graphics cards' core and memory speeds. We are working on an update to correct this issue after which all Futuremark benchmarks should run fine with the latest offerings from all IHV's. Until then you can work around this issue either by renaming the "Direcpll.dll" file (found in %WINDIR%\system32\Futuremark\MSC\) to something else, or you can run the benchmark using the -nosysteminfo command line. Please note that if you use the -nosysteminfo command line, you will not be able to publish the result online. Futuremark will inform all its users when the update is available! "

thanks for the reply

Yes I just recently had to trouble shoot this myself on my MRHD2600, and I experienced the same issue on 3Dmk03/05/06 and PcMark05.


Anywhoo, haven't tested the solution yet, but I did get the same suggestion.