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aaclunckaaa   12-24-2008 at 06:05:41 PM

every game I've played I get this message. Call of duty 5 I get this message about 5 times every 3 to 5 hours. Far cry 2 I've gotten it twice. Rome total war 3-5 times every 6 hours, though some days it constantly crashes some days I don't see it at all. Supreme commander just happened 3 times in 5 mins and I got a grey-ish screen and it crashes when I try to play skirmish. I have 8.11 drivers. e8400, P5Q Pro with a 600 Watt PSU OCZ. GC: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102770

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r183/photobuckteh/VPUrecovery.jpg


What's going on? I'm not overclocking or anything.


Message edited by aaclunckaaa on 12-24-2008 at 06:07:23 PM
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M-Ajesty   12-24-2008 at 08:59:52 PM
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I'm getting it too, a lot of people are. There's no solution for the prob.

Although you might want to check the temps of your videocard.

Let me guess, you are using Vista?

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aaclunckaaa   12-24-2008 at 09:18:41 PM
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win XP SP2 (most likely 32 bit but not 100% sure). With Far cry 2 I played in windowed mode while I was looking at ATI overdrive and temps were around 53°C.

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M-Ajesty   12-24-2008 at 09:46:01 PM
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Hmm okay, that seems normal.

Only thing I can think of right now is either a faulty card or PSU.
You could try removing all the videocard drivers using driversweeper or any of those programs, then put a fresh new one on it.

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danimon   12-26-2008 at 08:00:56 AM
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if it not yous PSU problem(maybe u have good PSU) then u've got the bad card.i read alot of people using 4850 with good psu suffering this problem.it's also a common problem for ol' 1950pro.i assume ATI don't make their chips for cards precisely, so sometimes its better,sometimes it bad.but it's normal in electronic industry

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fadingmemories47   04-19-2009 at 07:10:53 AM
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I have the same problem.... I also have p5q pro, hd4850. The VPU recover problem occurs even if I'm just browsing through my files. I can't really figure out what or when it decides to do so, it almost seems arbitrary.

Anyway... I sent the card in once already, i suppose they replaced it, but nothing's changed... What can I do? I have a Antec 900 case and it keeps everything real cool... so what's going on?

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