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Snoflan   02-23-2009 at 10:02:19 PM

I have been having a problem with vpu recover with my new computer that i bought a week ago.
When i play games like cod 4, cod 5, rainbow six or something with high graphics, the game freezes and a window pops up:
"VPU recover has reset your graphics accelerator" or something like that.
I have re-installed windows a several times, uninstalled my graphic card drivers a several times(safe mode, with DriverSweeper)
Please help me, its getting really annoying.
My graphic card isnt overheating.

My specs: MA78G-DS3H Gigabytes Motherboard
Amd Athlon X2 5050e 2.6ghz
Ati Radeon HD 4850 Sapphire 512mb
2x 1GB 1066mhz OZC Dual Channel RAM
480W Power Supply

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mactronix   02-23-2009 at 10:18:50 PM
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Basically you are having issues somewhere with the GPU, could be drivers. The VPU recovery console does what it does to stop th esystem crashing or freezing.
I had it keep coming up before and tried just installing the display drivers not the CCC and then running ATI Tray Tools which has more control than the CCC anyway. That worked. Then another time i couldnt get rid of it at all and ended up just turning it off in the CCC. You do this at your own risk though. It worked for me but it could lock up your system.
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Snoflan   02-23-2009 at 10:25:49 PM
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Hmm. Okay, thank you. I will try turning it off and get ATI Tray Tools instead. If it works i will come back and thank you :)

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Snoflan   02-24-2009 at 06:16:34 PM
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Have been playing Burnout Paradise, World of Warcraft, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, and NO CRASHES ! :D thank you :)

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Snoflan   02-24-2009 at 07:33:19 PM
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GAH! Played Rainbow Six Vegas 2, it went smoothly. Until all of a sudden.. BOOM! VPU recover.

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Snoflan   02-24-2009 at 09:39:45 PM
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Please help me.. What should i do?

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orangegator   02-24-2009 at 10:02:19 PM
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What exact model psu are you using? The problem is probably either the video card overheating or the psu not supplying enough power under load. You can monitor gpu temperatures and increase the fan speed in ccc (I think). Else try Rivatuner to increase the fan. Also, to test the video card install "AtiTool" and scan for artifacts.

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mactronix   02-24-2009 at 11:42:38 PM
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So what exactly did you do ? Did you turn it off(vpu recover) then it was ok, turned PC off restarted and then it did it again ? Did you change the drivers ?
Are you using ATI Tray Tools ? If you are VPU recover is under Tweaks/Standard tweaks/system. Just untick the box.
If your still using CCC then it sounds like it has reset itself at start up.

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Snoflan   02-25-2009 at 04:21:00 PM
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I uninstalled CCC, turned VPU recover off in ATT, still VPU recover.
I dont know what sort of PSU i've got, i got it with my case.
Heres a link to it:http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/1385022/art/advance/8715lcd-slim-digital-pc-c.html

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Snoflan   02-28-2009 at 03:50:38 PM
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help? please

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rolli59   02-28-2009 at 05:14:23 PM
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I had this problem with a 18 month old sapphire x1900GT turned out to be failing video memory. Did RMA through Sapphire.
It is possible that you got a faulty card.

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Snoflan   03-02-2009 at 07:22:48 PM
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Okay.. No more vpu recover.. Buut.. Blue screen o' death.. When i play wow my screen freezes and blue screen.. Something about ati2dvag, infinite loop ****.

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zipzoomflyhigh   03-02-2009 at 09:10:25 PM
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Was this a complete brand new build and a fresh install of Vista?
Its atikmdag error?
I had same problem with my 4850 until I manually removed everything nvidia/ntune/rivatuner and then used a drive cleaner to removed everything nvidia. That worked for me, havent had the error in about 3 weeks now.

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mrcrybaby   03-02-2009 at 09:56:16 PM
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safe mode uninstall all your gpu drivers and try using older drivers... consider using omega drivers as well?

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Snoflan   03-22-2009 at 09:44:50 PM
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Okay.. So.. I bought a new graphic card now.. Got so pissed off. The new is ATI Radeon 4870, i re-installed drivers. I played Assassin's Creed for 15 minutes or so. It looked good, but.. Then everything froze. after 1 min the game pops up again. and the same goes on 3 times til it just freezes, and you have to reboot..
I rebooted and tried again, 5 mins, vpu recover, and the game crashes.
After that, my computer acted like it didn't have graphiccard drivers anymore. What the hell should i do now?
Thank you in advance.

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Snoflan   03-24-2009 at 04:33:21 PM
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Hey. I got it to work :) the only problem was one of my PCI thingie was kinda ****ed up... so i used the other one and voilá ;D Thank you all tho ;)

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