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AMD 6870 Driver stopped responding and recovered!!! HELP!

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  • Radeon
  • Drivers
  • AMD
  • Catalyst
  • Graphics
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January 19, 2012 12:38:38 PM

I just received my new 6870 (and i'm also new to this forum). I have windows 7 64-bit.

When I installes the drivers using the full package from AMD, so installing also the catalyst control center so, there are problems. The display drivers crashes after 5 seconds having logged in windows. This is what happens:

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3117/dscn4100l.jpg

But if instead of installing the full suite, i install only the display and the opencl driver, everything works perfectly.

I want the Catalyst control center because i bought also another 6870 and want to enable crossfire-x. I know that it is enabled also without the center but i still want it also for other things.

Thanks.

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January 19, 2012 12:52:00 PM

Hi and welcome to the forum

from looking at the screenshot it looks like the graphics cards VRAM may be faulty as you are seeing alot of artifacts on the screen.

What are the PC's hardware specs (please include PSU make and model)?

Do you get the same problem with the other HD6870?
January 19, 2012 1:04:38 PM

Seems like a bad card, or something insufficient.
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January 19, 2012 5:58:06 PM

I solved it!

I looked on the internet a bit more and booted in safe mode, ran driver sweeper and deleted everything from amd regarding the display drivers, and then installed the whole suite. now it's fine.

I just need to change the PSU because the one that i already have (a Vultec 750)
sucks (like the trademark itself) and when playing dirt 3 at max setting it started buzzing like a bee, so i turned the pc off, and it was hot e smelled strange.

I'm gonna buy a Corsair GS 800
My specs:

AMD Phenom II X6 1090t @ 3.6 GHz
AMD Radeon HD 6870 in crossfire-x
8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz Ram
ASUS M4A88TD-V EV/USB3
January 20, 2012 6:21:16 AM

Good Luck, GS800 will be really sufficient.
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