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pinkangel Indigo
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Join date: 28 May 2008
Posts: 4
01-04-2009 17:52
I have Ati HD 3870 card,

CPU: AMD (5600+) (2812 MHz)
Memory: 4GB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows vista
Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 3870 Series
OpenGL Version: 2.1.8304 Release

I Downloaded driver hotfix for far cry 2.Then second life would not work.We got this message....DISPLAY DRIVER STOPPED RESPONDING AND HAS RECOVERED.
display driver atikmdag stopped responding and has recovered.
when game finished loading it then freezes and crashes.
I have windows vista but game worked fine before i put in the hotfix driver update.please can you help as I cannot revert back drivers and cannot play SL and would apreciate any advice to resolve this problem.kind regards
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Osprey Therian
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01-04-2009 17:58
Can't you uninstall the drivers then install a working version?
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Peggy Paperdoll
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01-04-2009 18:15
I doubt the driver you were using before you got the hotfix was uninstalled. You should be able to rollback your driver. Go to your device manager and expand the display adapter and double click your video card that is listed. On the driver tab click "rollback driver".

If that doesn't work then go to ATI's driver download page and find your driver. Download the driver to your HD. Use ATI's driver remover utility that came with your drivers for the card to remove the driver before you install the one you downloaded.
pinkangel Indigo
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Join date: 28 May 2008
Posts: 4
01-05-2009 06:20
I had already unistalled old driver when installing new driver.
I think The lindens should bring out a hotfix for the display drivers so people can try that.
Its what happens when games come out eg farcry 2 they brought out hotfix for the game as people where getting problems with there grapihics.
Has anyone got any other ideas please......as i have tried most ideas.
Peggy Paperdoll
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Join date: 15 Apr 2006
Posts: 4,383
01-05-2009 17:53
From: pinkangel Indigo
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I think The lindens should bring out a hotfix for the display drivers so people can try that.
Its what happens when games come out eg farcry 2 they brought out hotfix for the game as people where getting problems with there grapihics.
Has anyone got any other ideas please......as i have tried most ideas.


And I'm just happy LL does not come out with "hotfixes". Your hotfix for Farcry 2 has evidently screwed up your SL. I don't want anyone "fixing" my computer for me. I'll fix it myself to I'll take to someone who I'm sure can fix it.........not some geek who thinks he can help out with a little tweaking for settings.

Check your settings for color in your contol panel. SL requires 32 bit. Some games change that.........Farcry 2 may be one of those.
pinkangel Indigo
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Join date: 28 May 2008
Posts: 4
01-07-2009 14:36
hi thanks for taking the time to reply.
My pc is always set to 32 bit but have checked anyway and no difference sigh. I think I ill take a leaf outta your book peggy and get the pc looked at by someone who knows there way around a pc a professional and not some pc geek.