I hope this is the correct forum for this question!
I have a high-end PC including an Asus graphics card based on Radeon X700 chipset which I believe should be OK (Driver: 8.33.0.0).
It runs SL ok for about 5 minutes & then triggers the VPU recover (& crashes).
If I turn VPU recover off it crashes anyway!
2L is the only application that causes this problem.
Has anyone else seen (& fixed) this?
Regards, Inqy
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Inqy Wei
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03-24-2007 03:27
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Inqy Wei
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03-24-2007 03:33
It's an: ASUS EAX700PRO/TVD256MB RADEON X700 PRO 256MB PCI-E DVI/TVO
If that helps. Regards, Inqy |
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Gaybot Foxley
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03-24-2007 05:38
I found a thread with a user with a similar problem. Check it out here.
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Inqy Wei
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03-24-2007 06:16
Thanks - yes, I saw that but I don't think he got his problem resolved in the end.
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Ketra Saarinen
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03-24-2007 10:28
Try the Omega Drivers. Many ATI users have seen good results with them in SL.
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Inqy Wei
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03-24-2007 18:12
Thanks for the info!
Loaded the Omega drivers & now been on for 4 hours with no problems! Regards, Inqy |
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Inqy Wei
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03-24-2007 19:07
Spoke too soon!
Immediately after leaving this post (& going back to 2L) it crashed. Now always crashes again - guess I was just (un)lucky for 4 hours! Inqy |
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Element Smirnov
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03-24-2007 19:32
what OS ?
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Inqy Wei
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03-24-2007 20:06
Xp Sp2
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Element Smirnov
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03-24-2007 21:25
did you try this driver? http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/radeonx-xp.html
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Inqy Wei
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03-26-2007 08:22
OK - just tried that.
Crashed within about 2 minutes of starting 2L. The error (as always) is that the graphics card has stopped accepting commands & has been reset. Regards, Inqy |
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KaiLastOfTheBrunnenG Macdonald
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03-26-2007 13:17
Check your video cards fan, the fan died on my old sapphire x700, so I strapped on an old cpu fan on with zip ties. It only crashed and vpu recovered once every 24h after that.
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Inqy Wei
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03-26-2007 14:06
Thanks - I looked at that.
The fan is running OK & the temperature & voltage (as reported by the Asus gcard monitoring utility) are all OK. I've dumped the Omega drivers & gone back to the ATI drivers suggested by the earlier poster - I'm going to try turning off hardware acceleration & see what that does. Any other ideas welcome!! Regards, Inqy |
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Inqy Wei
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03-26-2007 17:00
I reloaded the drivers suggested by Element Smirnov & turned Hardware Acceleration down 2 clicks from the right. Been on 2L all night - logged-in/out a couple of times & still working just fine!
Maybe that's fixed it!! Regards, Inqy |
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Inqy Wei
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03-29-2007 02:40
:*((( Grrrrr.
Still crashes eventually - & when it does it takes down windows so badly I have to roll-back to the last successful update. So - I've given-up with my expensive Asus graphics card & I'm going to buy an nvidia card instead. Anyone got any recommendations? If money was no problem, what's the best card to run 2L (i.e I don't run any other graphics intensive applications so I don't want to over-buy). Want to be able to drive 2 monitors though. Anyone got anything they can recommend from experience? Inqy |