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4850 problems

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jdm731

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So I just built my new system last week. Before I built the new system I bought a 4850 and stuck it in my old computer, it was a Sapphire Toxic. While I was playing games or just surfing the web the video would just shut off and the box saying VPU recovery had restarted my video card because it stopped responding. So I figured I just got a bad video card, I sent it back and exchanged it for a Palit 4850. I stuck in the Palit and got the exact same problems. I had been wanting to build a new PC for awhile anyway so I just used that as an excuse to get a new motherboard/CPU/PSU and RAM. Now I stick in that Palit and still get the exact problem just not as often. So I got an RMA on that video card and they sent me a new one. This new one I put in tonight, when I try to activate dual monitor the screen goes brown with lines up down the monitor and my whole PC reboots. I'm at a loss on what to do now. Its a whole new system, the only thing carried over from the old PC is the case and the DVD drive. I'm still running windows XP 32 bit, I plan on buying Vista in a couple of weeks but I kinda blew my budget on components getting all this stuff. Any tips or ideas I would greatly appreciate. The new system is in my sig.

To sum it up 3 different video cards in 2 different systems and the same problems carry over.

Old system:
Asus A8N SLI Deluxe socket 939
AMD X2 4800
500w PSU
2 gig of RAM

New system:
see my sig.
 
Did you format or just migrated? Latest drivers? Suggest you back down your OC until you get this problem fixed...could be part of your problem...quality PSU up to running your setup? Really hard to believe you get 3 bad cards from 2 manufactures...but stranger things have happened :)
 
I formatted and reinstalled windows when I built the new system. The old AMD computer wasnt overclocked at all. I went from a 550w PSU with the AMD system to a 750w PSU.
 
Ever now and again, my screen goes blank and comes back with "driver stopped responding" message. It use to blue screen and reboot, but some of the later drivers have managed to do a better job at recovering. I've been very disappointed with ATI drivers, I've yet to have a decent revision since I got my 4850. When the next gen cards come, I'll almost certainly be going with nVidia unless ATI really blows them away in performance.
 
Reason I mentioned PSU is because being new doesn't mean that it can't be faulty. Maybe a defect?
 
I never had this problem with my old 7800 GTX and it would do dual monitor fine. I jumped the Nvidia ship because I liked the 4000 series cards so much and all the good reviews they were getting. So maybe this is just a problem thats inherent in the ATI line? It seems so weird that it was the same problem accross 3 different cards and 2 completely different systems.
 
The ONLY times i get VPU recovery error is when I OC the cards too much.
It seems that VPU recovery is right between stable and BSOD.

My buddy had same/similar issues, stock 4850, playing games full screen and it would "gpu recover" and QTD. His RAM was the culprit. I forgot which mobo he had but he had the same RAM as I was using, Corsair 6400C5 2x2gb.
 
I have the OC on the 4850 maxed out in CCC. The temp wasnt an issue but I'll back it down to stock and try it and see if that fixes it.
 
jdm731 said:
I have the OC on the 4850 maxed out in CCC. The temp wasnt an issue but I'll back it down to stock and try it and see if that fixes it.
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Did I miss the part where you said the cards were OC while you had this problem?:rolleyes:
 
No, you didnt miss that. I tried it stock in my old computer and now I've tried it stock in this new one and still the same issues. If its going to crash anyway I might as well leave it overclocked.
 
jdm731 said:
No, you didnt miss that. I tried it stock in my old computer and now I've tried it stock in this new one and still the same issues. If its going to crash anyway I might as well leave it overclocked.
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LOL.... love the logic... but its so true somehow...
 
i have a sapphire dual slot 4850, i had the same issue, i eased my OC back a tad and ive only had it once since.
 
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