Radeon Driver Crash?

TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
edited October 2003 in Science & Tech
apparently when i leave my ATI TV on, or when it comes on to record via the scheduler, it has some problems with a driver crash. There is nothing in the event viewer, just a quick "the system has recovered from a serious error" that seems to be triggered by me trying to do ANYTHING with the TV. i haven't really felt this out completely, but both times it has happened i have been folding 2 instances, i've had one or more filesharing clients open, and i've been out at the welcome screen.

9700 pro AIW (mmc 8.0, anything else causes the TV not to work)
is7, 2.8c
256x2 pc3500 corsair @ 2.8v, 2-2-6-2 F1

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  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited October 2003
    To me this sounds like it could be just as much a hardware problem as a software, so here is what I think you should do.

    1) Relax your memory timings etc

    Then see if it does it again. Give it a couple of days if need be.

    2) Completely un-install and re-install the drivers, for all things ATI. (There's a link to a guide floating round here, which will show you how to do it properly, if you can't find it, post back.)

    Then see if it does it again. Give it a couple of days if need be.

    3) Kill your startup routine using 'msconfig' i.e uncheck all the boxes under the startup tab, apart from essentials like firewall and antivirus if you use them. I suggest keeping any folding clients off as well while you try and sort this problem.

    Then go about your business, and see if it does it again. If it doesn't, then it may be something on your startup list that is causing your system to crash.

    4) Last resort: Test your memory using DOCMEMORY. (You can get it off the downloads thread.)

    If none of the above help you solve, or at least identify the problem. Post back, and I'll have a more in-depth think.

    Cheers
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited October 2003
    1, 2, and 3 have all been taken care of already (2 by way of format at least, i'd hope i wouldn't need to reinstall after that!)

    i'll try memdoc, as i'm currently trying to figure out what is preventing me from getting a decent OC out of this chip.
    for whatever reason i can't boot into windows with vcore about 1.6 - but i'm thinking it MAY have something to do with the onboard sound. anyway rant over, i'll try memdoc
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