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Desktop Graphics Issue

  • 18-09-2007 7:29pm
    #1
    Waltons
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,677 ✭✭✭


    I recently put together a new PC along with a Radeon 2900xt and it had been running fine for a week or two. Recently, however, I've started noticing occasional black boxes appearing on the screen when I'm browsing the web or loading flash videos (youtube, etc). These usually disappear if I minimise firefox and, as yet, I haven't seen them appear on any other window.
    Along with the above issue though, there's a more serious problem. Again, it occurs occasionally while browsing and not doing anything particularly intensive, but the graphics card will reset itself and gives the message:

    "vpu recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics driver commands"

    I'm at a loss as to what's going on as I've not experienced this before. I don't think it's a heat issue as I've played through the entirity of half life 2 and I didn't have a single graphical error.

    Any ideas, anyone? :confused:


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  • #2
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    I always turn off VPU Recover after a driver update, I read it's no use really, that probably hasn't changed for the new cards & drivers but there's some info here about it, near the end of the page:
    http://www.tweakguides.com/ATICAT_8.html

    Just turn it off in the display settings and see if there's a change. :)


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