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video vpu problem

January 28th, 2006 01:17 PM

my video is now being stupid only when i play a game the screen goes black and a error message comes up and says VPU reset my graphics card do to the graphic card not listening to the drivers commands. then i have to restart my comp and it does the same thing. i tried contacting ati by phone lines are always busy. and this happened when i installed new drivers and i rolled back the drivers it didnt do anything.
Thanks

Video card: AGP/ Radeon 9800 pro 128MB

2602941

Re: video vpu problem

January 28th, 2006 03:19 PM

You mentioned it was after updating your drivers that this occurred. What you might try is downloading the ATI driver removal program (check the ATI site for it) as it removes all ATI related software from your computer. Then try the new driver again.

2603037

Re: video vpu problem

January 28th, 2006 04:09 PM

could u give me the exact link because i cant find it

2603071

Re: video vpu problem

January 28th, 2006 04:33 PM

Or, you might try to roll back to an older driver.

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Re: video vpu problem

Cap'n Rommel

January 28th, 2006 05:11 PM

www.ati.com --- taaaadaaaa

2603282

Re: video vpu problem

January 28th, 2006 06:41 PM

i know ati's web site its just i cant find the driver remover program in there. and i was wondering if he could give the exact link to the remover program.

2603311

Re: video vpu problem

January 28th, 2006 06:53 PM

Go here:

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...e&folderID=293

And download the "Catalyst uninstaller"

edit: hmmm my link doesn't work... I have it, I'll just attach it...

edit2: ( actually, if you click the "back" button on the center of the page I listed, then it shows up)

2603587

Re: video vpu problem

January 28th, 2006 11:23 PM

thanks for helping but iam guess ill just go buy a new video card

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Re: video vpu problem

Cap'n Rommel

January 29th, 2006 08:31 AM

You lucky one, remember to buy ati (its the best)

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Re: video vpu problem

January 29th, 2006 12:51 PM

There's your problem. I know lots (and I mean lots) of people who have had nothing but trouble with 9800 cards - they overheat, artifact, crash and occasionally just stop working altogether. My advice would be to upgrade to an X800 or a 6600GT - great cards, sans the horrible reliability issues that plague certain 9800 models.