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    A small warning which may help you!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Gregoland, Jul 17, 2008.

  1. Gregoland

    Gregoland Newbie

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    Hi Guys,

    Im new to the forums and I registered to tell you all about an annoying error message which some of you may possibly have...

    I have a Dell Inspiron 9400 with an x1400 and I use the Ati mobility modder tool so I can use the latest video drivers. Last night I installed the latest catalyst drivers - 8.6. Everything seemed to be working fine, until everything crashed. I got the annoying message on the bsod:

    NMI : Parity check / memory parity error

    I knew it was the latest catalyst drivers causing this problem so I unistalled them and went back to 8.5. Now everything is fixed and I can play games again without the BSOD!

    To summarize: Latest ATI CCC Drivers 8.6 cause crash! (at least for me anyway)

    Hopefully this will help those with this problem,

    Gregoland
     
    Gregoland, Jul 17, 2008
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  2. brainer

    brainer Notebook Virtuoso

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    thank you very much for the note Gregoland :D
     
    brainer, Jul 17, 2008
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  3. KGann

    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    Thanks for the update! The numbers for ATi users are falling, but the ones who use ATi will be grateful for your info!
     
    KGann, Jul 17, 2008
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  4. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    8.6 hotfix drivers are the best for me on my desktop so far, the 8.7 betas are pure evil tho.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 17, 2008
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