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    Windows 7 GPU BSOD HotFix

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ziddy123, Jun 17, 2010.

  1. ziddy123

    ziddy123 Notebook Virtuoso

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    andrewliu6294 Notebook Consultant

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    Just curious, has anyone actually gotten this problem?

    I've only gotten complete freezeups with a black screen. can't tell if there's a bsod behind it.
     
    andrewliu6294, Jun 17, 2010
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    I've gotten the black screen freezeup too. Only with some games though (Arkham Asylum, Mass Effect, etc.) , and lowering the settings and resolution didn't help at all. I finally fixed it by underclocking the video card (core and mem.) by 50 Mhz.
     
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    Yeah underclocking definitely helped reduce the frequency of the freezeups.

    I noticed that Catalyst 10.3 Preview is the most stable driver so far, with the least amount of freezeups for my FW. Hasn't frozen yet at stock clocks. Might help :)
     
    andrewliu6294, Jun 17, 2010
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    never had bsods, but i do get freezeup occasionally in certain games. If I had to do some underclocking should i just leave the shader clock, and reduce core and mem. by 50 mhz?
     
    hna, Jun 18, 2010
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    Never gotten it before even under long periods of furmark + prime95.
     
    fzhfzh, Jun 18, 2010
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