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    ATI 5870 Display Driver Crashing

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by ATLracing, Aug 7, 2010.

  1. ATLracing

    ATLracing Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a Sager NP8690 with i7 620m and Mobility Radeon 5870. When watching videos from Youtube and Hulu I have had an odd problem. My screen turns white for a second, then windows comes back with a message that says, "display driver AMD driver has stopped responding and has successfully recovered." There is no blue screen and the computer does not shut off or restart. I reinstalled Catalyst 10.7, which initially seemed to fix the problem. However, while I can now watch Hulu and Youtube without constant crashing, the problem still occurs occasionally. My main worry is that this crashing indicates a hardware problem. If anyone could tell me how to fix this and if it is indeed a hardware issue, I would appreciate it.

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    This never happens when I play intense 3D games like TF2 and CSS or GTA IV. I checked my GPU temperature after a crash and it was a safe 52 Degrees C. I recently reapplied the thermal paste on my CPU and GPU, this is the first time I have run the computer for a long period of time (around 4 hours). However, I previously left a Crysis benchmark running for an hour to test heat (after my reapplication of the thermal compound) and had no problems.
     
    ATLracing, Aug 7, 2010
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  2. JohnnyFlash

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    Is your flash up to date?
     
    JohnnyFlash, Aug 7, 2010
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    Flash problem. Right click on the video and disable hardware acceleration or install the newest version of Flash at Adobe - Adobe Flash Player.
     
    The Revelator, Aug 7, 2010
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  4. ATLracing

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    I got the newest version of Flash, and this appears to have fixed it. I was under the impression that Google Chrome came with the latest version of flash, so I didn't think to do that at first. Also, I was concerned because I read somewhere that this type of crashing was the card resetting its self after an overheat. Anyway, the crashing seems to be fixed so thanks a lot for your help.
     
    ATLracing, Aug 7, 2010
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