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    P370em 7970m crossfire driver issue

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by paulofeg, Feb 17, 2013.

  1. paulofeg

    paulofeg Notebook Geek

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    It seems i can't update past the clevo drivers listed on the p370em page of the clevo website if i try to use official amd drivers all i get are blue screens any ideas on what i could try to see what the problem is?
     
    paulofeg, Feb 17, 2013
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  2. Meaker@Sager

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    When do you get the blue screens? Official release drivers or beta drivers?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 17, 2013
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    paulofeg, Feb 17, 2013
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    What order do you install the drivers with?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 17, 2013
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    Sadly i've tried them a million different ways and i have completely uninstalled them each time i do it but no luck. For some reason only the clevo drivers don't cause issuses.
     
    paulofeg, Feb 17, 2013
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    Hah, you are not the only one having this problem. My NP9170 also works best with stock Clevo driver. Any later version will cause stuttering in games, even though the FPS did go up higher. I'm still stuck with the stock driver.
     
    Mighty_Benduru, Feb 18, 2013
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    Rather than removing them completely have you tried installing over the stock drivers?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 18, 2013
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    sadly that was the first thing i tried and it still blue screened. When they said that clevo drivers were specially tailored to the p370em i guess they were right only drivers that work.
     
    paulofeg, Feb 18, 2013
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    Could it be faulty cards?

    I managed to get 12.11 beta and 13.1 whql drivers working just fine on my 7970m cf setup. You get some crashes and lockups occasionally but I always thought that was just an amd thing.
     
    catavatar100, Feb 18, 2013
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    what is the absolute sure fire way to test and see if you have faulty cards? I've ran benchmarks with setting maxxed at 1080p and never had a problem but if there is a actual test let me know.
     
    paulofeg, Feb 18, 2013
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    I don't think you have a faulty card. What driver are you using from Sager? You said two releases behind, but I'm not sure if you're counting from 13.2 beta or 13.1 WHQL.
     
    Prostar Computer, Feb 19, 2013
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    I'm using 8.982.10.2000 driver from clevo. 7970m crossfire
     
    paulofeg, Feb 19, 2013
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    So I guess no one can help me :( That's too bad i'm missing out on a lot of performance because i can't update my drivers.
     
    paulofeg, Feb 23, 2013
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    I have the 13.1 mobility amd driver installed and I get a atimpag Bsod everyday but games work fine, I just presumed it was an ati thing.
     
    gazzafaegreenock, Feb 24, 2013
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    I'd wait for the next official release.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 24, 2013
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    Any updates regarding this? Everytime In the past that I installed the drivers I got a blue screen and when I tried to uninstall the drivers and go back to the stable ones it would screw up windows 7 and i'd have to do a complete fresh install of the os.
     
    paulofeg, Mar 31, 2013
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    Do you have anyone around you who can maybe go over the installation with you?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 1, 2013
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    funny thing is about a minute after I had posted 2 days ago I ran across a post that had the cure to the bsod in it. No more blue screens on my p370em and i'm running 13.3 beta just needed to purchase a program to remove all the files the proper way.
     
    paulofeg, Apr 2, 2013
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