Question for users of ATI drivers.
Lythdan:
Okay, I have a question here. I have been getting constant VPU recovers. I think it may be a problem with the drivers I'm using or something. Has any other ATI card users experienced similar problems? What drivers do you use?
Thanks.
Meek_Monkey:
I want to ask a question first What are constant VPU recovers? OK I have a Radion 9600 Pro card in my computer I have updated it with the latest driver, as I was getting a device stop error. In other words the computer while playing the Sims 2 would just restart for no reason at all it seemed to be getting more frequent so I went to the ATI site and downloaded the latest driver for my graphics card it seems to have stop the restarting. I have notcied that then graphics are a little gliche since I have installed it. If I am watching a sim upstairs a small area will open up and you can see what is going on under the sim upstairs it only is viewable for about 5-10 seconds then it is gone. I also noticed that from time to time I have a light blue square or triangle on the lot it there for about 5-10 seconds as well. It is better than have the computer restarting for no reason at I would rather have the graphics gliches than restarting.
speedreader:
Yep, I get 'em too. Actually I am hoping to get out this week and get a new video card with better RAM. Currently I am running 64 MB which probably just isn't enough with all EP's. Funny thing is, I never got the recovers until I loaded new drivers for my ATI Radeon 9000 a few months ago. Course, I couldn't set my graphics very high in TS2 either.
My fix when this started happening was to adjust my in game settings. I found I could use medium for seeing the neighborhood and could have clickable neighbors, but the other settings had to be relatively low. When I reloaded my game this week I started getting the recovers again and haven't fixed it, but I'm pretty sure that's what I did. It is fixable - once I made the adjustments I didn't get the errors anymore.
Good luck.
cyperangel:
I have an ati 9600 pro with 256 mb of ram,a nd i keep getting those VPU recover as well. Flipping annoying when your playing any sort of game, and it just goes black for 2 minutes.
My hubby uses a machine with the exact same hardware as mine, and most of the software as well, but he has never had this problem. Ever. (remind me to hijack his computer next time we do a format :P )
Hegelian:
Quote from: Lythdan on 2006 May 11, 13:01:35
Okay, I have a question here. I have been getting constant VPU recovers. I think it may be a problem with the drivers I'm using or something. Has any other ATI card users experienced similar problems? What drivers do you use?
Have you made any system changes recently? New motherboard or cpu or video card? Have you moved your PC to a location that is warmer than the previous one?
Troubleshooting these kinds of problems from a distance can be difficult. However, spontaneous reboots are usually an idication of power-supply problems: either your power supply is not adequate for the components in your PC, or it is failing. Or the motherboard connector from the power supply is not firmly seated in the motherboard socket. :) There is more to installing a power supply than slapping in the cheapest one you can find that has the nominal output that you want—cheap power supplies, which is what comes in most off-the-shelf PCs, lose a considerable percentage of their rated output as they warm up to normal operating temperature. For more information, go here:
http://www.pcpowercooling.com/technology/myths/
Another problem could be heat, although if the graphics card was overheating, would probably see significant corruption of the screen display. Overheating of the CPU will often cause the PC to shut down without rebooting.
It is also possible that some component in your PC is failing, either the motherboard or the graphics card.I know from personal experience that a motherboard feeding an incorrect voltage to the graphics board can burn out the graphics board.
General hints:
Make sure the inside of your PC is clean and that all fans are working properly.
When you install video drivers, be sure to remove completely all previous drivers first. So if you're updating ATi drivers, remove the existing video drivers first, then reboot and install the new driver.
Even if your Radeon graphics board was not made by ATi, you should use ATi's "reference" drivers, available from the Web site.
I am currently using the most recent ATi driver set with three Radeon boards: 9550, 9800 Pro, and X800 GT. I haven't had any problems with any of the machines.
You may wish to send an email to ATi tech support to see what they might have to say about your problem.
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