CaptainBravo 0 Posted July 14, 2009 Hi everyone, I am having a bit of odd problem and I hope some of the technical people here can help. The game freezes then crashed to desktop. I get the VPU recoverer (I have ATI 4870). The game will not play at all after crash (will always freez at main screen) The odd thing is when I uninstall all ATI driver (including reg) and re install, it works fine. But 3-4 days later it freezes and crashes again! And only after unistall and reinstall of driver does it work again .. and only for 3 -4 days. WHat could the issue be? Not the card since it does work for a few days after reinstall of drivers. I have windows xp and Q6600 with 4870 ATI. Running 9.6 drivers. Any help with this is highly appreciated.:confused: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainBravo 0 Posted July 15, 2009 Anyone with any ideas on how to fix this problem?? Your help is grrrrrrreatly apreciated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bulldogs 10 Posted July 15, 2009 I know this will sound a little odd, but try taking the side of your case off and blow a fan in there while running the game. Keep it going each time you play for as long as possible. It sounds like you're getting electromigration on your card (reinstalling the drivers usually pushes it away for a little while), If I'm right then if you keep playing arma 2, getting the same problem, then reinstalling the drivers then in a few weeks or so your card will start crashing more often. Even if your card isn't overheating or having the problem else where, try blowing a fan in the side (not too close to your computer) There's a chance that you've already caused damage to your card, but don't get too worried because it's not a very high chance. Download and run (for at least 6 hours on repeat) 3dMark. If the problem is with your card (electromigration) then you should see artifacts appearing in 3dmark after a while) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
