HIS 3850 IceQ TurboX x 2 on Vista 64 problem

Sunrazor · Jan 17, 2008, 10:55 AM

Here is my story and I need help bad.

Gear:

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 Motherboard, all BIOS settings on "safe"
Intel Quad Core 6400 CPU
Corsair XMS 6400 4GB (4x1GB) running on SPD settings
HIS 3850 IceQ3 TurboX Limited Edition 512MB VGA cards X 2 sitting in Crossfire config on default clocks.
Corsair 750W TX PSU
Lian-Li chassie with 3 120mm fans
Seagate 250GB ES series HDD S-ATA 300
Vista 64 Basic fully patched
Latest ATI drivers on clean install

Problem is I get the driver stop error and Vista then restarts it usually. Sometimes it hangs but not very often. CoD4 does the driver stop fairly often (maybe every 10-15 min) but WoW does not seem to be doing it that much. Once in maybe 2 hours.

It has no effect switching off crossfire apparently as this still persists. I have no artifacts and the temperature of the VGA cards is roughly 60-65 degrees C at load. I have ran this exact rig with a HD2900 Pro card for some time without a single hickup whatsoever.

I have no idea whatsoever what is causing this and was thinking of installing old XP again to see if it persists there. Anyone have any advice? It is breaking my heart not to be able to use it as it should.

***Veridian3*** · Jan 17, 2008, 11:21 AM

Does the driver error you are experiencing say "ATIKMDAG"? If so you should post your details in here:

http://www.driverheaven.net/vista-ra...ing-error.html

Sunrazor · Jan 17, 2008, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Veridian3

Does the driver error you are experiencing say "ATIKMDAG"? If so you should post your details in here:

http://www.driverheaven.net/vista-ra...ing-error.html

Actually I don't really know since I have a swedish version of the OS it only says in swedish that the driver has stopped responding and has been restarted. However, it may well be the same. I'll post it there too and sorry for doubleposting for now. Feel free to remove this one if you see that it is suitable and thanks for the advice.

Jan 17, 2008, 10:55 AM	#1
Sunrazor DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	HIS 3850 IceQ TurboX x 2 on Vista 64 problem Here is my story and I need help bad. Gear: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 Motherboard, all BIOS settings on "safe" Intel Quad Core 6400 CPU Corsair XMS 6400 4GB (4x1GB) running on SPD settings HIS 3850 IceQ3 TurboX Limited Edition 512MB VGA cards X 2 sitting in Crossfire config on default clocks. Corsair 750W TX PSU Lian-Li chassie with 3 120mm fans Seagate 250GB ES series HDD S-ATA 300 Vista 64 Basic fully patched Latest ATI drivers on clean install Problem is I get the driver stop error and Vista then restarts it usually. Sometimes it hangs but not very often. CoD4 does the driver stop fairly often (maybe every 10-15 min) but WoW does not seem to be doing it that much. Once in maybe 2 hours. It has no effect switching off crossfire apparently as this still persists. I have no artifacts and the temperature of the VGA cards is roughly 60-65 degrees C at load. I have ran this exact rig with a HD2900 Pro card for some time without a single hickup whatsoever. I have no idea whatsoever what is causing this and was thinking of installing old XP again to see if it persists there. Anyone have any advice? It is breaking my heart not to be able to use it as it should. Last edited by Sunrazor; Jan 17, 2008 at 04:35 PM.

Jan 17, 2008, 11:21 AM	#2
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 2,999 Rep Power: 72	Does the driver error you are experiencing say "ATIKMDAG"? If so you should post your details in here: http://www.driverheaven.net/vista-ra...ing-error.html