help with setting up Amd Crossfire with an llano a6-3650 and amd radeon hd 6670

flipzro · Oct 29, 2011, 09:43 PM

I've literally been searching for 24+ hours for a solution to something that should have been automatic according to the amd website and my motherboard instructions. I started off by having my monitor and hdmi cable plugged into my onboard graphics. I then installed the onboard vga drivers from my motherboards support cd. i then turned off my computer and installed my amd radeon hd 6670, did the same thing and made sure I had the latest drivers and ati catalyst profile from the amd website. By following these steps I was then suppose to be able to have access to the amd crossfire option in the amd vision engine control center, but to no avail. I've tried dozens of different metods posted by people online and have made sure my motherboard, apu, and discrete gpu card are all compatible and dual graphics ready. What the hell am I missing here? Thanks guys, i'm looking forward to a resolution to this before I go insane.

flipzro · Oct 30, 2011, 09:19 AM

please, anyone?

Frick · Oct 30, 2011, 09:27 AM

What motherboard do you have?

flipzro · Oct 30, 2011, 09:33 AM

its and asrock a55m-hvs and is suppose to be dual graphics ready, though im beginning to suspect that my motherboard might have something to do with my difficulty in getting amd dual graphics crossfire working.

Frick · Oct 30, 2011, 10:06 AM

So you followed the guide in the manual precisely? How many times have you tried it?

flipzro · Oct 30, 2011, 10:22 AM

Honestly, I've tried it about a dozen times trying setups that supposedly worked for other people. I'm pretty disappointed that amd made it so difficult to access one of their most highly advertised features on their line of a-series apus... I'll try a few tomorrow. Do you have any ideas?

Frick · Oct 30, 2011, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by flipzro

Honestly, I've tried it about a dozen times trying setups that supposedly worked for other people. I'm pretty disappointed that amd made it so difficult to access one of their most highly advertised features on their line of a-series apus... I'll try a few tomorrow. Do you have any ideas?

Honestly no.. I'm thinking contact their support maybe (Asrocks)? If you do everything by the book and it does not work it could be something wrong.

Unfortunately I'm not very familiar with these systems.

Mussels · Oct 30, 2011, 11:08 AM

have you connected your monitor to the discrete graphics card just to make sure its actually powering on and working?

entropy13 · Oct 30, 2011, 11:27 AM

As far as I know it would be automatic (you use the discrete card as the primary), and technically it's not Crossfire but Hybrid Crossfire. And it would also show up as "HD 6990D2" for your "graphics".

Mussels · Oct 30, 2011, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by entropy13

As far as I know it would be automatic (you use the discrete card as the primary), and technically it's not Crossfire but Hybrid Crossfire. And it would also show up as "HD 6990D" for your "graphics".

last time i used hybrid crossfireX (4K series), you had to connect to the onboards outputs.

Frick · Oct 30, 2011, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Mussels

last time i used hybrid crossfireX (4K series), you had to connect to the onboards outputs.

That's what the manual says as well.

Mussels · Oct 30, 2011, 11:48 AM

in this case i think he needs to try the dedicated, just in case its faulty or not connected right (6 pin power, etc)

c12038 · Oct 30, 2011, 01:46 PM

This fusion is not possible due to hardware restrictions

mastrdrver · Oct 30, 2011, 05:18 PM

On my 890GX MSI board, there is a option in the bios to enable crossfire. Is there a similar setting in the ASrock board that needs to be enabled?

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Originally Posted by c12038

This fusion is not possible due to hardware restrictions

That is wrong unless the restriction is the motherboard.

flipzro · Oct 30, 2011, 09:13 PM

I know forsure my graphics card is connected and functioning properly because I've been using the pcie slot as my primary display adapter. In the mean time for games i've just had my hmdi plugged into my hd 6670.

flipzro · Oct 31, 2011, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by c12038

This fusion is not possible due to hardware restrictions

What do you mean by hardware restrictions? My mobo is dual graphics ready, and my amd a6-3650 is crossfire ready for a radeon hd 6670 discrete graphics card. I've seen this set-up with crossfire enable before, just not a step by step to get it to work. If anyone has any experience this, please lend me a hand!

xBruce88x · Oct 31, 2011, 04:11 PM

Just to make sure, are you running windows Vista or Windows 7? According to the manual, only Windows 7 supports Crossfire with the APU.

flipzro · Nov 1, 2011, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by xBruce88x

Just to make sure, are you running windows Vista or Windows 7? According to the manual, only Windows 7 supports Crossfire with the APU.

Ok, here are my specs.

Windows 7 64 bit home premium
Asrock a55m-hvs mother board
amd a6-3650 quad core 2.6ghz quad-core apu
amd radeon hd6670
8gb ram
corsair 430w psu

TRWOV · Nov 1, 2011, 01:21 AM

You said that you installed the onboard drivers on the CD for the APU and then the Catalyst drivers for the HD6670. What if you use the same catalyst drivers for both?

Mussels · Nov 1, 2011, 01:49 AM

a thought - do you have a monitor lead connected to onboard and discrete at the same time? that disables crossfire (having a monitor active on the slave cards), i learned this when i ran two 4870's.

flipzro · Nov 1, 2011, 02:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRWOV

You said that you installed the onboard drivers on the CD for the APU and then the Catalyst drivers for the HD6670. What if you use the same catalyst drivers for both?

hah I've tried every possible combination +20. I don't know what the hell is going on : /

xBruce88x · Nov 1, 2011, 02:56 AM

yea you should only have one version of the driver on there for both cards. I think it would be safest to just use what came with their disc, and make sure there is nothing hooked up to the HD6670 while trying to set up crossfire. (i'm thinking when you used the catalyst drivers for the HD6670 its probably using those for the APU as well since they're newer, it really shouldn't matter...) Load gpu-z and see if it lists the same driver version for both GPUs.

flipzro · Nov 1, 2011, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xBruce88x

yea you should only have one version of the driver on there for both cards. I think it would be safest to just use what came with their disc, and make sure there is nothing hooked up to the HD6670 while trying to set up crossfire. (i'm thinking when you used the catalyst drivers for the HD6670 its probably using those for the APU as well since they're newer, it really shouldn't matter...) Load gpu-z and see if it lists the same driver version for both GPUs.

You're right, the drivers don't match. What are the steps I should take now to get them matched up correctly, and do you mean I should have my hdmi plugged into my onboard when trying to set up crossfire?

flipzro · Nov 6, 2011, 07:36 AM

Ok, so both drivers now match but im still not getting an option for crossfire in amd vision engine control center... this is just ridiculous... I can't be the only one with this friggin problem

c12038 · Nov 6, 2011, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by c12038

This fusion is not possible due to hardware restrictions

Like i originally stated its due to hardware restriction on your motherboard not software try contacting motherboard manufacture to see if they can shed some light it to why this is not possible.....

Hope this helps

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flipzro Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 25 (0.04/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	help with setting up Amd Crossfire with an llano a6-3650 and amd radeon hd 6670 I've literally been searching for 24+ hours for a solution to something that should have been automatic according to the amd website and my motherboard instructions. I started off by having my monitor and hdmi cable plugged into my onboard graphics. I then installed the onboard vga drivers from my motherboards support cd. i then turned off my computer and installed my amd radeon hd 6670, did the same thing and made sure I had the latest drivers and ati catalyst profile from the amd website. By following these steps I was then suppose to be able to have access to the amd crossfire option in the amd vision engine control center, but to no avail. I've tried dozens of different metods posted by people online and have made sure my motherboard, apu, and discrete gpu card are all compatible and dual graphics ready. What the hell am I missing here? Thanks guys, i'm looking forward to a resolution to this before I go insane. Last edited by flipzro; Oct 29, 2011 at 09:49 PM.

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flipzro Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 25 (0.04/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	please, anyone?

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flipzro Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 25 (0.04/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	its and asrock a55m-hvs and is suppose to be dual graphics ready, though im beginning to suspect that my motherboard might have something to do with my difficulty in getting amd dual graphics crossfire working.

Oct 30, 2011, 10:22 AM	#6
flipzro Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 25 (0.04/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Honestly, I've tried it about a dozen times trying setups that supposedly worked for other people. I'm pretty disappointed that amd made it so difficult to access one of their most highly advertised features on their line of a-series apus... I'll try a few tomorrow. Do you have any ideas?

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flipzro Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 25 (0.04/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I know forsure my graphics card is connected and functioning properly because I've been using the pcie slot as my primary display adapter. In the mean time for games i've just had my hmdi plugged into my hd 6670.

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xBruce88x Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Winder, GA, USA Posts: 2,218 (1.70/day) Thanks: 652 Thanked 506 Times in 401 Posts System Specs	yea you should only have one version of the driver on there for both cards. I think it would be safest to just use what came with their disc, and make sure there is nothing hooked up to the HD6670 while trying to set up crossfire. (i'm thinking when you used the catalyst drivers for the HD6670 its probably using those for the APU as well since they're newer, it really shouldn't matter...) Load gpu-z and see if it lists the same driver version for both GPUs. __________________

Nov 6, 2011, 07:36 AM	#24
flipzro Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 25 (0.04/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ok, so both drivers now match but im still not getting an option for crossfire in amd vision engine control center... this is just ridiculous... I can't be the only one with this friggin problem

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