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HD 6950 crossfire problem with drivers
Sorry if I am tiring you with this issue...I recently got an reference unlocked sapphire hd 6950 with a non reference (not unlocked) power color 6950 for crossfire.
The problem is that I can't enable crossfire with any newer driver than 12.10.In fact I get a video TDR failure BSOD when I try to enable it if I had installed the drivers with the crossfire bridge OFF.On the other hand the system freezes on AMD display driver if I install with the crossfire bridge on.I tried with 13.1 and every beta released after it. I even formated twice and tried with a clean install of Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit and Win 8 PRo 64 bit again.Same problems (except in Win7 the install was successful with the bridge on and the BSOD came on startup resulting in restart loops).Tried both with stock and updated mobo drivers too.Also switched the sapphire back to it's stock Bios and defaulted all clock,memory and other settings from Vision Engine Control Center for both cards but still nothing. Here is a previous thread (please don't suggest anything that has already been said:means read it): http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=180119 Basically I am stuck with 12.10 if I want crossfire but new games (crysis 3,tomb raider etc) had various problems with 12.10 which is why I want to update so bad=to play them smoothly.Is it a problem I have to solve or I just have to wait for a working driver release from AMD (if there will be any at all)? Last edited by antony209494; Mar 18, 2013 at 11:00 PM. |
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Look here - http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...rmessages.aspx Report issue to the AMD Driver Team here - http://www.amdsurveys.com/se.ashx?s=5A1E27D20B2F3ECF http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.85).aspx atb (all the best) Law-II |
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You know, I was having a little trouble with my 6870s in crossfire a month ago. Ever since I installed one of the 13.3 beta drivers, it has been running flawlessly.
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I had nothing but problems with all 13.2 drivers, even some 13.1's, but base 13.1 and 13.3 beta solved all my crossfire problems.
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I'm using 12.11 I would get newer but have not seen a real reason to update. I am on Windows 7 though so maybe that's the issue.
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Have you tried making sure original bioses are on both of the cards, meaning without any unlocks? Perhaps you have a bios switch to flip and can give it a whirl like that.
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I have crossfired 6850's. I have tried the 13.x drivers and they all don't work right for me. I have stuck with my trusty 12.6's and they work flawless.
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Also:How can I get 12.11 (was this a beta?) and where to download previous betas generally? |
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When you say they don't work right you mean you can't even enable crossfire like me or just problems in general?
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Hmm I have 6950's Xfired and use the 13.2 beta 4's
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Beta 12.11 b11 DIDN'T work too.Trying to download other betas from 12.11 now.I'll post back.
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The best driver for 6950's xfired is 11.11C
Test it out http://www2.ati.com/drivers/hotfix/c...ws_vista_7.exe
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Can someone give me links again for any of the following:
12.11 BETA8 12.11 BETA7 12.11 BETA6 12.11 BETA I can't download them from the AMD site! |
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BETA6: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=175155
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I said I formated twice and tried both 7 and 8 64-bit.What software problem could it be after 2 clean installs with different OSs?AMD just changed something in one driver release and caused this problem for all the next releases and I am trying to find just what that driver was.
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Here is a search on our forums from when BTA announced BETA drivers. Some of the download links should work.
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/se...rchid=17241943
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That's why I blame software in your situation. I have had Crossfire enabling cause BSOD...and when I get back into OS, everything is working as it should. It sounds like, to me, that you are not installing both cards at the same time, and they end up with different drivers. This causes the problems you report. If you have both cards installed when installing OS, then there might be something else afoot, like the BIOSes from each card not liking each other. In this instance, I'd flash the same BIOS to both cards(assuming both are reference).
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UPDATE:12.11 b 6 didn't work too.I found 3 and 4 in the TPU downloads section.I'll test and post back.
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