Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 constant driver crashing.

vampire622003 · Dec 15, 2009, 11:15 PM

I've had the card for about 8 months and ever since I got it, I couldn't overclock it, even a few MHZ or it would constantly crash. I've upgraded to Windows 7 x64 and I can't play Dragon Age: Origins for 5 minutes without it crashing and re-imaging my game. It's not overclocked at all now, though.

robal · Dec 21, 2009, 11:24 AM

Hi,

I think your crashing is not related to previous overclocking.
It could be an issue with Win7 x64.

Do a standard "update everything" regime...
- Check whether there's new BIOS for your mobo.
- Install latest catalyst (currently 9.12)

If nothing helps, you could try underclocking your card.
If that helps, that would mean that it is either:
- damaged from previous overclock
- not sufficiently cooled (dust build up perhaps ?)

Cheers

Dec 15, 2009, 11:15 PM	#1
vampire622003 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Austin Posts: 110 (0.05/day) Thanks: 51 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 constant driver crashing. I've had the card for about 8 months and ever since I got it, I couldn't overclock it, even a few MHZ or it would constantly crash. I've upgraded to Windows 7 x64 and I can't play Dragon Age: Origins for 5 minutes without it crashing and re-imaging my game. It's not overclocked at all now, though.

Processor:	AMD Phenom X4 @ 2.5GHZ
Motherboard:	AsRock
Memory:	5GB DDR2-800MHz @ 891MHz
Video Card:	ATI HD 4850 GDDR3 512MB w/ ZEROTherm GX815 Cooler
Hard Disk:	2X Western Digital SATAII 320GB (RAID 0)
Optical Drive:	LightScribe DVD-RW/DL Label-Flash
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer 17" LCD Model AL1716
Sound Card:	Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
PSU:	ORION 585Watt PSU
Software:	Windows 7 x64

System Name:	If you name your systems, get a girlfriend...
Processor:	Phenom II 955 X4 BE @ 3.7Ghz
Motherboard:	Asus Sabertooth 990FX
Cooling:	Custom waterloop around Black Ice GTX 360
Memory:	8GB DDR3 Corsair PC3-10600
Video Card:	Radeon HD4870 1GB @ 900Mhz
Hard Disk:	some crappy hard drives crammed into raid
Optical Drive:	some Optiarc crap
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer H5360
Case:	HAF 932
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Corsair HX750
Software:	Windows 7 Pro x64

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Dec 21, 2009, 11:24 AM	#2
robal Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 476 (0.27/day) Thanks: 24 Thanked 108 Times in 87 Posts System Specs	Hi, I think your crashing is not related to previous overclocking. It could be an issue with Win7 x64. Do a standard "update everything" regime... - Check whether there's new BIOS for your mobo. - Install latest catalyst (currently 9.12) If nothing helps, you could try underclocking your card. If that helps, that would mean that it is either: - damaged from previous overclock - not sufficiently cooled (dust build up perhaps ?) Cheers

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