GPUz will not open XP32

[Johan45]

The system is
CrossBlade Ranger FM2+
7870K

Typically I run a standalone for GPUz which will hang on opening. SO I reinstalled XP and tried installing GPUz and got a few errors I don't recall what they were. Either way I cannot get GPUz past the splash screen.
Before you ask I'm doing this for benchmarking so GPUz is a requirement.
The Ranger doesn't "officially" support XP but the A88X Pro drivers work just fine since it's the same chipset. The regular GFX card drivers also don't seem to work well with the APU so I have used the driver for it.
I wonder if it has something to do with OpenCL ?
Typical AMD chipset install will have an AMD APP SDK with it which these did not and I'm not certain what if any is supported with the APU driver. I tried to install the APP that I have for GPUPI but I think it was the wrong version for XP32 and wouldn't install. Am I going in the right direction?
If so I need to find SDK for XP32

EDIT: Did some more digging and it seems this is when AMD dropped support for XP with the release of the driver for kaveri

 

[qubit]

@W1zzard Any ideas?

 

[Naki]

Is WinXP SP3 present/installed?

What exact AMD Radeon driver version do you use?

 

[Johan45]

Yes it's SP3 and set up for 3D benching
This is the driver
Kaveri VGA Driver V9.000.300.3003 for Windows XP 32bit---(WHQL).

Everything seems to work fine. I'm getting great scores in 3D03 but can't validate them

Did some more problem solving. Wiped the drivers and installed a 5450 and drivers. GPUz saw it no problem. Cleaned it again and ran GPUz it opened but with no info. Install the Kaveri driver and no more love. The GPUz just hangs. It can't deal with the driver I guess. One thing I did notice when watching DDU extract the drivers , it had the usual driver atmag or whatever it is but this one had a _kaveri tied to it.

 

[Naki]

Does GPU Shark work?
What about MSI Afterburner?
What about GPU Caps Viewer?

Links:
http://www.ozone3d.net/gpushark/
https://gaming.msi.com/features/afterburner
http://www.ozone3d.net/gpu_caps_viewer/

 

[Johan45]

Out of town ATM. Will test later Ccc works

 

[GoldenX]

Same problem with a Nvidia MX4000 and the 93.71 driver.

 

[Naki]

Same problem with a Nvidia MX4000 and the 93.71 driver.

Same questions, see:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/gpuz-will-not-open-xp32.220169/#post-3420132

 

[GoldenX]

Both GPU Shark and GPU Caps fail too, have not tested MSI Afterburner.

 

[Naki]

Both GPU Shark and GPU Caps fail too, have not tested MSI Afterburner.

Screenshots of said failures, please. Do you get any error messages? What ones?

 

[GoldenX]

GPU Shark and GPU Caps just trow the usual windows "This program stopped working".
GPU-Z now turns off my screen (puts the monitor in sleep mode), only way to get out is by restarting.

 

[Johan45]

Does GPU Shark work?
What about MSI Afterburner?
What about GPU Caps Viewer?

Links:
http://www.ozone3d.net/gpushark/
https://gaming.msi.com/features/afterburner
http://www.ozone3d.net/gpu_caps_viewer/

Rivatuner registers R7 graphics
GPU Caps locked up the system at scanning HW
GPU shark read the R7 and reported core/mem speed.

 

[W1zzard]

Would you be willing to help me track down the problem in a live debugging session using teamviewer?

Add me on Skype: w2zzard

 

[GoldenX]

I can't... my upload is of 128kbps and download barely reaches 512kbps on it's best moments. Is there an alternative, some way I can send logs?

 

[Johan45]

Would you be willing to help me track down the problem in a live debugging session using teamviewer?

Add me on Skype: w2zzard

I have Skype but my bench rig isn't connected to anything.

Here's a SS but the GPU info is not correct. The mem and core speed should read higher

 

[Naki]

Your GPU Shark is "kind of" very old. 0.1.0!? Does latest GPU Shark version work or fail?
Also, W1zzard can not help you if the PC is not connected, so you will have to connect it to Internet.

EDIT: Please could you also show CPU-Z Graphics tab?

Also, AIDA64 and Speccy come to mind! Do these work for you?
Latest versions, check the Graphics section of both.

 

[W1zzard]

I can't... my upload is of 128kbps and download barely reaches 512kbps on it's best moments. Is there an alternative, some way I can send logs?

that speed should be sufficient, but we can try without teamviewer too.

skype (text-only chat) is needed though because of quicker communication

 

[Johan45]

I added you last night.
Tonight I'm going to try a full revamp first starting from BIOS. New BIOS version, fresh install and I'm going to try some different driver for Chipset that includes the Kaveri driver as a package. Will report back either way.

 

[W1zzard]

I added you last night.
Tonight I'm going to try a full revamp first starting from BIOS. New BIOS version, fresh install and I'm going to try some different driver for Chipset that includes the Kaveri driver as a package. Will report back either way.

i went to bed early, send me a message when you have time to work on this

 

[W1zzard]

works for me in a 32-bit XP SP3 virtual machine, so it's probably some hardware problem

 

[Johan45]

I'm hoping that an updated BIOS will help. I flashed back to an older one trying to get better performance for SPi32m. 0507 doesn't officially support the 7870k and could be part of the problem. That and the driver package comes from a different motherboard.

 

[GoldenX]

Ok, give me some time to download teamviewer.

 

[Johan45]

The BIOS/reinstall didn't work either. This time though GPUz installed but still hung during opening

 

[Johan45]

Thanks a lot W1zzard , it's finally working. This man's a genius

 

[Naki]

Thanks a lot W1zzard , it's finally working. This man's a genius

We would appreciate if you told us what you/he did to solve the issue. Might help others too!