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ATI 5870 - Bootcamp Drivers Crashing

Troy2000

Troy2000

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Oct 21, 2009
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Since upgrading to the ATI 5870, I have been having driver issues in Bootcamp. Only a few minutes ago, I received the "AMD driver has crashed and been recovered" message while watching a YouTube video. The crash has not once occurred while I am in a game.

Could anyone offer a suggestion?

Thanks,
 
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Thank you. I will now go and facepalm for the next three years for overlooking something so obvious.

Afterwards, I'll let you know if it worked. :)
 
I don't know what update to video drivers a bootcamp update would accomplish, that a video driver update would not....unless the problem wasn't the video drivers, at least entirely.
 
You may be right. The crash only seemed to occur when Flash content was being displayed. Given the instability of 10.1, it wouldn't exactly be a stretch of the imagination. ;)
 
The driver has just crashed for the second time today. All Bootcamp and driver updates are installed.
 
I have not used it with OS X extensively yet, however it has never crashed. Thus far, the crashes have only occurred in the presence of Flash content. And the fact that Flash videos show only a green screen afterwards when GPU acceleration is enabled would seem to link them.
 
The 5870 has just completely locked up in OS X while playing the Call of Duty 4 port. It gave me a flickering grey screen with vertical bars.

Please, someone tell me I don't need to send this card back. :mad:

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67phWEeGGQc
 
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Troy2000 said:
The 5870 has just completely locked up in OS X while the Call of Duty 4 port. It gave me a flickering grey screen with vertical bars.

Please, someone tell me I don't need to send this card back. :mad:
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Sounds like it. Either that or if you're in a city that matters, you can take it to the Apple store.
 
Im up to BC 3.2 on a MP 2,1 with ATI 5870 card.
BootCamp windows are stuck at 1600x1200 and video playback is brutal.
I guess Ill give the ATI/AMD drivers a try.
 
mvasilakis said:
In windows make sure you uninstall the old driver
reboot windows to safe mode (f8 on boot)
use driver sweeper to remove remnants of ATI drivers http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/
reboot
install latest drivers http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/downloads.aspx
reboot
install profiles

I have found that doing this solved allot of graphics issues in windows for me.
(2009 Mac Pro 6GB 4870 (512 Apple card)
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Weirdest thing, I tried using an Nvidia GT120 on this old Mac Pro 2,1 667MHz and nothing :p
I say weird cause the 5870 works fine under SL but wont even fire up with GT120 :p
 
Were you able to fix it, I'm having the same problem. I get the error while playing games, they crash after 3-5 min or so.
 
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