Catalyst Gaming
General => Support & Help => Topic started by: LoNeDeStRoYeR on July 15, 2011, 05:46:22 PM
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Ok so i keep getting a weird thing where my screen goes white and a message pops up for about 5 second saying the video card/drivers stopped responding, and then i bluescreen, the last two days its happened 5 times, what is causing it and how do i fix it?
The only thing i know thats wrong with my computer is that the power source is insufficient.
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I used to have similar problems. Were you trying to update drivers or something?
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Im not sure exactly what happened, i didnt update anything... it just started
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What is your video card's temp at? You may be burning out.
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how do i check?
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HW Monitor (http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html) is an option.
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Depends on the card... My method is a bit more... hands on.
I just pop open the case and poke the card, if it burns my finger, I shut down the comp for a while.
How are your fans? Also, have you installed anything or gone to an obscure* site recently?
(* you know what I mean here.)
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Fans, not sure, im not burning myself sorry, and no i have not (dear lord)
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Fans, not sure, im not burning myself sorry, and no i have not (dear lord)
Check your fans, make sure there's no obstruction.
It's not an actual burn. If it's overheating it usually feels like a warm shower or touch the side of a coffee cup. I'm not asking you to stick your finger on melting silicone here... although if that's the case, unplug immediantly.
It's a legitimate question, Malicious material can come from any place though.
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Alright i just checked me fans, no obstructions, their both going at 2000 RPM, and my video card is a temp of 69 degrees Celsius
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Alright i just checked me fans, no obstructions, their both going at 2000 RPM, and my video card is a temp of 69 degrees Celsius
OS?
And Video Card if you'd not mind telling me. (Your current Driver as well)
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Windows 7
Radeon HD 6870
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You don't know your current driver number?
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nope
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Well. I will look into this issue, but there's not usually problems with Radeon cards...
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Update your drivers through steam.
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Updated drivers.... gona wait and see if it happens again
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this happans to me once a week when a play a little to much on my laptop. When it happans, I stop and shut it down. If it keeps happaning every week or 2-3 weeks, will my graphics card burn?
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There's also a chance your memory sticks are corrupted. Open up Windows Memory Diagnostic, let it restart, do it's thing, then load back to Windows. There will be a message notifying you how it went.
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Rofl did something good for once and gave me some advice to fix the problem, and so far i havnt gotten a single bluescreen! yay!
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The most common solutions for graphical errors:
1. Restart the game and perhaps even you PC in the event that your graphics card is overheating.
Fixed? If not:
2. Go into your steam library, right click GMOD and select properties, navigate to game files and press: "Verify integrity of game cache."
Fixed? If not:
3. Delete Garrysmod in your games library and the folder in Steamapps and do a clean reinstall. ( This will make you loose all your files so back shit up! )