DeathBoy12

I just got an ATI HD4870 and when I run a full screen DirectX program the screen goes totally one color and then gives me a blue screen of death (I think it says that a driver was caught in an infinite loop).

I'm running Vista 32-bit (Service Pack1), 4G RAM, AMD Athlon dual core 6000+ 3.01GHz, Cool Master 750W Power Supply, M3N-HT deluxe Mother Board using on board sound and network card.

I have downloaded the latest video drivers.I have tried to run several games (Unreal Tournament 3, Supreme Commander, Chronicles of Riddick, Quake 2, H.A.W.X) and it seems the more stress the video card is under, the faster it crashes (played Quake 2 for 10-20 Minutes but played H.A.W.X for about 2).

Also the fan never spins faster (which I'm told it should do) but when I turned the fan up in Catalyst nothing changed.

emosun

Download the latest bios for the board to see if it helps. Also use riva tuner to adjust the fan speed if the card is overheating , it shouldn't exceed 75c.

DeathBoy12

Thanks but no change...

Also new symptom, random freezing/blue screening usually while watching videos(started a few hours after the original post).

emosun

What are the computers temps under load? Also make sure your using the latest bios for that motherboard.

zerofire

Can you post the error message? If it restarts automatically then right click on Computer. Out of the list select properties. Go to the advanced tab and click on the settings for system start up. Then uncheck Automatic Restart.

DeathBoy12

The error message is "The Device driver got stuck in an infinite loop. this usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device driver programming the hardware incorrectly".

DeathBoy12

Playing H.A.W.X, the core temp reached 50C before it blue screened. (which was about 2-3 mins after I started it)

dai

what are you running
video card
cpu
m/board
ram
power supply
brand
wattage

check the listings in the bios for voltages and temperatures and post them


in the device manager uninstall the video card
reboot tapping f8 and choose low resolution mode
when windows finishes rebooting
disable a/virus
install your drivers
reboot the computer

DeathBoy12

Thanks Dai but that didn't help.

dai

where are your specs

DeathBoy12

In my first post.

But here they are again:
I'm running Vista 32-bit (Service Pack1), 4G RAM, AMD Athlon dual core 6000+ 3.01GHz, Cool Master 750W Power Supply, M3N-HT deluxe Mother Board using on board sound and network card(and obviously a HD 4870 ATI Radeon video card).

And also it does not just happen while running full screen directX applications, it blue screens while I'm watching videos (downloaded videos, I haven't tried internet videos) at random intervals but Flash things are fine (downloaded and online).

dai

redo th paste on the cpu with some arctic silver

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...structions.htm