Hello! First of all I have read all the similar threads and information here and everywhere else. I have tried: Flashing Bios Newest chipset drivers Tested clean installs of catalyst 10.8, 10.7a, 10.7 and 10.5 Ran HCI memtest with 0 errors Monitored temperatures and made Furmark stresstest, I stopped it at 90* without problems. Sc2 is running no hotter than 60*. Installed all windows updates Reinstalled Win7 64-bit Fixed the FPS-cap in variables.txt Booted sc2 in compability mode for XP and NT Played sc2 in OpenGL mode Checked the event viewer and no clues except unexpected shutdown note My integrated graphics is disabled Lowered all possible graphics settings Used sc2 repair tool. Reinstalled Starcraft Running as admin Checked for viruses and malware The problem doesn't appear at first after I format and reinstall everything. It does run good for a day or two. Then I get a freeze and have to cut the power completely for 10 minutes or the computer refuses to boot. Then the problem accelerates and after a few days the freezes are very common. At that point the freezes can occur even if sc2 isn't even running anymore (just after I exit the game for example) Can sc2 somehow corrupt something in the system perhaps. Due note that the computer is running without any issues before I start using sc2. The frustration grows. I have spent too much time. I am begging you for any idea you might have.
Wow, that's a heck of a run down man. What is the make and model of this motherboard, the dxdiag doesn't say? I will assume its an Asus because they're default driver doesn't address the following... Now, I will make an educated guess about this motherboard, that its a new AMD 8xx series motherboard. If that's the case, you may have one of the boards whose south bridge was swapped to an SB7xx series due to limited supply of SB850 south bridges. Your hardware ID's suggest you have an SB7xx series south bridge, hence 8xx series drivers not installing. Download the chipset driver for this ECS motherboard and install. It will work. The biggest thing about this chipset driver is it will install your SATA/RAID drivers AND your PCIexpress port driver. You also need to install your Realtek Audio driver. The current is a generic driver. As for your ATI drivers, read this guide on proper installation, although it sounds like you did it proper. Now, most people have reported in this situation poor game performance, but not unstable behavior. Post your make and model of your motherboard and your video card. It seems a few people have posted in the last few days that are having issues with the 4800, must those users just seemed to give up instead of letting me finish tossing ideas. I recommend having no video drivers, then installing chipset, then reinstalling newest Cat drivers. Hope this helps. Post a new dxdiag afterwords.. no one has done that for me to confirm that the those chipset drivers actually installed for you. Not saying that will 100% solve everything.. but its probably part of the problem. What brand and model of your power supply too?
Thanks alot for your response! Motherboard: Asus M4A785TD-M EVO DDR3 Power: Corsair VX 550W 80+ Card: PowerColor Radeon HD4890 PCS+ 1GB (abit faster speed than regular HD4890 but same card) I think you may be onto something with the sound drivers! Thinking about it I have read someone saying that he could play without crashes with disabled sound. I will install it asap. Are you sure about the chipset? I have AM3 socket! Can I just run it? I do not know how to deinstall old chipset since they're not in controlpanel-program. Please give me the clear again with that chipset driver since I have AM3 just want to make sure. I also note this driver is from 2009-03
Well, you have an 785G series chipset, so the drivers off Asus's website should work. The socket involved has nothing to do with anything, since the drivers are mostly for "south bridge" devices such as the SATA hard drive controller, and your PCIexpress slot. I wouldn't install them off the ECS website, but rather the ECS. (The socket interface is all in the "North bridge", the other of the 2 primary bridge chips in a chipset) Everytime you uninstall the ATI video drivers, it may be uninstalling "all of your ATI software," which would include the chipset (yeah, thats a pain in the butt). Now that I know you have built in video, I have a few more ideas. I know you said its disabled, but check the BIOS and make sure that your "primary graphics adapter" setting is set to "PCIe." Many people have cleared up similar issues with just that single BIOS setting change. Also, if you see any BIOS options for "Hybrid CrossFireX" make sure its all disabled. I haven't found any BIOS update information on your PowerColor ATI card, so I somehow doubt there is one. I'd check the BIOS for those settings first and make sure its set first, plus the chipset drivers from ASUS... Your power supply should be more then enough juice for everything.
Hi! I have now: Uninstalled ATI Installed ECS drivers Installed cat 10.8 Installed new Realtek drivers. I cannot find the options "Primary graphics adapter" or "crossfireX" in Bios. They simply are not there as far as I can see. Only thing remotely close is the "Internal graphics" section and the "primary video controller" there. I will now see if I experience crashes with the new drivers! I will be posting again soon EDIT: crashed after 20 min of run time without even playing any game. This time the crash was a freeze then weird colored lines all over the screen then blue screen. As I said the crashes sort of accelerate so now they're happening real often and just after format they didnt happen at all. So weird!
Yes, does that have an option for "PCIe" or "Onboard"? The setting needs to be set to something like PCIe or "descreate graphics card" so that the onboard video will be totally disabled (if there is a disable option for it, that won't necessarily stop the issues unless your new graphics card is set as the primary graphics at POST in the BIOS).
Sorry for late answer but the computer crashed big time again and I had lots to do. Now Im back on track to fix this and will be trying 24/7. I am confused about the BIOS settings concerning the graphics card. I am under the "Internal graphics section" under "advanced". Here I have Primary video Controller that has 4 options. They consist of lots of letters such as "PCI-GFXO-GPP-IHX" or "GFXP-GPP-IHX-PCI" or something like that. There is also something called Internal graphics mode where it is put on UMA+Sideport and the option "disabled" is available. EDIT: crashed after 20 minutes of runtime in windows use and running HCI I got the blue screen message "BAD_POOL_HEATER" EDIT2: I think I will format computer once again and sort of start over slowly adding one program after another.
Today I was able to get on high speed and read the manual for your motherboard. First, flashing to the 2103 BIOS (if not already flashed), then go to EXIT in the BIOS and select "Load Setup Defaults," that will reset everything in the entire BIOS back to default. Then make the following changes: Primary Video Controller: GFX0-GPP-IGFX-PCI (GFX0 = PCIe 16x card, GPP = PCIe 1x card, IGFX = onboard, PCI = PCI video card) Side Port Clock Speed: DD3-????? Find out the speed of your RAM, make sure this selection is = to your installed RAM. If all else fails, try 10666 first. Surround view: [Disable] unless you have more then one video monitor (such as a monitor and a TV), otherwise leave [auto] Go to your motherboards page and download+install the following first: -Catagory: Chipset = AMD Chipset Driver V1.3.2.54 for Windows 7/7 64bit--(WHQL) - No clue why they are saying its beta when its WHQL -Catagory: Ultilities = ASUS Update V7.18.03 for Windows XP 32bit/XP 64bit/Vista 32bit/Vista 64bit/7 32bit/7 64bit -Catagory: AUDIO = VIA Audio Driver 6.0.1.7900 for 32/64bit Windows 7. -Catagory: Ultilities = ATK0110 driver for WindowsXP/Vista/Win7 32&64-bit These should be able to wait until later but are still important: -Catagory: Ultilities = AMD RAID driver for Windows XP 32/64bit & Windows Vista 32bit/64bit & Win 7 32bit/64bit. -Catagory: Ultilities = ASUS Cool''''''''''''''''n''''''''''''''''Quiet Utility V2.18.03 for Windows 32/64bit XP & 32/64bit Vista& 32/64bit 7. Asus update should be able to confirm you are running the newest BIOS Only other things I can think of outside of software all have to do with the motherboards installation in the case. First, unmount the motherboard and put electrical tape around all of the mounting screws. This may help your motherboard ground better. Also make sure all of the mounting screws are installed. Missing a ground anywhere can cause system instability. If all of this fails, there might be something wrong with the board physically, but you have a way of seeing how likely that is. In the BIOS enter your Advanced tab=>Chipset settings=>NorthBridge configuration=>ECC Configuration. ECC Mode should be set to disable my default. Enable it at all the different levels one at time (booting into the OS to check), and see if it makes the system more stable. It will probably slow way down but ECC should allow any errors occurring on the motherboard to be corrected.