Problem with VPU Recovery

JLP · Feb 22, 2004, 03:22 PM

Ever since there is a new function in the drivers called VPU recovery I get a lot of resets during games. All was fine with the drivers without this function. Does anyone have the same problem? Could it be that the function wrongly thinks the VPU isn't responding and it resets it while it shouldn't?

There is also another problem with this function. When it resets the VPU it offers me to send an error report to ATI. But when I click send only and empty Mozilla window opens and nothing happens.

JLP · Feb 23, 2004, 03:55 PM

I forgot to mention that games (Neverwinter Nights and Jack The Ripper are causing resets frequently) run just fine if I disable the feature in control panel.

Rayder · Feb 23, 2004, 06:59 PM

Whenever I try to use VPU recover, I get reboots and BSOD's while playing games (I've NEVER seen WinXP BSOD before VPU recover), I've even gotten a couple while browsing the web with it on. I turn VPU recover off and the problem goes away and the system appears stable and the games don't crash. I have no clue what's up with that. But yeah, I have problems with VPU recover too, I just don't use it, that seems to be the ultimate solution. I chalked it up to being that my card didn't support the function correctly or something, but I've read alot of posts saying that VPU recover causes more problems than it solves. So I think it just needs some more tweaking from ATI before it works correctly at this point. It IS a relatively new feature.

JLP · Feb 23, 2004, 07:56 PM

OK at least it is good to know that I am not alone with this problems. Offcourse it would be the best if they solve the problems with it. For now I'll just leave it disabled and check out again when new drivers are out. I also hope they make it more compatible with other browsers by then.

dsdsdk · Feb 23, 2004, 08:13 PM

just disable it.. it's working fine for me, but i've heard about many cases where it doesn't work. maybe you need IE to send the error report.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 23, 2004, 08:19 PM

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Originally posted by JLP
OK at least it is good to know that I am not alone with this problems. Offcourse it would be the best if they solve the problems with it. For now I'll just leave it disabled and check out again when new drivers are out. I also hope they make it more compatible with other browsers by then.

but yet it works fine for me...

what card are you useing? tell us more asbout your system? drivers ver etc ?

BBThumper · Feb 24, 2004, 03:09 AM

.......many with a 9700 and below have issues with it but 9800 seems to run it fine. What card do you have, my crystal ball is in the shop again

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JLP · Feb 26, 2004, 04:30 PM

Well I have Radeon 8500 64MB Built by ATI. I use it in a computer with Abit KT7A-RAID and AMD Athlon 1200 and 512 MiB of memory and Windows XP Pro. I also tried it in another computer with MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R and Athlon 64 3000+ and 1024 MiB of memory and the problem remains the same, I also have Radeon 9600XT and this one works just fine in both computers and even with Catalysts 4.2.

Feb 22, 2004, 03:22 PM	#1
JLP DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Slovenia Posts: 249 Rep Power: 0	Problem with VPU Recovery Ever since there is a new function in the drivers called VPU recovery I get a lot of resets during games. All was fine with the drivers without this function. Does anyone have the same problem? Could it be that the function wrongly thinks the VPU isn't responding and it resets it while it shouldn't? There is also another problem with this function. When it resets the VPU it offers me to send an error report to ATI. But when I click send only and empty Mozilla window opens and nothing happens. __________________ Get Firefox! Get Thunderbird!

Feb 23, 2004, 07:56 PM	Thread Starter #4
JLP DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Slovenia Posts: 249 Rep Power: 0	OK at least it is good to know that I am not alone with this problems. Offcourse it would be the best if they solve the problems with it. For now I'll just leave it disabled and check out again when new drivers are out. I also hope they make it more compatible with other browsers by then. __________________ Get Firefox! Get Thunderbird!

Feb 23, 2004, 08:13 PM	#5
dsdsdk DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Denmark, CPH. Posts: 586 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	just disable it.. it's working fine for me, but i've heard about many cases where it doesn't work. maybe you need IE to send the error report. __________________ No more Kitty!

Feb 24, 2004, 03:09 AM	#7
BBThumper DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Philly Posts: 81 Rep Power: 0	.......many with a 9700 and below have issues with it but 9800 seems to run it fine. What card do you have, my crystal ball is in the shop again .......... __________________ P4C800-E Deluxe 2.4C @ 3.5ghz 2x256 OCZ EL Gold pc3700 ATI 9800 XT X-pider Turbo case w/alot of pretty lights 3DMark2k1 Aqua Mark 3dMark2k3

Feb 23, 2004, 03:55 PM	Thread Starter #2
JLP DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Slovenia Posts: 249 Rep Power: 0	I forgot to mention that games (Neverwinter Nights and Jack The Ripper are causing resets frequently) run just fine if I disable the feature in control panel.

Feb 23, 2004, 06:59 PM	#3
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,161 Rep Power: 73	Whenever I try to use VPU recover, I get reboots and BSOD's while playing games (I've NEVER seen WinXP BSOD before VPU recover), I've even gotten a couple while browsing the web with it on. I turn VPU recover off and the problem goes away and the system appears stable and the games don't crash. I have no clue what's up with that. But yeah, I have problems with VPU recover too, I just don't use it, that seems to be the ultimate solution. I chalked it up to being that my card didn't support the function correctly or something, but I've read alot of posts saying that VPU recover causes more problems than it solves. So I think it just needs some more tweaking from ATI before it works correctly at this point. It IS a relatively new feature.

Feb 26, 2004, 04:30 PM	Thread Starter #8
JLP DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Slovenia Posts: 249 Rep Power: 0	Well I have Radeon 8500 64MB Built by ATI. I use it in a computer with Abit KT7A-RAID and AMD Athlon 1200 and 512 MiB of memory and Windows XP Pro. I also tried it in another computer with MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R and Athlon 64 3000+ and 1024 MiB of memory and the problem remains the same, I also have Radeon 9600XT and this one works just fine in both computers and even with Catalysts 4.2.