Sapphire HD 3870 512mb Problems!

[Stenis89]

Hi, I recently purchased this card and now when I've installed it I get 2 kinds of problem.

When I'm starting a game I more than often get a bluescreen where it stands:Beginning to dump physical memory (or something like that I get it in swedish)

Or the few times it manages to start the game after a while playing I will get "vpu recover has reset your graphics accelerator".

Granted I'm not the smartest tool in the box when it comes to computers but any help would be appreciated!

[Rick James]

Need your system specs. Overclocked?

[Stenis89]

No nothing is overclocked, yet atleast.

but I got a 3.00ghz processor, 2Gb Ram and my Sapphiretech HD 3870 512Mb Toxic graphic card.

[oakstave]

Uninstall all graphics drivers.

Run ccleaner. http://www.ccleaner.com/download

Reinstall the latest graphics drivers. http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

It may not be the issue, but you'll need to rule this out.

Welcome to the forums Stenis89 :welcome:

[Stenis89]

I just did that Oakstave, and it did not help. Still get the bluescreen upon starting a game.

And thank you :)

[Craxbax]

Just for fun down clock the card and see if that corrects the problem.

[oakstave]

Hmm... What are the specs of your psu? Is the card getting enough power?'

[mrbobc]

also re-seating your card wouldnt hurt! i had random bluescreens with one of my cards and couldnt figure out why until i re-seated it and all was dandy again. u have plugged in your 6 pin power connector to the card havent u?

[Stenis89]

Thanks for all your tips and ideas but I tried to re-seat my card like mrbobc told me to do and it seemed to have done it. no "VPU recovery" or bluescreen since then.

Tyvm!

[Rick James]

Thanks for all your tips and ideas but I tried to re-seat my card like mrbobc told me to do and it seemed to have done it. no "VPU recovery" or bluescreen since then.

Tyvm!

Glad you got it fixed