VPU Recover Error on Far Cry**********

walnojxb · Jul 19, 2005

Okay I've been running my new oc machine for about a week now very stable on all my benchies and games, except one: Far Cry. I've recently started getting vpu recover errors:

VPU Recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics drivers commands

Oh yeah my oc is:
181*11.5 (2081 MHZ) 362 FSB
2.5,2,2,6 (24hrs memtest stable)
vcore=1.7
vdimm=2.8
chipset=1.7

My temp during the crash was 55c. I am running the game on High Setting. But even at default settings or auto detects I still get random crashes. Also my ati settings are all at defaults.

So I ask: Where should I begin to trblshoot?

walnojxb · Jul 19, 2005

Okay I've reset my oc back to stock, and the problem is still there. I guess next I will try to change the setting to medium or lower, and see if that helps.

felinusz · Jul 19, 2005

This is almost certainly a software issue

.

Does the problem occur over and over at a specific point in the game? Have you tried installing the newest Catalyst drivers (The ones that come with your card are almost always outdated :-/

)? Is your machine 3Dmark stable (Can it loop the 3DMark2001SE Narture test for a good ~2 hours)?

Are you using Win2K or WinXP? If you are using Win2K, is SP2 or newer installed? If you are using WinXP, is SP1 or SP2 installed?

walnojxb · Jul 19, 2005

No it is not at a specific point, it is random and occurs about every 15 min (weird). I first I suspected background applications like diskeeper, but then I remember setting it to manual settings. My current catalyst is 5.6. I have never tried to loop the 3dmark2001se nature test. But I will try it. I am using Winxp w/sp1.

felinusz · Jul 20, 2005

Probably worth a shot - have you tried disablign VPU recover?

willkill1337 · Jul 20, 2005

I had a similar problem in Far Cry, and I think it might have related to my graphics card overheating. The game would freeze, the monitor flicker in a way as if it were going back to desktop and after about 5/10 seconds the game would start playing again.

After I disabled VPU recover, this didn't happen although it would totally crash my system after about 10 mins of play (it was a 30 degree or so day and my CPU was about 55 load in those temps), then I realised that very little air could escape from my case, so I increased my pitiful case outake by increasing the speed of my PSU fan and I was okay after that.

Beautiful game by the way, looks incredible on my system, surprisingly.

bknight · Jul 20, 2005

walnojxb samething is going on mine to just like yours.
could it be the 5.7 drives??

willkill1337 · Jul 20, 2005

Far Cry is still crashing my computer so it can't be temps. Btw I am using Omega 2.6.42 which are based off Cat 5.6 so it can't be an issue just for cat 5.7. Last time I had to hard reset and got this message:

Windows has recovered from a serious error etc and this error code thingy:

BCCode : ea BCP1 : 85D48450 BCP2 : 86732CC8 BCP3 : 86742F00
BCP4 : 00000001 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 2_0 Product : 256_1

Edit: walnojxb, what version of the game are you running? I'm about to see if there is a patch to download.

walnojxb · Jul 20, 2005

yeah willkill; that is the exact same problem I am having. The game will freeze, my monitor turns black, then sometimes goes back to desktop, then the game starts playing again. I don't think it is drivers, since I am using 5.6,bknight is using 5.7,and willkill is using Omega 2.6.42. I hope there is a patch, because yes this is a beautiful game and it runs very well on my comp too.

willkill1337 · Jul 20, 2005

Patch 1.32 is available, I've just downloaded it and am installing it now. I will inform you if the bug is fixed.

Edit: You need to install 1.31 first

hibner · Jul 20, 2005

I installed the new cat 5.7s and that started hapenning to me. I never had it happen before the new drivers. It evened happened in Guild Wars and the F@H graphic gui. I didn't have my card oc'ed at the time.

willkill1337 · Jul 20, 2005

Hibner, I doubt that it's a driver issue:

walnojxb said:
I don't think it is drivers, since I am using 5.6, bknight is using 5.7,and willkill1337 is using Omega 2.6.42.

Having downloaded and installed 130MB of patches:

1.1
1.3
1.31
1.32

I have fixed my problem and the game hasn't crashed in about half an hour of playing. I'll let you know if I have anymore problems but walnojxb and hibner, if it is the same problem as mine then updating to version 1.32 should definately help.

walnojxb · Jul 20, 2005

Okay I am downloading the patches too, I wil also post results.

Sevin7 · Jul 20, 2005

i used to get that vpu recover crap with my 9800pro, For some reason my 9800pro didnt like my ECS mobo, when i got a new mobo it quit doing it.

Buhammot · Jul 20, 2005

Only 130mb of patches? hehe.. Try getting the AMD64 bit patches... add about 990mb of additional patches to that already. Runs quite a bit faster too.

mista ting · Jul 20, 2005

this happend to me, Service Pack 2 was causing it all -_-

walnojxb · Jul 20, 2005

Okay I installed all the updates, and I ran it for about 30 min straight. So far so good. Right now I am even trying the Very High settings, seem's to be ok. I will post if anything changes.

nickyhoward55 · Jul 20, 2005

willkill1337 said:
Hibner, I doubt that it's a driver issue:

Having downloaded and installed 130MB of patches:

1.1
1.3
1.31
1.32

I have fixed my problem and the game hasn't crashed in about half an hour of playing. I'll let you know if I have anymore problems but walnojxb and hibner, if it is the same problem as mine then updating to version 1.32 should definately help.

u only have to download 1.3 onwards to update from v1.0(fresh install)

ive just done it, set graphics to higest they go, enabled HDR(very good effects if u havent seen them) and it runs soooooo smooth!

bknight · Jul 20, 2005

ok im sorry what is hdr is that seting in game?

walnojxb · Jul 21, 2005

Okay everything was going fine. I was playing for about 90 min, then all of a sudden it froze on me. This time no vpu error (because i disabled that) just froze solid. Had to restart machine. Then during restart I got this stupid error:

Microsoft Windows detected a possible device failure. The driver for the device was unable to complete a drawing operation. Please check with the device manufacturer for a driver update. The display driver for RADEON 9800 PRO seems to be responsible for the system instability.

This is card is brand new (retail) from newegg about 1 week ago. No other problems with other games. My system is running at stock.

Oh well, here we go again. Now I'm thinking overheating, but I don't know how to efficiently monitor my video card temps. I have no idea what the temps were when it crashed. Need help!!!!! :bang head

Or can it be my drivers? :bang head

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