Need some driver help please. HD 5770

[Raserei408]

Just threw it out; it probably was something different, but for all I knew it was some rare scenario. Worth a shot. Honestly I've never heard of anything like that. My 5770's running fine on the 10.1 drivers. I don't know exactly what's causing the crash and for how long you can use it before it does, but you might try going to the 9.12 drivers (they're nearly identical to the 10.1s) and see if that works. All else fails, just go back to the 9.11s for a few weeks until the 10.2s come out. Those are supposed to be a real update, and they may have fixed whatever problem you're experiencing for them.

[GMJim]

Thanks
I'll wait for the 10.2's. Will I have to uninstall the 10.1 or will it properly update?
Thanks
Jim

[jokers_greg]

Originally Posted by GMJim

Thanks
I'll wait for the 10.2's. Will I have to uninstall the 10.1 or will it properly update?
Thanks
Jim

google drivercleaner pro. Awesome tool for completely removing drivers. I use it every time when switching drivers.

[GMJim]

Thanks for the driver cleaner pro advice. There seems to be a couple of good cleaners out there. Driver sweeper from 3Dguru was recommended to me as well but I haven't used either. The 10.1 driver is causing a few issues that seem to be related to controls that shut off the monitor in the power management and/or screen saver features of Win 7-64. If I set the monitor to go off automatically in a specific amount of time it sometimes doesn't come back on at all. Sometimes the screen is dark but other times I get light green or light gray vertical bars. My only choice is to hit the off button and I don't like doing that too much either. Why is it that these companies release products only to have us as guinea pigs to solve the issues? Instead of fighting with this crap I should take it back to the store and tell them to stick it but it's not the stores fault. I should have listened to my conscience instead of the sales kid and stuck with Nvidia. I've had good luck with them all along but then again I haven't bought a video card for about 5 years. Are they all the same now?
Jim

[gingerbee]

always download new drivers never use the ones that come in the box. they put drivers in the box that just get the card working ( first drivers that support it )

[GMJim]

The driver that came with my card was 9.11. I didn't even take it out of the package. After some thought and a cruise around some forums, I went directly to Sapphire's site which directed me to AMD's drivers. From there I choose the 10.1 Suite expecting to be allowed to do a custom load however the ONLY choices I was given was to load the ATI Catalyst control center and something called Folding@home.

Turns out F@H is a link to a web site. Folding@home - Main

I'm not completely dis-satisfied, I'm just pissed that I have to play the what's the best driver thing over and over when I buy a new card. These problems I'm having aren't with sophisticated new games but they're with the OS's simple features (I think!)
Jim

[RB racing]

I'm having the same issue with my Sapphire HD5750 keeps locking up on me doing the most simple thing.
I tried the 10.1 drivers but it locked up solid went back to the previous version which allows me to surf the internet but hangs up for no reason. Not sure if I should RMA it and try an Nvidia card or something different.

[The Destroyer]

Originally Posted by RB racing

I'm having the same issue with my Sapphire HD5750 keeps locking up on me doing the most simple thing.
I tried the 10.1 drivers but it locked up solid went back to the previous version which allows me to surf the internet but hangs up for no reason. Not sure if I should RMA it and try an Nvidia card or something different.

Try the latest 10.2 drivers to see if the issues been fixed.

[RB racing]

Just installed the 10.2 drivers took a couple of tries as it crashed twice trying to install. Third time it installed.

Ran a performance test and it seems to crash(did recover) during the 2D vectors, once at solid vectors and once at transparent plus it scores low on complex. The rest of the 2D seems o.k. and 3D scores well?

[GMJim]

My issues seem to be resolved with the 10.2's.
Thanks for the help.
Jim