Radeon 6850 - freezing on startup

Ever since the latest update to AMD Catalyst a week or so ago, when I start up my computer from being completely off, something strange happens. After a few seconds, the AMD Core Line still has not started up, the cursor freezes, and the keyboard are all non responsive. If the cursor had the "working in the background" blue spinner, that freezes and no longer animates.

I have tried reinstalling AMD Core Line and checked its settings. Didn't find anything useful. I say "tried," cuz I was unable to successfully uninstall it, it was left in an unusable state, but then I did successfully reinstall it.

I have tried rolling back the drivers for the Radeon 6850. to no avail.

I don't remember about completely reinstalling them...

The only way around this is that when the computer starts up, I quickly click the AMD Core Line from the taskbar. It starts, with the AMD logo that usually would not show if it were automatically starting itself. Then everything is fine.

So, what can I do to actually fix this???

Previous version of catalyst is still working properly? Did you use driver sweeper or an equivalent before installation?

Rolling back didn't help; I still had the same exact problem.

I didn't use driver sweeper or anything, but I should. I'll go do that & report back.

Thanks for getting back to me.

*darth vader blu ray voice* NOOOO! Don't use driver sweeper!! :O I asked because it usually causes problems! I've been out of touch with AMD for over a year now but have you tried installing the driver only ... ie. no CCC etc?

I have to say my hd 6870 been giving me such a headache i had to uninstall it and re -install a hd 5770

kept on saying driver fails and recovered got to the point it wouldnt do the log on screen unless i dumped the driver

hehehe ... nvidia ftw!!

Schroff87 said:

hehehe ... nvidia ftw!!

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Was that suposed to be helpfull?

This issue is kinda serious and ,I for one is not Happy spending almost 300.00 american on a graphic card that starts flaking out of nowhere Because of some Hampered driver issue

To top it off to RMA it i have to go through all kinds of crap

BTW before you say Nvidia for the win look around this forum the drivers are just as screwed so don't think for a minute just becuase Nvidia is doing ok for you now it won't mess up later !

Well if anyone out there has a fix for the 6800 cards please let us know untill now fanboys please don't say anything unless it is helpfull advice

Solarstarshines said:

Schroff87 said:

hehehe ... nvidia ftw!!

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Was that suposed to be helpfull?

This issue is kinda serious and ,I for one is not Happy spending almost 300.00 american on a graphic card that starts flaking out of nowhere Because of some Hampered driver issue

To top it off to RMA it i have to go through all kinds of crap

BTW before you say Nvidia for the win look around this forum the drivers are just as screwed so don't think for a minute just becuase Nvidia is doing ok for you now it won't mess up later !

Well if anyone out there has a fix for the 6800 cards please let us know untill now fanboys please don't say anything unless it is helpfull advice

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Whoa .. what a rage quit! Chill!!! :shock:

Not really bro im just tired of this card and the problems ,I been looking for a solution nothing personal towards you

Don't take it that way just frustrated about the situation ,just venting frustration

Im.sure if this was going on with your vidcard you would want sound advice not fun poking

Like i was saying before If anyone knows a driver fix or how to fix the TDR so the card would function correctly im all ears

I just don't need to hear this is better then yours type deal if you get what im saying this is not the place for that

Ofcourse I know, my then $450 8800GTS was a pain in the ass too .. turned out to be the power supply which permanently ruined it ATI had implemented ULPS well over a year ago and made me miserable with weird black screens and often failed driver installs ... prefer to avoid them now. Atleast in my personal experience nvidia has been consistent though they've been making a lot of modifications recently which can cause strange side effects which usually get rectified quickly!

Anyway, if you've got a suggestion for OP I'm sure he/she would be glad to hear it!

only thing they told me so far were drivers but the TDR is the problem cause it is a 2 second function for windows on start up

I need a good torturial on how to adjust it i took the card out im hoping maybe if i stick it back in later it will reset

I didn't see one here about TDR and with what the manufacture said about what they'll do etc I m thinking there just going to send my card back to me and not really do anything with it

I also said screw it and was contiplating a 6900 series and putting a sick warrenty on it so next time they will just cough up a card with out all the BS

Go to someplace like Guru3d .. you'd probably get more technical help there esp with your TDR probs. Good luck!

[Btw when I was reading reviews for the 4870 back then, most people recommended against brands like Diamond & HIS; just for next time you buy a Radeon!]

Gotcha

Schroff87 said:

*darth vader blu ray voice* NOOOO! Don't use driver sweeper!! :O I asked because it usually causes problems! I've been out of touch with AMD for over a year now but have you tried installing the driver only ... ie. no CCC etc?

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LOL
Lucky I'm so busy and distracted. I didn't do it yet. Okay. So do you think I should just do a total reinstall of the driver? CCC will remain, because my the video chipset built into my motherboard is -- Okay hold on, Device Manager says that the 6850 is the only 1 installed, but my motherboard has a built in 4850 & now it's disappeared from the list. I'm going to reinstall both of the drivers I had for them beforehand, when I first got the pieces, and then see what happens.

What is TDR?

Timeout Detection & Recovery .. don't worry about it.

You have onboard video? Can be disabled through the bios, you might have a driver conflict where it is detecting two radeons of different series'. Get that sorted out, then report back ... I think it should be alright then.

They were playing nice up til this update. Alright then. Clearing my inbox first, so I'll get back to you later. Thank you =)