Continuous Black Screen Freezes with Radeon 4200, Force Restart


  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 (64 bit)
       #1

    Continuous Black Screen Freezes with Radeon 4200, Force Restart


    Hello all,

    I have been experiencing BSODs or vertical gray line freezes while playing the new WoW Cataclysm. I am able to play 2-20 minutes at a time and then I get those crashes. I have an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 series graphics card and I am running Windows 7 (64 bit). I am up to date on my graphics card (10.12 driver released 11/25/10). I have tried many of the solutions on the WoW technical forms and have had no success. I can provide a DXDIAG or MSINFO30 if needed.

    Any suggestions?

    bhendri
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  2. Posts : 966
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
       #2

    bhendri said:
    Hello all,

    I have been experiencing BSODs or vertical gray line freezes while playing the new WoW Cataclysm. I am able to play 2-20 minutes at a time and then I get those crashes. I have an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 series graphics card and I am running Windows 7 (64 bit). I am up to date on my graphics card (10.12 driver released 11/25/10). I have tried many of the solutions on the WoW technical forms and have had no success. I can provide a DXDIAG or MSINFO30 if needed.

    Any suggestions?

    bhendri
    Please provide the information.

    Have you tried turning down your quality settings? You have to remember the Radeon HD 4200 is an onboard chipset and is not nearly as powerful as a discrete card.
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 (64 bit)
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I have tried moving all my settings in the Catalyst Control Center towards Performance rather than Quality. DXDIAG attached. MSINFO30 was too big.

    bhendri
    Continuous Black Screen Freezes with Radeon 4200, Force Restart Attached Files
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  4. Posts : 966
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
       #4

    bhendri said:
    I have tried moving all my settings in the Catalyst Control Center towards Performance rather than Quality. DXDIAG attached. MSINFO30 was too big.

    bhendri
    I meant your settings in WoW. Thanks for the info.
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  5. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 (64 bit)
    Thread Starter
       #5

    O yeah that was one of the first things I tried. I have everything turned down to its lowest possible setting.
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  6. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 (64 bit)
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Bump
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  7. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 (64 bit)
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Still having these issues. I updated my BIOS driver to a more recent version to no avail. Anyone have any ideas on what might be causing these issues?
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  8. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #8

    Guys I have exactly the same problem, Anyone came up with a solution?

    Please help
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