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yuzi87

yuzi87

yuzi87

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Ok as we are having so many probs with these cards lets try and find a common factor hopefully,

ill start please copy and paste and add to it

Yuzi87
Mobo - Gigabyte m720-us3
Cpu - AMD Phenmon x2 550
Ram - Corsair ddr2 dominator 8500 5-5-5-15
Psu - ocz 600w modular extreme
Graphics - xfx 5850
OS - Win7 ultimate
 
Hope this helps:


Mobo - MSI K9A Platinum (Bios 1.8)
Cpu - AMD Athlon X2 5600+
Ram - Corsair ddr2 XMS2-6400 5-5-5-18
Psu - Corsair 520HX
Graphics - Sapphire 5850
OS - Vista (32)
HDD - Seagate 250gb (two)
 
Hang on a second.

You flashed the bios of a graphics card which 90% of the time is a pretty poor idea, and now you blame the card?
 
yuzi87 said:
Ok as we are having so many probs with these cards lets try and find a common factor hopefully,

ill start please copy and paste and add to it

Yuzi87
Mobo - Gigabyte m720-us3
Cpu - AMD Phenmon x2 550
Ram - Corsair ddr2 dominator 8500 5-5-5-15
Psu - ocz 600w modular extreme
Graphics - xfx 5850
OS - Win7 ultimate
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have you saved the orginal bios ? if so will it boot with the orginal bios
 
Fenris said:
Hang on a second.

You flashed the bios of a graphics card which 90% of the time is a pretty poor idea, and now you blame the card?
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no i blame the card as it hasnt worked correctly since i brought it and there are many people out there with the same problems
 
Never really posted here but been a long time viewer, but if it helps people then i've had the same problems. My specs are:


Mobo - ABIT Fatal1ty F-I90HD BIOS V19
Cpu - Core 2 E6600@3GHz, now at stock
Ram - OCZ 8Gb PC6400 5-5-5-18
Psu - Corsair TX650W
Graphics - Sapphire 5850
OS - Win 7 HP 64 bit
HDD - Samsung 1Tb x 2

I really really hope there's a solution out there, because asides from the faults the card is a belter.
 
Note I do NOT have any current issues.

Saphire 5850
Asus P5k Q6600
Win XP Pro 32bit and Win7 Ultimate 64
PSU 480W Thermaltake

Running eyefinity with zero current issues.
 
when i first got the card sometimes when i got in to windows the whole screen goes yellow or green or white or black, then after about 50 seconds it comes back saying driver not responding and the right side of the screen goes wierd then comes back to normal. its also did this sometimes when watching tv or doing something on the desktop.

but since i flashed it to the asus 5850 unlocked bios, it hasn't happened much, only about once a week.

motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P F7 bios
cpu: Phenom II 720 @ 3.7ghz / 2.4ghz NB
ram: Patriot G-Series AMD 4GB DDR3 1600MHz @ 1333mhz 6-6-6-20 1T 1.7v
gpu: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850
hdd: 6 hard drives
optical drives: 2 DVD±RW Drives & Blu-Ray Rewriter
sound card: X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
psu: Tagan PipeRock 900w Modular
os: Win xp & Win 7 64bit
 
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Been getting the DirectX video overlay issue crashing the system, then at power on fan runs at 100% until Windows has started to boot and a power off / power on is fine.

Motherboard: Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Cpu: Intel Core2Duo Q6600
Ram: 2 x Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3
Gpu: PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 5850
Hdd: 3 sata hard drives
Optical drives: 1 x Blu-Ray Rewriter
Sound card: on board sound
Psu: SilverStone 600W PFC PSU Low Noise
Os: Win 7 64bit RC
 
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gareth170 said:
when i first got the card sometimes when i got in to windows the whole screen goes yellow or green or white or black, then after about 50 seconds it comes back saying driver not responding and the right side of the screen goes wierd then comes back to normal. its also did this sometimes when watching tv or doing something on the desktop.

*snip*

This is the issue i have it sounds like. If i close a full screen window the whole monitor seems to have to reinput. If i try playing a game it can just crash and the screens go green/black before coming back on.

CPU: Q6600
MOBO: Asus P5K
Ram: 4gig (6400)
GFX: 5850 VTX
Audio: Xonar d1
HDD: 250gig Sata
PSU: Corsair 620w
OS: Win 7 pro x64

Using the 9.11 betas at the moment, no drivers have helped the issue.
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No problems whatsoever :-

Mobo - Asus P5K-E Wifi-AP 1004 BIOS
Cpu - Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz
Ram - OCZ 4Gb PC8500 Reaper
Psu - Corsair TX750W
Graphics - Asus HD5870
OS - Vista SP2 64 bit
 
The only issue I have is a grinding fan on boot. See sig for spec, plus Corsair TX750w, Silverstone TJ07, custom water.
 
I have had my card for over 1 month and have had NO issues of any kind.

Motherboard: Gigabyte P35 DS3L
Cpu: Intel Core2Duo Q6600 @ 3.3
Ram: Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500 1066MHz Dual Channel
Gpu : Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 with Asus 5870 bios flash now @ 950/1200
Hdd : 3 sata hard drives
Optical: 1 dvd/rw
Sound Card: on board @ X-Fi Extreme Audio
Psu: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready
Os : Win 7 32bit RC

Fenris said:
Hang on a second.

You flashed the bios of a graphics card which 90% of the time is a pretty poor idea, and now you blame the card?
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I have been running a 5870 bios on my card for over 3 weeks and i have had no issues at all.
 
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my screen goes black now and again but it restores

asus commando mobo
windows vista 64
hiper 850w psu
8gb ram
antec 900
sapphire 5850
 
i5
gigabyte P55M-UD2
g.skill pc12800 4GB ddr3
sapphire 5850 HD 1GB
OCZ modxstream pro 600W

working perfectly fine BUT extremely fussy with driver. driver from ATI or sapphire will NOT work, everytime load a game, monitor goes standby, machine reset after a min.

but a driver CD supplied with 5850 work fine :confused: i really dont get it
 
well one thing stands out is a lot of you have sapphire cards, that could be due to there being more sapphire available though
 
hi, are all you guys having problems with the 5850, are you wanting to run muliple monitrs, just i was thinking about getting a 5850 for a i7 920 machine, and using it on a single 22" monitor - 1920x1080 resolution
 
wesley said:
i5
gigabyte P55M-UD2
g.skill pc12800 4GB ddr3
sapphire 5850 HD 1GB
OCZ modxstream pro 600W

working perfectly fine BUT extremely fussy with driver. driver from ATI or sapphire will NOT work, everytime load a game, monitor goes standby, machine reset after a min.

but a driver CD supplied with 5850 work fine :confused: i really dont get it
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Have you tried the 9.11 beta's posted as they work great for me.
 
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