my second 6950 goes to 100% gpu load just after boot

Shayper · 15 Mar 2011 at 23:27

Umm... lol nooby question but how do you do that again?

tommybhoy · 16 Mar 2011 at 00:23

al4x said:
Yes im running dual monitors that is interesting

Interesting replies I think only a new windows installation is gonna fix it tbh :/

Unplug/disable your 2nd monitor and reboot before you do a new install.

tommybhoy · 16 Mar 2011 at 00:28

Shayper said:
Umm... lol nooby question but how do you do that again?

Presuming your talking about launching gpu-z at startup, then create a shortcut and put it into: Start>all programs>Startup.
Why don't you unplug all your extra monitors and reboot to see if that's the problem?

Shayper · 16 Mar 2011 at 04:04

I could try, but then that would defeat the point of having multiple gfx cards if I am running only one monitor. It should be an easy fix for amd, I just can't understand how these issues would happen in the first place

Ch3m1c4L · 16 Mar 2011 at 09:21

but just try it, to see if that is the issue. Hell, if it is, after a reboot with only onemonitor, you might be able to plug it in and it be all ok from then on...

413x · 16 Mar 2011 at 14:36

still goes to 100%

:(Rhodri:) · 16 Mar 2011 at 15:07

I get the same problem with a 5970, duel monitors and any driver set after 10.10e. Seems to be a fair few people that suffer from this, but I've no seen any sign ATI are working on it.

Ch3m1c4L · 16 Mar 2011 at 17:59

seems strange since I know it affects Nvidia cards on dual monitors sometimes as well, it would imply that it isnt a problem with Nvidia/ATI drivers so much as its a problem with the windows display manager thing.

413x · 16 Mar 2011 at 18:14

im interested as to why gpuz seems to sort it?? if it wasnt for that i wouldnt be able to run CF

dante6491 · 16 Mar 2011 at 18:39

My 5850 jumps to 99% load then sticks there. I have found the issue to caused be either the hardware acceleration of Flash 10.2 or Firefox 4's Hardware acceleration. There was meant to be a fix for it in the last Catalyst update but apparently it didn't work.

gareth170 · 16 Mar 2011 at 18:46

Go to registry and disable Ulps:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]

and change "EnableUlps" to 0 under the 0000 and 0001 or 0003 keys.

that'll fix the drop down to 0 . also it may fix your 100% usage issue..

i have disable Ulps and it has fixed my crashing issue (atikmpag.sys i think)

Shayper · 16 Mar 2011 at 19:01

Nope that's not the issue, you only really need to disable ULPS if you are overclocking. Doesn't fix the usage issue.

413x · 16 Mar 2011 at 20:48

yep, ive already got that disabled

gareth170 · 17 Mar 2011 at 00:23

Shayper said:
Nope that's not the issue, you only really need to disable ULPS if you are overclocking. Doesn't fix the usage issue.

disabling ULPS stops the second/3rd/4th card from powering down (core/memory) going to 0 at idle

when i had ULPS enabled the second and 3rd core/memory powered down which showed 0/0 also the usage on the second card would stick at 100% at idle sometimes.. also was getting crashs a lot

for me disabling ULPS fixed all that

Shayper · 17 Mar 2011 at 00:39

I've tried enabling and disabling it, doesn't work

H@mmer · 17 Mar 2011 at 10:17

As I posted earlier, looks like you need to reformat.

gareth170 · 17 Mar 2011 at 10:48

enable ULPS

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disable ULPS

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GJ02 · 17 Mar 2011 at 11:06

what happens if you loose all the gadgets on your desktop ?
completely remove all them

Shayper · 17 Mar 2011 at 13:47

I don't have any, even turned off rainmeter to see if it was an issue, nada

GJ02 · 17 Mar 2011 at 13:51

I had this with 11.1 but it would only last about 1-2 mins
I will have a look when I get home

Do you have ccc and AB running together ?