"AMD driver has stopped responding"

[Wretch]

I recently purchased the VTX Radeon HD 6870 from the London International Technology Show and since installing have faced this message multiple times after the screen freezing and blacking out. This happens at random intervals when idling and everytime a game starts to load.
I have the Dell Studio XPS 8100 but swapped the old PSU for a new 600W to feed the graphics card.
Using gpu-z the temps, on idling it shows temps of around 45C, so I don't think it's overheating.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[LtMatt]

Are you using ati's latest drivers rather than the ones that came with the graphics card?

What model psu is it?

The errror you mentioned is fairly generic and could be caused by a driver or software issue as well as a hardware issue.

 

[Randomface74]

I had that all the time until I flashed the vbios.

 

[LtMatt]

I had that all the time until I flashed the vbios.

That would be the absolute last thing i would try.

 

[Randomface74]

agreed

 

[Wretch]

Are you using ati's latest drivers rather than the ones that came with the graphics card?

What model psu is it?

The errror you mentioned is fairly generic and could be caused by a driver or software issue as well as a hardware issue.

Yes, I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers 5 times so far and cleaned them inbetween with driver cleaner pro.

X-power ATX-600TD

I see, so how would I go about tracking down what was causing it?

 

[Wretch]

Are you using ati's latest drivers rather than the ones that came with the graphics card?

What model psu is it?

The errror you mentioned is fairly generic and could be caused by a driver or software issue as well as a hardware issue.

Yes, I have uninstalled and re-installed them 5 times now, using driver cleaner pro in between.

The PSU is a X-power ATX-600TD

What's the best way to find out what it is then?

 

[GTO656]

I've bought the same model from ocuk and I've realised that they've taken it out. Been using mine for over 2 weeks now no problems whatsoever though.
Installed the latest drivers from the amd site. didn't install from CD. All good for me unless it messes up.

 

[Orcvader]

Hmm... which PSU did you buy? What temps does it reach when you're stressing it?

 

[LtMatt]

I've bought the same model from ocuk and I've realised that they've taken it out.

What do you mean taken it out?

 

[Wretch]

Hmm... which PSU did you buy? What temps does it reach when you're stressing it?

It's a X-Power ATX 600TD.

goes up to about 55-60 when I managed to play Deus ex on high settings.

 

[GTO656]

What do you mean taken it out?

Well if you look in the 6800 series section on the site, the VTX 6870 version's not there any so they probably removed it.