Crash issue after upgrade to 7950

[Steveocee]

Hi all,
I asked for help how to swap old card for new card.

General answer was uninstall drivers, reboot, remove program file folder, switch off, fit new card, install drivers.

I went from a 6770 to a 7950

My problem is if I load a game it will crash no more than 30 seconds in but then I reboot and reload game and it works fine :-\

Any ideas as I don't want to do a clean install again and I don't have any driver cleaning programs

Thanks

 

[El Jimben]

What make and model PSU are you using? There's a chance that it isn't supplying enough power which is why the PC is resetting under load.

EDIT: Just re-read your comment, weird that it works ok the second time round.

 

[OLDPHART]

Hi, when you installed the new card, you should have cleared the CMOSS and loaded optimized defaults settings then F10[SAVE] boot into windows, install GPU drivers.

 

[Rusty0611]

Hi, when you installed the new card, you should have cleared the CMOSS and loaded optimized defaults settings then F10[SAVE] boot into windows, install GPU drivers.

That's not necessary at all.

 

[Steveocee]

What make and model PSU are you using? There's a chance that it isn't supplying enough power which is why the PC is resetting under load.

EDIT: Just re-read your comment, weird that it works ok the second time round.

I have an Antec True Power 650 which is marked as an 80 plus bronze, I did some reading and it should be powerful enough. I used to get a bit of a problem with the old, display driver stopped responding and has recovered but this is a world apart.

Hi, when you installed the new card, you should have cleared the CMOSS and loaded optimized defaults settings then F10[SAVE] boot into windows, install GPU drivers.

That's not necessary at all.

Didn't clear the CMOS but I really didn't think it would make a difference.
I could do a CMOS reset now I suppose as I'm not OC'd?

 

[OLDPHART]

Hi again, the reason you clear the cmos and load default settings is because the cmos holds the information on whats in your system ie > what cpu you have, harddrive, gpu, etc. Because you have installed a new gpu a 7950 from a 6770 you need to refresh the cmos so it picks up the 7950.

 

[Steveocee]

If i clear the CMOS now then, as in restart, hit delete and reload original settings, will I still be able to "wing" it with already having the new drivers loaded?

 

[Steveocee]

Small update;
I run a 960T that was unlocked to a hex core, I've locked it back down to a quad and now games run fine :-S

Guess i'll just have to clock it instead

 

[Steveocee]

Problem sorted, just for reference, although I realise I should have probably done a CMOS reset, I booted up into BIOS, switch core unlocker back on and restarted the machine. On restart I ran a re-WE score test and now I seem to have no problems.
Still not done a CMOS but everything is running sweetly at the moment.