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The Official 5830 Thread!
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Cheers for that, added to the first post. 
So far today, one freeze under W7, nothing under XP. I'm going to leave it on tonight to see if it freezes up, but I don't expect it to. I'm pretty certain that it'll turn out to be my W7 install that's playing up.
The XP one is playing up aswell. I can't open my computer, the Window is just blank and I have to end explorer.exe to get rid of it. xD
Dual boot sucks kiddies.
EDIT: BSOD anyone? Any takers? I had a problem not so long ago that was resulting in BSODs all the time, didn't get time to write the error down this time. That was down to a knackerd Windows install/driver, maybe since I've reset about 30 times in the last few days, I've remade the same issue....
So far today, one freeze under W7, nothing under XP. I'm going to leave it on tonight to see if it freezes up, but I don't expect it to. I'm pretty certain that it'll turn out to be my W7 install that's playing up.
The XP one is playing up aswell. I can't open my computer, the Window is just blank and I have to end explorer.exe to get rid of it. xD
Dual boot sucks kiddies.
EDIT: BSOD anyone? Any takers? I had a problem not so long ago that was resulting in BSODs all the time, didn't get time to write the error down this time. That was down to a knackerd Windows install/driver, maybe since I've reset about 30 times in the last few days, I've remade the same issue....
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News! Doesn't matter whether I use the 5830 or the 4670, I get the same issues. I managed to get my stuff backed up though, going to try wiping my hard drive and reinstalling to see if that helps. :/
Could be something else that's died of course, but the dual boot needs wiping off anyway so It can't hurt to try reinstalling first.
EDIT: OK can't get that to work now.
I've unplugged my hard drives, reset the CMOS and I still can't get an image on either monitor. Not fun times at all.
Could be something else that's died of course, but the dual boot needs wiping off anyway so It can't hurt to try reinstalling first.
EDIT: OK can't get that to work now.
I've unplugged my hard drives, reset the CMOS and I still can't get an image on either monitor. Not fun times at all.
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Just removed all of my power extenders, appears to post consistantly now...
2 are brand new from OCUK for the PCIE, 2 are ones which I braided myself for the 4 pin and 24 pin on the motherboard. The 24 pin has been tested and used before, the others haven't.
Maybe I rejigged something else whilst doing that, or one has a fubared wire/connector in there.
EDIT: I'm now on my W7 install! Just slowly reconnecting things and testing stuff. My cable management has taken a severe hit tonight...
2 are brand new from OCUK for the PCIE, 2 are ones which I braided myself for the 4 pin and 24 pin on the motherboard. The 24 pin has been tested and used before, the others haven't.
Maybe I rejigged something else whilst doing that, or one has a fubared wire/connector in there.
EDIT: I'm now on my W7 install! Just slowly reconnecting things and testing stuff. My cable management has taken a severe hit tonight...
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Just froze up again, oh joy.
So the old issue is still there. Looks like my W7 install is still playing up.
EDIT: Gonna stop posting on this issue now, as it's not actually related to my 5830 and it's just filling the thread up.
So the old issue is still there. Looks like my W7 install is still playing up.
EDIT: Gonna stop posting on this issue now, as it's not actually related to my 5830 and it's just filling the thread up.
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No blue dots for me, just the traditional message screen!
Just wish ATI would get on and release the 10.4a drivers, then I can install them with my fresh Windows install...
Might do a kind of interim install actually. Just do a "for now" one to check everything runs as it should...
Just wish ATI would get on and release the 10.4a drivers, then I can install them with my fresh Windows install...
Might do a kind of interim install actually. Just do a "for now" one to check everything runs as it should...
I run Crysis at 1920x1200, AA turned off and all medium settings. Looks good to me!
Got my computer going again, not sure why but I have to reset the BIOS every time I make a change. It can be as simple as unplugging a hard drive or plugging one in....
Anyway, full C: drive format and we'll see how it goes. I dunno why my Dual boot would be making a mess of things before it posts, but it appears it has been doing.
Got my computer going again, not sure why but I have to reset the BIOS every time I make a change. It can be as simple as unplugging a hard drive or plugging one in....
Anyway, full C: drive format and we'll see how it goes. I dunno why my Dual boot would be making a mess of things before it posts, but it appears it has been doing.
What is a 6800LE equivilant to in ATI terms then? I've never even heard of it! I had a nVidia 6200A in my old Socket 478 machine, then moved to this new one with the 4670, and now the 5830.
Fresh install last night, already had a freeze and a BSOD when I woke it from standby.
0x0000001E error mean anything? Apparantly it could be driver related, and this was before I had the motherboard drivers installed. I've also never updated the BIOS because that scares me.
Bully for you....
Fresh install last night, already had a freeze and a BSOD when I woke it from standby.
0x0000001E error mean anything? Apparantly it could be driver related, and this was before I had the motherboard drivers installed. I've also never updated the BIOS because that scares me.
17k ish, and all but the heaviest games are on full settings.
Crysis is full res, medium settings, no AA, VSync turned on.
The 10.2 drivers seem to work fine for me, only tried with a few games though. 10.4a should support the 5830 when it comes out in the full form though, and most people have found 10.3 works with it.
It's a shame the Powercolor's don't clock further, but they run insanely cool and come with a mild overclock anyway, so would be the best choice if you don't overclock IMO, especially if you want to Crossfire them.
For the overclockers I'd go with Sapphire.
For the overclockers I'd go with Sapphire.
Well I've been having driver nightmares the last few days, I installed 10.5 over the top of 10.2 as recommended, and I was getting system freezes and other lovely things happening.
Took two rounds of unistall, run Driver Sweeper in safe mode and reinstall 10.2 to get it fully sorted again.
Next time I install new ATI drivers I'm going to take an image of my HDD first so I can roll back to the night before...
There's a 10.5a hotfixed version out now, but I can't be bothered changing again. I saw no improvement with 10.5 over 10.2 (in between the lockups).
Took two rounds of unistall, run Driver Sweeper in safe mode and reinstall 10.2 to get it fully sorted again.
Next time I install new ATI drivers I'm going to take an image of my HDD first so I can roll back to the night before...
There's a 10.5a hotfixed version out now, but I can't be bothered changing again. I saw no improvement with 10.5 over 10.2 (in between the lockups).
The only safe way of installing a driver properly and cleanly is to start with a fresh OS, then install the latest drivers for everything.
Installing them over the top has been proven to cause problems, but installing the latest driver fresh can't possibly cause problems because you're installing a the latest driver on a fresh OS. :S
I think it was actually stated the other day that installing over the top should work fine by the head developer on twitter the other day, but he didn't say it was intended to do that...
I still refuse to believe that installing drivers over the top of old ones is better than installing them fresh, designing them to work like that would make no sense at all!
I still refuse to believe that installing drivers over the top of old ones is better than installing them fresh, designing them to work like that would make no sense at all!