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Why do I get this corruption everytime I update ATI driver?

mike gunnz

mike gunnz

mike gunnz

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Driver 10.4 is fine for me, but every driver release since causes these random (to the right of my desktop) icons to appear on my desktop the latest being 10.9.

Edit/ Having double clicked on a few of them they all seem to be related to my FM 2010 install...
 
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Have you verified that your overclocks are indeed stable.......

See if it does the same at default clocks.

I hope you'v installed the drivers cleanly, ie having removed any previous driver....

No excuses here, if you say, you dont have to ect... but yet are having issues, the its some thing to try at least!
 
opethdisciple said:
Have you verified that your overclocks are indeed stable.......

See if it does the same at default clocks.

I hope you'v installed the drivers cleanly, ie having removed any previous driver....

No excuses here, if you say, you dont have to ect... but yet are having issues, the its some thing to try at least!
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Just tend to install straight over the top of previous driver set tbh. And yep I'm prime stable.

In fact I let W7 update the driver automatically this time so I'm assuming it would have uninstalled the previous driver first.

Might do a clean uninstall/install and see if that works.

Cheers.
 
It might ..... be something to do with your overclock actually...

Im not sure why Im thinking that, but, my gut instinct is that your pushing the cpu too hard, even if its prime stable...

Try to replicatethe issue at stock cpu settings.

What I would do:

1. Set cpu back to default stock clocks.

2. Unistall using unistaller all gpu drivers (all gpu drivers), and also delete/unistall any other gpu ralted apps, like ccc etc.....

3. Reboot, AFTER reboot, delete any remaining ATI/Nvidia files in program files(x86) and or just program files if using a 32 or 64 bit O.S

4. After this, download latest drivers from web, (stable dont bother with hotfixes etc...) and see if running cpu at stock and fresh clean install of gpu drivers, solves your problem.

If this does, then it may be a case of lowering your overclock slightly, so that your not getting any desktop corruption..... you maybe lucky however and it had nothing to do with your overclock, but you need to eliminate it as a possiblity.


Edit.... what is yor overclock on the cpu by the way? I had 4ghz in my head for some reason.
 
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I can't see how updating a graphics driver can make icons appear on your desktop....

IMHO something odd going on there mate.
 
opethdisciple said:
It might ..... be something to do with your overclock actually...

Im not sure why Im thinking that, but, my gut instinct is that your pushing the cpu too hard, even if its prime stable...

Try to replicatethe issue at stock cpu settings.

What I would do:

1. Set cpu back to default stock clocks.

2. Unistall using unistaller all gpu drivers (all gpu drivers), and also delete/unistall any other gpu ralted apps, like ccc etc.....

3. Reboot, AFTER reboot, delete any remaining ATI/Nvidia files in program files(x86) and or just program files if using a 32 or 64 bit O.S

4. After this, download latest drivers from web, (stable dont bother with hotfixes etc...) and see if running cpu at stock and fresh clean install of gpu drivers, solves your problem.

If this does, then it may be a case of lowering your overclock slightly, so that your not getting any desktop corruption..... you maybe lucky however and it had nothing to do with your overclock, but you need to eliminate it as a possiblity.


Edit.... what is yor overclock on the cpu by the way? I had 4ghz in my head for some reason.
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Yep 4ghz. Thanks for your reply I appreciate you taking the effort but I disagree. :)

If I was to uninstall driver 10.9 and reinstall driver 10.4 then I don't get any of this corruption. That to me should eliminate the overclock as the cause..?
 
Ok.

Having read your inital query more closesly, as I understand it, your getting these files appearing on your dektop which are related to F1 2010 game...

It most probalby isnt related your overclock. I initially thought you was talking about desktop corruption....

With the latest divers installed, do all games play fine, and everything else if fine, dispite these fileson your desktop?

Its very odd why with 10.4 those files wouldnt appear, but with 10.9 they do....

If they are not critical game files, can you not just delete them?
 
Sorry, 'desktop corruption' was the wrong term. The icons which just 'appear' on my desktop when I install any other driver except 10.4 appear to be .gif images and they all relate to Football Manager 2010. I have FM 2010 via Steam but haven't played it in months.
 
I still can't see how a driver can make icons appear, it's just madness!

If you've not played it, uninstall it.
 
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