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Gainward Radeon 4850 HD Black edition problems

Discussion in 'Audio and Video' started by crotchy, Oct 13, 2009.

  1. crotchy Newcomer, in training Posts: 19

    Hi...
    So like tons of others,in the end my Gainward Radeon gave me a headache.
    The picture tells it all: all settings have dropped to zero and i can't access anything on it. I have to use "personalize" in vista to get some way of doing what i want. I've tried changing the drivers and i've cleaned it etc,but nothing works. Anyone got some idea what it could be?
    [IMG]
    crotchy, Oct 13, 2009
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  2. mailpup TS Special Forces Posts: 7,910   +77

    Before you installed new drivers did you uninstall (through Add and Remove Programs) the old drivers? Are you installing the full Catalyst package or driver only, leaving the old CCC? Where are you downloading the drivers and which version are you using?
    mailpup, Oct 13, 2009
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  3. crotchy Newcomer, in training Posts: 19

    yes i removed everything by uninstalling (and looking for traces/leftovers). Rebooted and installed new complete package (suit). The problem became worse...with the new package installed the main monitor was not recognised as "1" but "2",and i had to use my tv as main. Tried to select my monitor as primary but then both monitor and tv went black. Did a system restore and now i'm back at the original problem.
    This is against all logic:-/ A simple setup that wont work. I'm all lost on this one...
    crotchy, Oct 13, 2009
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  4. crotchy Newcomer, in training Posts: 19

    anyone?
    Today after using my pc i used my windows+L as always and now a few hours later when logging in...the tv was set to main again (another safemode with networking and system restore). Do i really need to go all the way and re-install?
    crotchy, Oct 20, 2009
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