psk94
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My main vid card died on me, trying to use an old pci-e ati 6870. Works 100% fine forever in 2 different PC's without any drivers installed, listed as a microsoft basic display adapter using low resolution, 1280x1024 max. As soon as I install any drivers of any version or from windows update, instant black screen forever no matter what after that. Same thing booting up Ubuntu, the low res loading logo screens work fine and then once a driver is loaded going to the desktop instantly gives a blue screen with vertical lines and stuck.
Checked gpu-z and lists the rops and tmus wrong for this model, and as a microsoft basic display adapter. Pretty sure it's a diamond ati 6870 though as it has 2x6 power connectors, wouldn't be higher model card than this, but thought it was lower... don't think any lower models have that power plug config though.
I'm considering flashing the bios, not sure what else to try at this point. Note it has a custom cooler installed from arctic accelero line, so different fan plugged into the gpu board than default... doubt that would make any difference. Any advice would be appreciated.
Edit: The gpu-z specs were a bit different before than pic using onboard gfx + 6870 running in background, rops/tmus were listed as 8/24, so guess that doesn't matter and gpu-z reading it wrong.
Checked gpu-z and lists the rops and tmus wrong for this model, and as a microsoft basic display adapter. Pretty sure it's a diamond ati 6870 though as it has 2x6 power connectors, wouldn't be higher model card than this, but thought it was lower... don't think any lower models have that power plug config though.
I'm considering flashing the bios, not sure what else to try at this point. Note it has a custom cooler installed from arctic accelero line, so different fan plugged into the gpu board than default... doubt that would make any difference. Any advice would be appreciated.
Edit: The gpu-z specs were a bit different before than pic using onboard gfx + 6870 running in background, rops/tmus were listed as 8/24, so guess that doesn't matter and gpu-z reading it wrong.
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