4870 ASUS TOP BIOS (upto 900MHz in CCC)

[AriciU]

I'm having a very wierd problem. I'm using this bios on both cards and 8.8 beta drivers. I didn't try with 8.7 yet but i don't know if drivers could be causing this.

Anyway, the problem only happens in 2d stuff (desktop) and i can't replicate it on the fly. It's very random. I just browse the net and stuff and for some reason the display turns off, both cards spin their fans at 100% and it just sits like that. Windows still works but i get no display. I have to reboot to get it to work again. It's very annoying and very noisy

Anyone else getting this crap?

[DefStar]

I'm having a very wierd problem. I'm using this bios on both cards and 8.8 beta drivers. I didn't try with 8.7 yet but i don't know if drivers could be causing this.

Anyway, the problem only happens in 2d stuff (desktop) and i can't replicate it on the fly. It's very random. I just browse the net and stuff and for some reason the display turns off, both cards spin their fans at 100% and it just sits like that. Windows still works but i get no display. I have to reboot to get it to work again. It's very annoying and very noisy

Anyone else getting this crap?

Yes, I have a Sapphire 4870 also and while running 8.7 drivers twice I had my display go out and the fan rev up just like you described. Now, I changed my drivers to 8.8 official today and I lost my display four times within an hour same problem as you described. So, I flashed back to the Sapphire bios and I'm having no problem with the 8.8 drivers now... Their is some kind of problem.

[holwill]

Yes, I have a Sapphire 4870 also and while running 8.7 drivers twice I had my display go out and the fan rev up just like you described. Now, I changed my drivers to 8.8 official today and I lost my display four times within an hour same problem as you described. So, I flashed back to the Sapphire bios and I'm having no problem with the 8.8 drivers now... Their is some kind of problem.

Having exactly the same issue's, but they only started after 4 days of having cat's 8.8. Just flashed back to a newer Sapphire bios from tech powerup and I now have max overdrive clocks in ccc of 850/1200, this is a newer bios than my card came with. I had to use this one as my original bios I backed up would not load, although rbe reads it perfectly ok.

[DefStar]

Having exactly the same issue's, but they only started after 4 days of having cat's 8.8. Just flashed back to a newer Sapphire bios from tech powerup and I now have max overdrive clocks in ccc of 850/1200, this is a newer bios than my card came with. I had to use this one as my original bios I backed up would not load, although rbe reads it perfectly ok.

Yeah, I am also using that bios from TechPowerUp, I did not back up my original. But I am having no problems with it so far. Also, when I flashed to the Sapphire bios I put my pci express on auto, as opposed to 105. I doubt that matters though. I will let you know if I have any problems.

[ultimate11]

I'm having a very wierd problem. I'm using this bios on both cards and 8.8 beta drivers. I didn't try with 8.7 yet but i don't know if drivers could be causing this.

Anyway, the problem only happens in 2d stuff (desktop) and i can't replicate it on the fly. It's very random. I just browse the net and stuff and for some reason the display turns off, both cards spin their fans at 100% and it just sits like that. Windows still works but i get no display. I have to reboot to get it to work again. It's very annoying and very noisy

Anyone else getting this crap?

same exact problem here what is wrong ? if i try to install anything over 8.7 system is unstable even if i am gaming or not .. anyone else having the same problem or fix for this ?

i am using his 4870 flashed to top asus bios and even 8.9 is giving the same problem while 8.7 is rock stable (winxp)