The secondary card gave out (per a PC shops diagnosis) since I do video work, I upgraded..
From the factory installed 9800GT to Asus HD7870 - After install, (at the shop) I have intermittent Internet
streaming video. (takes about 10 minutes with multiple browsers to recreate) The video blacks out,
only audio plays. The minimize/maximize/close icons at the top right of IE occasionally disappear as well.
My video editor Vegas Pro crashes often - the screen goes completely black for about 5-10 seconds and
comes up with following message. "Display driver amdkmdap stopped responding and has successfully recovered".
I have taken the computer back 5 times, we finally returned the card as there is one day left to do so..
So, I reinstalled the old Primary card today with - 10 browsers running video in Chrome - 15 more in IE..
10 Vimeo videos running.. I have Vegas open and outside of the video strobing in Vegas and the fan running..
All streaming videos are playing seamlessly... I never worked the ASUS card half as hard before failure..
FYI - I have never experienced any of these problems with the old card.
Bottom line: Do you know why and secondly...
What is the most advanced card I can install that will be compatible? Thanks, Dan
Perhaps this is unrelated, however, it may be useful info...
Previously I got an answer on this forum when I could not change to a 3tb hardrive.
He said...
"We never validated 3TB drives in this model. The largest we validated were the Dell OEM 1.5TB Seagate drives.
It would most likely need a Bios update which will not happen on this older model. The last Bios we released was back on 7/20/09"
Makes me wonder if I have a Bios/conflict issue with this hardware..
Please help!