I finally uninstalled everything from the old drivers (some going back to 2007) and reinstalled 9.10 drivers. Downloaded just great.

But, I STILL cannot find any answers for what appear to be 2 common problems:

1. black borders on the screen

2. CCC launches with no Overdrive tab as an option

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks again everyone

Dell XPS 410, Vista 32, Q6600 OC 3 ghz, ATI 5870, Antec 650, DDR2 800 mhz

Black borders just sounds like underscan. Go to desktops and displays in your CCC and right click the small monitor icon in the bottom. Go to configure. You'll find the settings in there.

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AMD Phenom II quad core @ 3.44 ghz.  Xigmatek Nepartek heatsink. 4gb ddr2 800mhz.   Sapphire HD4890  1gb    Foxconn A79A-S Motherboard.      550watt bfg powersupply.    Vista 64bit.     Samsung 1600x900 monitor. 

and the no Overdrive used to be from not having a 6pin and 8pin power plug in use.
With only two 6pins overdrive wouldn't appear.

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Thank you very much for responding. The slider is always greyed out so I can't adjust it. And just yesterday after taking my computer off sleep mode the screen turned white with some other colors mixed in. Then the blue screen of death came on and it said something about not detecting my display driver. Do you have any idea what's going on???

Thanks again !!!

Does this mean I hooked something up incorrectly? I have an Antec 650 PSU, whichI thought was sufficient. I don't want to overclock, but liked the Overdrive option to check on the card's temp.

Also, my monitor plugs directly into the card. It doesn't need an adapter, but can that be the cause of a problem as well?

Thank you once more

hmm, how can i insert a 8 pin connector to my videocard since it cleary has only 2 power cable entries, both are for 6 pin each, no 8 pins. So how could i OC my 5850 since i cannot change the cables? I cannot OC it, in CCC -> Ati overdrive, i see there only in grey, i cannot enable anything.

What can be done?  Thx

See the Key in red box just a hint but try click on it

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 - Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P - AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (OC 3.2Gz) - Crucial Ballistix 4GB (PC2-8500 1066Mhz) - Diamond ATI Radeon HD5850 - Corsair CMPSU-650TX - Seagate Barracuda 500GB.

To get the overscan Go to Desktops & Display menu at button left hand side you see the monitor rigth click and go to configure if more then one monitor start over and go to 2nd one.

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 - Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P - AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (OC 3.2Gz) - Crucial Ballistix 4GB (PC2-8500 1066Mhz) - Diamond ATI Radeon HD5850 - Corsair CMPSU-650TX - Seagate Barracuda 500GB.

Edited: 11/07/2009 at 10:06 AM by SHSPVR

wow it seems i was blind, thx for the help bud