Hello, after getting 2x ATI Radeon HD 6950 in crossfire and updating catalyst im not able to turn on crossfire anymore...

 

I'm new to this forums so i dont know how to write a good topic with information! so sorry if this is not good enough..

Greetings, Bazz

People have problems with 13.1 and CF. Try an older version, it should work.

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CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 810 @ 3250MHz | RAM: Kingmax 2x2GB DDR2 800 @ 833MHz| MoBo: MSI K9A2 CF v1.0 (BIOS: 1.D)| GPU: Asus HD 6850 1024MB (DirectCu) @ 850/1100MHz | Display: Chili Green Vision L24FHD | PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad | OS: MS Windows 95 x64 Edition

CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood S478 @ 3200MHz | RAM: 1,5GB DDR 400| MoBo: Gigabyte GA-8S661FXMP-RZ | GPU: Abit Geforce Ti 4200 | Display: Dimarson 19" CRT | PSU: Noname 400W | OS: MS Windows XP Pro, Fedora 18

I will try that! any idea where i can find the older versions of ccc?

Vista/Win7 x64:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx

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CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 810 @ 3250MHz | RAM: Kingmax 2x2GB DDR2 800 @ 833MHz| MoBo: MSI K9A2 CF v1.0 (BIOS: 1.D)| GPU: Asus HD 6850 1024MB (DirectCu) @ 850/1100MHz | Display: Chili Green Vision L24FHD | PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad | OS: MS Windows 95 x64 Edition

CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood S478 @ 3200MHz | RAM: 1,5GB DDR 400| MoBo: Gigabyte GA-8S661FXMP-RZ | GPU: Abit Geforce Ti 4200 | Display: Dimarson 19" CRT | PSU: Noname 400W | OS: MS Windows XP Pro, Fedora 18

thanks! but the problem is that im running windows 8 :/ might that be a problem to this situation?

12.8 and later (if I'm not mistaken, maybe 12.9) are compatible with 8 as well.

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CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 810 @ 3250MHz | RAM: Kingmax 2x2GB DDR2 800 @ 833MHz| MoBo: MSI K9A2 CF v1.0 (BIOS: 1.D)| GPU: Asus HD 6850 1024MB (DirectCu) @ 850/1100MHz | Display: Chili Green Vision L24FHD | PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad | OS: MS Windows 95 x64 Edition

CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood S478 @ 3200MHz | RAM: 1,5GB DDR 400| MoBo: Gigabyte GA-8S661FXMP-RZ | GPU: Abit Geforce Ti 4200 | Display: Dimarson 19" CRT | PSU: Noname 400W | OS: MS Windows XP Pro, Fedora 18

Try 13.2 beta...others have reported success with the 6950's.

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Yes, you can try that one as well. It wasn't officially released yet when I suggested rolling back.

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CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 810 @ 3250MHz | RAM: Kingmax 2x2GB DDR2 800 @ 833MHz| MoBo: MSI K9A2 CF v1.0 (BIOS: 1.D)| GPU: Asus HD 6850 1024MB (DirectCu) @ 850/1100MHz | Display: Chili Green Vision L24FHD | PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad | OS: MS Windows 95 x64 Edition

CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood S478 @ 3200MHz | RAM: 1,5GB DDR 400| MoBo: Gigabyte GA-8S661FXMP-RZ | GPU: Abit Geforce Ti 4200 | Display: Dimarson 19" CRT | PSU: Noname 400W | OS: MS Windows XP Pro, Fedora 18

ok guys, i installed the 13.2 Beta version...

 

when i select '' enable crossfire '' in CCC it will go back to disabled instantly when i press enter...

 

so that didnt work

Hi,

I have the opposite problem! I can't disable CrossFireX. Go figure.

My kit is a little aged, two HD4870x2 cards, so I'm using (or trying to) the v13.1 legacy driver update released last week.

Now I can't disable CrossFireX so I'm stuck with just two of my monitors working :-( A tough life...

Anybody got any thoughts about this new inability to turn CrossFireX on/off?

Cheers,

Glyn.

You have a different issue with a different set of drivers. What you're doiong is thread hijacking. That's my thought.

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CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 810 @ 3250MHz | RAM: Kingmax 2x2GB DDR2 800 @ 833MHz| MoBo: MSI K9A2 CF v1.0 (BIOS: 1.D)| GPU: Asus HD 6850 1024MB (DirectCu) @ 850/1100MHz | Display: Chili Green Vision L24FHD | PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad | OS: MS Windows 95 x64 Edition

CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood S478 @ 3200MHz | RAM: 1,5GB DDR 400| MoBo: Gigabyte GA-8S661FXMP-RZ | GPU: Abit Geforce Ti 4200 | Display: Dimarson 19" CRT | PSU: Noname 400W | OS: MS Windows XP Pro, Fedora 18

He is walking the line, but I think his intentions are good in trying to still help the OP resolve his issue.  Let's all stick to resolving the OP's issue and in so doing, perhaps it will resolve Deep-Thought's problem too.

;Marc

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when i restart my pc it will turn on crossfire... but i cant switch between on and off... which is quite strange, also rebooting a pc before playing a different game 

 

i tried the older versions but they didnt work either!

Hi,

I've just had some success sorting my problem out and I hope it will translate to success for you solving your problem.

As I posted a little earlier my problem was I couldn't turn CrossFireX off; I could select the option, but it just bounced back and was never applied.

I had "upgraded" from v12.6 to v13.1. In the good old days upgrading used to often cause problems, but in more recent years we've got used driver upgrades just working so I thought nothing of it.

Then I decided to go old school. I uninstalled all AMD/ATi software, went back to the default drivers supplied by Microsoft with Windows 8 and restarted the PC.

Then I did a full clean install of the v13.1 drivers. After several reboots, some where my screens just sat there looking black (on, but no display) all is well. My power button is set to "Shutdown" so although I had no display I could still turn the PC off safely.

So a bit hairy, but it got there in the end. My machine is working happily with all three monitors, the latest drivers and CrossFireX can be turned off for work and back on for gaming.

I hope my experience helps you.

Cheers,

Glyn.

Thank you, Deep-Thought.

So there is a suggestion to try, OP.  Try a really detailed driver uninstall and then reinstall Catalyst 13.1.

Here's the thread in the How-To category for that:

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=444&threadid=162444&enterthread=y

;Marc

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I'll try that right now!

 

more news following after i tried it!

well tried that.. and now im only using 1/4th of my monitor... cant do anything with my desktop anymore and cant open any folders!

 

so that didnt work for me

Mind if I ask you what motherboard you'r running?

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Gigabyte 970A-DS3
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2ghz
16GB G.Skill Ripjaws
Dual HD6850

ACK!  What do you mean exactly by only using 1/4 of your monitor?  Is 3/4 of your monitor black with no signal?  Can you try and post up a picture or screen capture?

;Marc

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Go through the suggested procedures for a clean install as previously outlined.

 

ALWAYS seems to take a couple of installs for MY drivers to be properly functioning!

 

13.2 beta 3 working extremely well.

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