Recent content by Dashkatt

I'm Setting up 3 monitors for Eyefinity using two Sapphire 7850's in Crossfire. The 7850 has only one DVI connection, (on each card). There is one HDMI and 2 mini-display port connections. My connection used the one DVI, plus the mini-display port and the HDMI. Well, the first two monitors...

I almost forgot to come back to this thread and share the results. I replaced the 4870 video card with an ATI 5770 video card and everything now works perfectly. I noted to myself back when I installed the 4870 that the heat this card was generating could not be good for a long term...

Just an update. This morning when I tried to wake up the computer from sleep mode, everything started up just fine ... except the video. Nothing. The monitor light stayed yellow and didn't green up with any video signal. I cold booted a couple of times but nothing worked. As for the temps...

Thanks for the quick responses. When you say "reformat with the latest drivers", are you suggesting that I go through the driver process again? I did load the latest, (about 2 generations newer than the one I had), after this started. But I think I will do it again and make sure that all the...

Out of the blue, I was running some laps on IRacing and all of a sudden the screen froze followed by the screen eventually going black and no way to recover without doing a hard boot with the switch. After rebooting I tried the same thing again, thinking it was just a graphics glitch and it...

Since the OP posted his question, there is more information out now on the 4870 Video Card/Blast Furnace. 1. Yes, the Accelero S1 V2 is a great VGA Cooler. Just make sure you sink the VRM! The sink included in the kit will not fit. A silent 120mm fan putting out 40 or 50 cfm is plenty...