Hi Jim,
I think it's time to have the hardware looked at by a technician.
Hopefully, the computer is under warranty still.
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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S.
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| It is no better then before i attempted to fix anything. After playing for
| about 5 minutes I received the original error message that states "VPU
| recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to
| graphics driver commands"
|
| thanks for your attention anyways though
|
| Jim
| "Traderjim" wrote:
|
| > Well I am not sure.... it still blinks in and out and the screen broke up
| > into a bunch of triangles that distorted the picture a couple of times but I
| > havent seen the vpu recovery error yet. I suppose I would have to play it
| > for awhile to find out. I will try it again and let you know.
| >
| > Jim
| >
| > "Jimmy S." wrote:
| >
| > > Hi Jim,
| > >
| > > Are you no longer getting the Infinite Loop or VPU Recover errors?
| > >
| > > Cheers,
| > > Jimmy.
| > >
| > > > Ok I have completed steps a through d. I retested the game and its back the
| > > > way it was prior to trying anything. I also noticed that even outside the
| > > > game I occassionally get a blinking when working on the computer even just
| > > > the desktop (no programs) The screen turns black for just a second or two and
| > > > then returns fine. Perhaps this is a clue. I attempted to do step e,
| > > > however intels website states that it no longer will provide assistance or
| > > > bios updates for my board.
| > > > step f) my power supply is fine.
| > > >
| > > > Section 2 is for bios settings and I dont know how to access these on my
| > > > computer.
| > > >
| > > > "Jimmy S." wrote:
| > > >
| > > >> Hi Traderjim,
| > > >>
| > > >> To Rollback your driver click the "ROLL BACK DRIVER" button:
| > > >> To get to the button Click Start / Control Panel
| > > >> Click on System
| > > >> Click on the HARDWARE Tab
| > > >> Click the DEVICE MANAGER button
| > > >> Expand the Display Adapters
| > > >> Double Click on your Display adapter listed there
| > > >> Click on the Driver Tab
| > > >>
| > > >> That was easy, right?
| > > >>
| > > >> For info about your system (Motherboard, Chipset drivers, etc.)
| > > >> Use:
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
| > > >>
| > > >> --
| > > >> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > > >> Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| > > >>
| > > >> Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| > > >> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
| > > >> MS Assisted Support:
http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance
| > > >> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| > > >> _________________________________________________________
| > > >>
| > > >> | Hey, thanks for responding I appreciate the help. Since my last post I went
| > > >> | to gateway for some help, and followed some useless suggestions. One being
| > > >> | that i download their drivers instead of ati's ... this made things worse as
| > > >> | now the system lockes up without prompting me to restart and I have to cut
| > > >> | power to get the machine to restart. So my first question is "do i rollback
| > > >> | to the previous drivers i downloaded from ati's site?" I was able to Ensure
| > > >> | that all three DirectX Features were enabled. Moving on to step 1. c) I cant
| > > >> | figure out who the motherboard manufacturer is. Can you tell me how to find
| > > >> | that info on my machine?
| > > >> |
| > > >> | Thanks,
| > > >> | Jim
| > > >> |
| > > >> | "Jimmy S." wrote:
| > > >> |
| > > >> | > Hi Jim,
| > > >> | >
| > > >> | > I looked at that link that ATI gave you to follow.
| > > >> | > You should be able to follow most of that with our help.
| > > >> | >
| > > >> | > Get started on it, and when you run into a question or a problem,
| > > >> | > post back and we'll pitch in and help you from there. Sound good?
| > > >> | >
| > > >> | > --
| > > >> | > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > > >> | > Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| > > >> | >
| > > >> | > Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| > > >> | > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
| > > >> | > MS Assisted Support:
http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance
| > > >> | > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| > > >> | > _________________________________________________________
| > > >> | >
| > > >> | > > While playing the best video game ever created, World of Warcraft, my screen
| > > >> | > > locks up for a few seconds, turns black for a few more and then is fine
| > > >> | > > again. Every few times this happens, it then becomes worse and then gives me
| > > >> | > > an error message, which reads: "Vpu recover was unable to fully recover from
| > > >> | > > a hardware deadlock and has switched to software rendering. To restore
| > > >> | > > hardware rendering you must restart your computer. Do you want to restart
| > > >> | > > now?" It seems that most of the time the vpu recover thing resets the video
| > > >> | > > card but sometimes it cant and I must restart. I contacted blizzard customer
| > > >> | > > service and they directed me to this link:
| > > >> | > >
http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/3968.html. I have no idea what anything
| > > >> | > > on this page means ecspecially the bios info, which i cant find on my
| > > >> | > > computer. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
| > > >> | > >
| > > >> | > > I am running windows xp, ATI radeon 8500 series video card.
| > > >> | >
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