(Solved)Keeps Crashing and killing my drivers

[GodricLeMort]

So i'm having a little trouble i have the most recent build for the ppsspp, and i'm playing monster hunter freedom unite, but for some reason it crashes and kills my drivers not sure what is up it has play just fine till now so i'm wondering what is up if anyone can help that would be cool.

[GodricLeMort]

So no one knows the problem?

[solarmystic]

I'll bite.

From what I can see from the GPUz screenshot you've provided, your drivers are really, really old, dated 19/9/2010.

I recommend at least upgrading them to these ones, which are the same ones I use for my own ATI/AMD graphics card with the laptop I have:-

http://downloads.guru3d.com/AMD-Catalyst...-2814.html

These drivers are stable as a rock. Never crashed even once for my card. I've recommended it to every single AMD/ATI user on this forums with older AMD HD cards for PPSSPP, and it's worked well for every one of them.

Try them and see for yourself.

[GodricLeMort]

So i downloaded it and did what i could to it but it still crashes my emulator and kills my graphic drivers so not sure what is up with it

[solarmystic]

(08-26-2013 08:01 PM)GodricLeMort Wrote:  So i downloaded it and did what i could to it but it still crashes my emulator and kills my graphic drivers so not sure what is up with it

That's strange. Did you install those drivers correctly? Can we get a new GPUz screenshot to confirm proper installation of the drivers?

The driver version should read "atiumdag 8.911.1.0 (Catalyst 11.11)" if it's properly installed.

Anyway, here are some followup questions:-

1. Does this occur for any other emulated game besides Monster Hunter?

2. Have you checked your GPU temps while emulating? You can easily do that by clicking on the "Sensors" tab in GPUz and looking at the temps there.

3. Do normal games (i.e. PC games) cause this behaviour on your system?

4. Have you tried disabling Catalyst A.I. in the Catalyst Control Panel? It's a source of endless grief of ATI/AMD cards in this emulator.

Also, have a look at my AMD/ATI guide for further inspiration.

[GodricLeMort]

So i have updated my drivers twice but it seems like it wont update for some unknown reason here's the picture
Not sure how to check if my catalyst a.i is on or not and the only games i have are monster hunter

[solarmystic]

(08-26-2013 09:41 PM)GodricLeMort Wrote:  So i have updated my drivers twice but it seems like it wont update for some unknown reason here's the picture

That's very odd indeed. I think HP requires specialized vendor drivers for it to take, it's rejecting the newer standardized drivers we're trying to install over the older ones.

Try searching for newer drivers on the HP support website for your card/laptop in that case:-

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support.html

EDIT:- Does your HP laptop have a switchable graphics mode? What I mean by that, is, does it have both an Intel Integrated Graphics Card and AMD card together, or is it just the one dedicated card.

Here's a great guide to get you started:-

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Di...-p/1406655

[GodricLeMort]

Well this is a laptop, but when i look at the gpuz it says i have a ati mobility radeon hd 4200 and a 5470 which is weird considering it's a laptop

[GodricLeMort]

Okay s i had to uninstall my old version of Catalyst to put the new one on so im going to test it and see how it goes
Solved: Looks like it work just fine again thanks for the help Solarmystic