PPSSPP Crashing AMD Legacy Drivers Windows 7

[shadowdiouk]

hey guys ive been using PPSSPP for a while now and i keep having a strange issue some days this will happen every 2 hours some days it will happen every 2 minutes ill be playing any game and bam screen freezes goes black graphics drivers tell me they have recovered from a crash PPSSPP sticks in the background still using CPU/Ram untill u force close it with taskmanager would anyone be able to help me with this it would be greatly appreciated

OS:Windows 7 Ultimate x86
CPU: Intel Core Duo E4600 (2.4Ghz)
Ram: 4GB DDR3
GPU:ATI Radeon HD 4850 1 GB Model (Drivers Tried 13.1|13.4|12.1|12.4)
PPSSPP v0.8-1-g3a3fbfc + ppsspp-v0.8-54-gf797932 & a few earlier builds

Error"Wait for emuthread timed out!
please alert the developer to possible deadlock or infinite loop in emuthread!"

this is really becoming tedious i have tried soo many things to fix the issue and nothing has helped hopefully someone can help me thanks in advance

here are some SS of GPU + the Emu Running
http://i42.tinypic.com/2qk5oiu.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/693sax.jpg

[solarmystic]

You can help us further understand the issue by posting a log:-

1) Double click on Log.bat in the ppsspp directory.

2) PPSSPP will automatically run.

3) Load the game that causes the crash.

4) Play it until it crashes your graphics drivers.

5) Shutdown the application manually from the task manager.

6) Head to the Users\Logs directory created in the ppsspp folder, and upload the ppsspp.log file to a filehoster of your choice.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT:- Just noticed your using an AMD/ATI card like me. Have you disabled Catalyst A.I. (set it to off or low, not advanced) in your CCC (Catalyst Control Panel)? It's the cause of a lot of the issues AMD/ATI cards have with this emulator.

Also, since you're using a legacy card (again like me, I'm using a 4670), I recommend that you stick to older drivers.

The 11.11a performance drivers are still the best, imo, for the Radeon 4xxx series, in terms of performance and stability (from benchmarks and games tested). Only thing you might lose out on is better performance for some of the latest games of 2013.

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

[shadowdiouk]

yeah i did disable the Catalyst A.I in all the drivers ive tested, im just downloading and installing them 11.11a performance drivers to see if it effects the issue, if not ill post a log on them drivers to be sure thanks for your reply solarmystic ill be sure to let u know the results.

do you suggest a certain build of ppsspp or just use latest SVN?

[solarmystic]

yeah i did disable the Catalyst A.I in all the drivers ive tested, im just downloading and installing them 11.11a performance drivers to see if it effects the issue, if not ill post a log on them drivers to be sure thanks for your reply solarmystic ill be sure to let u know the results.

do you suggest a certain build of ppsspp or just use latest SVN?

The latest SVN from the orphis buildbot (0.8-54 at the moment) please. Thanks in advance.

[shadowdiouk]

looks like downgrading my drivers to the 11.11a performance set u advised worked like a charm not a single crash, thanks for your help solarmystic it is greatly appreciated looks like there is a real issue with the updated legacy drivers and ppsspp but nice to know it can be fixed thanks again

[solarmystic]

Glad to have helped lol. Enjoy PPSSPP on a much stabler system.

[Ritori]

Glad to have helped lol. Enjoy PPSSPP on a much stabler system.

solarmystic

I don't about this stuff how are you off CCC? i dont see any option for that (is uninstall it but i will uninstall driver to) thank if u answer my question

[solarmystic]

Glad to have helped lol. Enjoy PPSSPP on a much stabler system.

solarmystic

I don't about this stuff how are you off CCC? i dont see any option for that (is uninstall it but i will uninstall driver to) thank if u answer my question

You mean, "how do I switch off Catalyst AI in the CCC?"

I don't know how it is for the latest drivers on the netbook you're using, but in the older drivers it was an option in the Advanced Graphics Settings portion.

[Squall Leonhart]

Did you have a newer card in that system before installing the "Legacy" card.

If so, there are files left behind from the amd uninstaller that causes opengl to crash against a null ptr in the aticfx32.dll/aticfx64.dll's

These are NOT present in Legacy releases, and are not removed by the catalyst uninstaller, so causes issues preventing opengl from being enumerated properly.

http://scalibq.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/...th-opengl/

[supervamp]

I have intell hd graphics and I just started getting this problem after playing danganronpa just fine. I'm not sure what to do

[Manavoc]

Same problem here, "ATI driver not responding and has recovered" while playing patapon

CPU Spec :

Ram : 4GB
VGA : ATI HD 6570
Proc : i3 3,3Ghz

any solution ?

[solarmystic]

Same problem here, "ATI driver not responding and has recovered" while playing patapon

CPU Spec :

Ram : 4GB
VGA : ATI HD 6570
Proc : i3 3,3Ghz

any solution ?

You are on a modern, non-legacy AMD card, so you should be able to update your drivers to the latest ones.

Don't use an AMD Legacy Driver if you have a modern card.

Also, don't forget to disable Catalyst A.I. in the Catalyst Control Panel.

[Danyal Zia]

Have you disabled Catalyst A.I. (set it to off or low, not advanced) in your CCC (Catalyst Control Panel)? It's the cause of a lot of the issues AMD/ATI cards have with this emulator.

For X-series, it doesn't make any difference with setting Catalyst A.I to off or low in terms of both performance and compatibility. (thing to be noted in your AMD thread lol)

[solarmystic]

Have you disabled Catalyst A.I. (set it to off or low, not advanced) in your CCC (Catalyst Control Panel)? It's the cause of a lot of the issues AMD/ATI cards have with this emulator.

For X-series, it doesn't make any difference with setting Catalyst A.I to off or low in terms of both performance and compatibility. (thing to be noted in your AMD thread lol)

Noted, and edited.

[Manavoc]

Same problem here, "ATI driver not responding and has recovered" while playing patapon

CPU Spec :

Ram : 4GB
VGA : ATI HD 6570
Proc : i3 3,3Ghz

any solution ?

You are on a modern, non-legacy AMD card, so you should be able to update your drivers to the latest ones.

Don't use an AMD Legacy Driver if you have a modern card.

Also, don't forget to disable Catalyst A.I. in the Catalyst Control Panel.

well thanks bro, the ppsspp run stable now after i upgrade the driver to 13.4