Radeon HD 8750m card issues

Hello, I've just transitioned to Arch linux for over a month now. Previously I've used Arch based Manjaro Linux, and other Gentoo based distros, etc.
I've had the same problem everywhere, and that is I've been unable to find a way to get my discrete radeon card working.
I have a Samsung series 5 notebook with dual hybrid switchable graphics with both an intel and a radeon card having dynamic power management options.
Previously, I've posted in Manjaro forum while I was using their distro. Althought it didn't solve my problem but I managed to find a way to turn off discrete card using acpi_call module.
The details of post can be found here, incase you're interested:
https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=11439.0
Okay, here is a detailed output of various commands so that it's easier for you guys to debug my issue.
dmesg | grep -i radeon
[ 48.347143] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 52.841104] radeon 0000:01:00.0: VRAM: 1024M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000003FFFFFFF (1024M used)
[ 52.841109] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GTT: 1024M 0x0000000040000000 - 0x000000007FFFFFFF
[ 52.841319] [drm] radeon: 1024M of VRAM memory ready
[ 52.841321] [drm] radeon: 1024M of GTT memory ready.
[ 53.029165] [drm] radeon/OLAND_mc2.bin: 31452 bytes
[ 53.040894] [drm] radeon: dpm initialized
[ 53.089609] [drm] enabling PCIE gen 3 link speeds, disable with radeon.pcie_gen2=0
[ 54.318600] radeon 0000:01:00.0: WB enabled
[ 54.318603] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc00
[ 54.318604] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 1 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c04 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc04
[ 54.318606] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 2 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c08 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc08
[ 54.318607] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc0c
[ 54.318608] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 4 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c10 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc10
[ 54.319378] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000075a18 and cpu addr 0xffffc90016035a18
[ 54.319397] radeon 0000:01:00.0: irq 49 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 54.319406] radeon 0000:01:00.0: radeon: using MSI.
[ 54.319431] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[ 54.804694] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
[ 54.813254] radeon 0000:01:00.0: No connectors reported connected with modes
[ 54.814527] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fb1: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[ 54.814663] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.39.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 1
[ 62.605083] [drm] enabling PCIE gen 3 link speeds, disable with radeon.pcie_gen2=0
[ 63.610229] radeon 0000:01:00.0: WB enabled
[ 63.610232] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc00
[ 63.610234] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 1 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c04 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc04
[ 63.610235] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 2 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c08 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc08
[ 63.610236] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc0c
[ 63.610237] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 4 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c10 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc10
[ 63.611028] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000075a18 and cpu addr 0xffffc90016035a18
[ 1593.389010] [drm] enabling PCIE gen 3 link speeds, disable with radeon.pcie_gen2=0
[ 1594.392958] radeon 0000:01:00.0: WB enabled
[ 1594.392961] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc00
[ 1594.392962] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 1 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c04 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc04
[ 1594.392964] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 2 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c08 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc08
[ 1594.392965] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc0c
[ 1594.392966] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 4 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c10 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc10
[ 1594.393735] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000075a18 and cpu addr 0xffffc90016035a18
[ 1596.482112] [drm] enabling PCIE gen 3 link speeds, disable with radeon.pcie_gen2=0
[ 1597.712820] radeon 0000:01:00.0: WB enabled
[ 1597.712822] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc00
[ 1597.712823] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 1 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c04 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc04
[ 1597.712824] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 2 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c08 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc08
[ 1597.712825] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc0c
[ 1597.712826] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 4 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c10 and cpu addr 0xffff8800c2b9cc10
[ 1597.713604] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000075a18 and cpu addr 0xffffc90016035a18
$ lspci -k | grep -A2 Display
01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Mars [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8750M] (rev ff)
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon
$ lspci -k | grep -A2 VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c706
Kernel driver in use: i915
$ uname -a
Linux GladOS 3.16.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 14 07:40:19 CEST 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ inxi -C -G -M
Machine: System: SAMSUNG product: 370R4E/370R4V/370R5E/3570RE/370R5V v: P03RAN serial: JAC991LD100755
Mobo: SAMSUNG model: NP370R4V-S01TH v: SEC_SW__1234567890ABCD serial: 123490EN400015
Bios: American Megatrends v: P03RAN.106.121130.ZW date: 11/30/2012
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5-3230M (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
Clock Speeds: 1: 1200 MHz 2: 1200 MHz 3: 1200 MHz 4: 1200 MHz
Graphics: Card-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Mars [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8750M]
Display Server: X.org 1.16.0 drivers: ati,radeon,intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
tty size: 112x29 Advanced Data: N/A for root
I've read on Arch wiki somewhere about installing a custom package from AUR called catalyst-total-pxp, but I'm not sure that following through the steps listed on the wiki would be good enough to fix my issue or if it would create more problems. Right now I don't really have another backup computer to fall back on so that's another problem.
But I'm willing to comply to provide more information if need be and if you guys have a fix for similar issue let me know, I'm willing to dive in to get this fixed.
Thanks.
Edit:
When I try to install catalyst-total-pxp from AUR this is what I get:
$ yaourt -S catalyst-total-pxp
==> WARNING: Building package as root is dangerous.
Please run yaourt as a non-privileged user.
==> Downloading catalyst-total-pxp PKGBUILD from AUR...
x .AURINFO
x catalystpxp.sh
x lano1106_fglrx_intel_iommu.patch
x lib32-catalystpxp.sh
x atieventsd.sh
x catalyst_build_module
x catalyst-total-pxp.install
x catalyst-hook.service
x makefile_compat.patch
x fglrx_gpl_symbol.patch
x temp-links-catalyst.service
x switchlibGL
x switchlibglx
x temp_links_catalyst
x 20-catalystpxp.conf
x lib32-catalyst.sh
x lano1106_kcl_agp_13_4.patch
x hook-fglrx
x arch-fglrx-authatieventsd_new.patch
x lano1106_fglrx-13.8_proc.patch
x pxp_switch_catalyst
x atieventsd.service
x cold-fglrx-3.14-current_euid.patch
x ati_make.sh
x catalyst.sh
x PKGBUILD
x catalyst.conf
Comment by Vi0L0 (2014-06-09 20:38)
14.4-21: just a pkgrel bump to confirm 3.15 kernel support
Comment by Vi0L0 (2014-08-07 18:48)
14.4-22 : 3.16 kernel support
Comment by bdero (2014-08-13 02:25)
I also had to downgrade to xorg-xserver 1.14 and xf86-video-intel 2.99.907 to prevent segfaults while starting X. Working well now.
@jadus: thanks for the tip
@Vi0L0: thanks for providing a convenient way to downgrade (http://catalyst.wirephire.com/repo/xorg114/)
Comment by Vi0L0 (2014-08-18 19:49)
14.4-23: added dirty GPL-licensing solution - fglrx_gpl_symbol.patch - workaround for compilation error for i686 on 3.16.1 kernel
Comment by Vi0L0 (2014-08-19 18:24)
@bdero: just curious, on which kernel your pxp is working atm?
catalyst-total-pxp 14.4-23 (Sat Aug 4 21:48:31 ICT 2012)
( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! )
==> Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
==> ------------------------------------
==> n
==> WARNING: x86_64 system detected
==> WARNING: [multilib] repository must be uncommented in /etc/pacman.conf to add lib32-catalyst-utils into the package
==> WARNING: OK, lib32-catalyst-utils will be added to the package
==> catalyst-total-pxp dependencies:
- linux>=3.0 (already installed)
- linux<3.17 (already installed)
- linux-headers (already installed)
- xorg-server>=1.7.0 (already installed)
- libxrandr (already installed)
- libsm (already installed)
- fontconfig (already installed)
- libxcursor (already installed)
- libxi (already installed)
- gcc-libs (already installed)
- gcc>4.0.0 (already installed)
- make (already installed)
- patch (already installed)
- libxinerama (already installed)
- lib32-libxext (already installed)
- lib32-libdrm (already installed)
- lib32-libxinerama (already installed)
- xorg-server<1.16.0 (building from AUR)
==> catalyst-total-pxp conflicts:
- libcl-1.1-4
==> Edit catalyst-total-pxp.install ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
==> ------------------------------------------------------
==> n
==> Continue building catalyst-total-pxp ? [Y/n]
==> --------------------------------------------
==>
==> Building and installing package
==> Install or build missing dependencies for catalyst-total-pxp:
error: target not found: xorg-server<1.16.0
==> Restart building catalyst-total-pxp ? [y/N]
==> -------------------------------------------
==>
Last edited by irenicus09 (2014-09-01 01:31:03)

Yes I understand, I don't have a problem downgrading...but what exactly are the steps that I should take to make sure it doesn't break anything.
I've updated pacman after the addition & when I try to install xorg115 this is what I get:
pacman -S xorg115/xorg-server
warning: downgrading package xorg-server (1.16.0-6 => 1.15.2-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: xorg-server and xf86-input-evdev are in conflict. Remove xf86-input-evdev? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-input-joystick are in conflict. Remove xf86-input-joystick? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-input-keyboard are in conflict. Remove xf86-input-keyboard? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-input-mouse are in conflict. Remove xf86-input-mouse? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-input-vmmouse are in conflict. Remove xf86-input-vmmouse? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-input-void are in conflict. Remove xf86-input-void? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-ark are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-ark? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-ast are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-ast? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-ati are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-ati? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-cirrus are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-cirrus? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-dummy are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-dummy? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-fbdev are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-fbdev? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-glint are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-glint? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-i128 are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-i128? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-intel are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-intel? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-mach64 are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-mach64? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-mga are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-mga? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-modesetting are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-modesetting? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-neomagic are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-neomagic? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-nouveau are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-nouveau? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-nv are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-nv? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-openchrome are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-openchrome? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-r128 are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-r128? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-savage are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-savage? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-siliconmotion are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-siliconmotion? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-sis are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-sis? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-tdfx are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-tdfx? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-trident are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-trident? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-v4l are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-v4l? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-vesa are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-vesa? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-vmware are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-vmware? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-voodoo are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-voodoo? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: xorg-server: requires xf86-input-evdev
If I keep on pressing y, more dependencies seem to show up...and it doesn't feel right.
Am I doin it right? Or is there a better way to go on about this.
Thanks.
Last edited by irenicus09 (2014-09-02 15:37:01)

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i have a Enermax ERV1250EGT power supply. the card is in the top blue pcie slot. i have connected the PCI-E 2.0 6+2 (8)Pin connectors (see http://www.enermax.co.uk/revolution85 - connectors tab, sorry no direct link but they are the red ones to be seen in the the bottom left corner of the picture: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviewimages/enermax_revolution_1250w/thumbs/10.jpg, i.e. 6 pin + 2 pin = 8 pin).
the card will just not start, i.e. when i boot the pc nothing happens. it works fine without and works fine with my old graphics card (gtx 260).
pics of the asus radeon 6990 here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/Radeon_HD_6990/images/power.jpg
any ideas? is there anything different to this card than with other cards? have installed systems over the past 10 years and never had an issue until now.

Quote from: shell20110309 on 22-November-11, 17:35:16
:lol_anim:Featuring 4GB of high-speed GDDR5 memory, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6990 is the definitive solution for ultra-high resolution gaming across up to six simultaneous displays.1
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Stock Radeon 9800 Pro card from a G5--- Will it work in my G4 Quicksilver?

I am thinking about purchasing a stock Radeon 9800 Pro card that came with certain G5 machines and use it in my G4 Quicksilver 867mhz machine. I heard that this works. Is it true? Can I download the drivers from the ATI website? Are there any issues I should be aware of? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hi-
If it is the OEM 9800 Pro, then it is an 8x AGP, backwards compatible to 4x AGP.
Your QS is 4x AGP, and the card should work.
Drivers are here:
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/mac/macosx10-4x-3x-radeon.html
The 9800 is a great card!
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BIOS AGP setings for MSI6712 (KT4V-L) using ATI Radeon 9600XT video card ?

Because I am having graphic issues with Battlefield-2 since the new patch, I want to know what should be the BIOS AGP setings to go accordingly with my ATI Radeon 9600XT video card ?
I have all or part of the following BIOS AGP setings below. I picked this up on the net but I don't recall all the values I have as I am at the office right now.
**AGP timing Control**
AGP Mode: 8x <== that's what I remember having
AGP Fast Write: Enabled <== that's what I remember having
AGP Aperture Size: 256 MB <== that's what I changed it to yesterday
AGP Master 1 W/S Write: Enabled <== that's what I remember having
AGP Master 1 W/S Read: Disabled <== that's what I think I have
AGP Read Synchronization: Disabled <== don't remember what I have
PCI Delay Transaction: Enabled <== don't remember if I have it

I still don't think this is mobo thing. Please use the Internet. There are lots of people having problems with the patch you mention.
One thing I come across is that you should install something called Special Forces b e f o r e you install the patch.
This is in your favourite language Swedish , it took me too long to find in English, but maybe you can find some search criteria for your own Internet search:
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:ISNg7CPnQaQJ:forum.directconnect.se/archive/index.php/t-8074.html+patch+1.12+Battlefield+2&hl=sv
Adding: When searching for software or hard ware solutions to a problem, just add "problem" in the Search-for-box".

SD Card Issues and Sound Issues

Hello all,
I bought my Xperia Z2 probably 2-3 months ago and I have to say I do love this phone.
However I have come across a few issues that seems to be, not so common as I cannot find any solutions online (Which is why I'm here).
I am having 2 issues:
1st Issue:
SD Card Issue, this is a funny one as I have not been able to identify what actually causes this issue. Now this all started (or when I started to realise the issue) when I changed some settings in the Camera App. I saw that it was saving photos to "Internal Storage" and since I specifically bought a new SD card for the Xperia Z2, I wanted to store photos on the SD card instead.
So I changed it to SD Card Storage and all is well (At least, that is what I thought).
After taking some photos one day, I got home and wanted to preview them, in the photos app and Album (Sony's Photo Previewer) it shows that the photo is corrupted or missing (Depending on which app I'm using). This really annoyed me as the photos I took seems to be all lost and corrupted. So I tried to use a file explorer (Including File Commander) to find the actual file and open it, but it seems to have the same problem. I get this grey background with a picture of a mountain with like a thunderbolt sign (Broken sign).
Following this, I have also tried to copy some video files onto the SD card and it has been giving me troubles too. I tried to copy videos onto the SD card in 2 ways, first way is to take the SD card out, connect it to a SD card reader and plug that into the computer. After it finished copying onto the SD card, the files would just disappear (I use computers a lot and this was very surprising and new to me... It's like the SD card deleted the files right after it was copied, or maybe even 'hid' the files).
So since that method didn't work I thought I would try putting the SD card back into the phone and connect the phone to the computer then use Sony's MediaGO (Computer App) to transfer the videos and it sort of worked this time. I copied 14 videos over and only the first 2 videos are working, the others are all "Media is missing" or of some sort. I checked the video's format and they are all either .avi or .mp4 which I don't think is a problem as the first 2 videos are in .avi so surely other .avi videos would work too? Guess not...
So it seems like I am having troubles with Video and Photos on the SD card as music is working 100% fine. Used Media GO to copy the music on and it's all working wonderfully.
Some of you might suggest formatting the SD Card, I will say I have... I have tried the above methods before formatting AND after formatting (Formatting using Xperia Z2, or shall I say "erase").
The SD card I have is Sandisk's 64GB Ultra (I bought this to anticipate 4K or at least 1080p video recordings).
If the issue here is SD Card compatibility and I was silly enough to not have seen that prior, then I would gladly admit it's my fault and be happy that the solution would simply mean to buy another SD card.
But that said, I highly doubt that would be the issue due to the fact that the SD card is made for performance (Not the best performance as the Extreme and Extreme Pro range are a lot better) and the card is new.
2nd Issue:
Now this issue is not as bad as the first issue, it's something to do with the sound. I understand the phone has 3 sound controls, one for the Ringtone for when you get a notification or/and phone call, one for Media and one for Alarm.
What I do is I have the Ringtone volume sitting at around 50% and Media will be dependent as I change it when I open an app but the issue I've been having is this:
If I open an app (Mainly games that has sound/music) and I change the Media volume to say 70% or even 20%, whenever I get a notification whilst in-app the notification volume seems to be at 100% no matter what I do with the media volume. This is weird as my default Ringtone/Notification volume is sitting very low at around 50% or even if I change it to 20%.
What am I missing here? Any thoughts?
With the above 2 issues, last resort would be to factory reset my phone but will be willing to do it if there's a high chance of the issue getting fixed.
Your thoughts will be greatly received as right now I'm just lost and not sure what to do with the issues. I'm slowly getting the feeling that I should just give up on the phone and use it for phone calls, music and forget about the whole photo/video taking which is very sad as I love the phone's photo/video taking features.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hello Rickard,
Thank you for the link, I have started the test and 10 minutes into the test the speed for writing dropped. Anyways I only managed to get through in writing 8GB of data then I gave up. I then started to verify that 8GB of data that was written on the SD Card.
I have to say, it does seem like that SD Card is defective
Thank you for providing the link, what I will do now is get another SD Card and see if the problem is still there.
If the problem goes away I would consider my 1st issue being solved
However I am still not sure about my 2nd issue as this is not related to the SD card. Even without the SD card in the phone I seem to be experiencing this problem.
It's frustrating sometimes as if I'm trying to keep the volume down and play a game I can't because any notifications that comes through will be at 100% volume.
Perhaps there's a setting I'm missing?
Your help would be greatly appreciated.

How do I connect a second Cinema Display to a Radeon 9600 PRO card?

I have a G5 dual (PowerMac7,2) with a Radeon 9600 pro card running an HD cinema display (clear plastic) and want to connect a second smaller 20" Cinema Display with the same type of plug - I think I need a DVI to ADC adapter - is this the case?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Yes, this is the case.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=7E5 0FEF9&nplm=M8661LL/B
Also, read this:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75286
Especially Note 3 at the bottom.

Help installing AMD Radeon 8490 graphic card on HP Pavilion P7-1110

Appreciate any help on this that anyone can give. I'm at a loss at the moment. Just got an AMD Radeon 8490 graphics card to put into the HP Pavilion p7-1110 desktop. I have not opened up the back of a computer for probably ten years (used to do it, but haven't for a long time). The card I got was new, but pulled from a workstation before going out, and came with no disk or documentation.
I tried just opening up the back, and putting the card in the PCI-16 slot, but when I restarted the computer, the computer did not recognize either the old integrated graphic card or the new one. When I pulled the card back out, it recognized the old integrated card.
From what I've been reading, there's a suggestion that I uninstall the Intel Integrated graphics driver before trying the install again, then plugging in the new card, turning the power back on and letting Windows 7 choose the drivers necessary for the new card, then it might work.
But what if it doesn't. Then I don't have the drivers for the old and it's gotten me nervous that I'll be without any graphics at all and unable to use the computer.
Any suggestions? Don't know why this has me this nervous, but I guess it's that lag time between dealing with a motherboard.
Appreciate any assistance, guys.
Nervous in PA.
JD

Hi,
I see two possibilities.
The AMD 8490 is not compatible with your PC.
The 250 watt power supply in your PC is insufficient.
Try clearing the CMOS and see if that helps. If not, then try the BIOS update that is posted for your PC.
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Z1 SD card issues..Often caused by FAKE SD cards, unbeknownst to the user and those trying to help?

Hi All...
Well for the last month or so Ive had problems with my 64 gb SD card..losing data, getting corrupt and requiring non stop formatting..until eventually it just died totally.
Of course, throughout all this I was searching various forums for fixes and reasons why...and as far as I could see it was the fault of the Z1 'killing' SD cards ( I tried the card in other peoples phones and it did not work either..so I assumed it had been corrupted BY the phone!......since it HAD worked perfectly when i first got it)...
Well...Once it finally died totally this week., I decided to send it back to Samsung for an RMA. The card I had was a good quality, 64gb Samsung Evo SDXC class 10...Bear in mind I purchased it from an Ebay seller that had 1000s of positive feedback (1 or 2 negs regards late postage only) and the card arrived in the post in packaging with hologram etc, and all appeared good quality....
Im actually pretty tech savvy..and indeed internet shopping savvy, and have never been ripped off or conned before.....I didnt buy a 64gb EVo that was ridiculously cheap or anything..I paid what they are worth (then about £27)
But Samsung took one look at it and informed me it was a fake...the issue I had come up against was that the card worked fine up until its ACTUAL (not listed) capacity was reached..which was 7 GIGS!!!..not 64!!!...it was at that point that it started corrupting files and failing in general....
Which in my case was a couple of weeks after installing it in my phone (and the day I got round to piling all my music on it!)......so I had a few weeks of actual use out of it while all seemd fine....enough time to leave positive feedback for the seller and all!.....DEVIOUS SWINES!!! : D.
Anyway,
Now Im wondering...since these symptoms (files vanishing, corrupting etc) have been talked about so many times on these forums and elsewhere...not only on the Xperia Z1, but on all phones and devices that use SD cards...I wonder just how many are REALLY down to fake SD cards.....They are VERY realistic looking fakes...they even work pretty well up to a point (though probs not as fast as a real class 10 if you were to actually test them)..
In future, when offering help to people with SD card issues..i think I will make an effort to ask them first about the provenance of their SD card, and maybe try and get images of it. (after the fact Ive found several websites that show the fake ones...I even found an image of the EXACT fake I have..same serial numbers, and same tiny printing error and all!....which was THIS site https://thecounterfeitreport.com/product/504/Samsung-micro-SDXC-Memory-Cards.html)
In all the threads I pored over, trying to find a fix for my SD card issues..I can not remember a single instance of someone asking if the card was definitely real or not..or anyone suspecting this to be the issue....(though Im sure there ARE, i didnt find one though..not that I would havee thought it was the case with mine,,,,since I had NO reason to think it WAS fake..what with the perfect packaging, and seller having no neg feedback after selling hundreds of them!).
Im not some sort of SD card expert..BUT I am pretty up to date with regards consumer tech.....and until Samsung revealed to me I had been conned...I had absolutely no INKLING that the cause of my issues wa a fake card...on no forums did anyone ask the person with the issue 'are you sure your card is real?'.....and I am really coming round to think that these fake cards are RIFE out there on the market....so realistic looking, package and all, that probably otherwise legitimate sellers are trading in them......the KILLER being the fact they do actually work...maybe for MONTHS if it takes you a while to reach its true capacity....and certainly long enough in many cases to mean the nefarious seller gets away scot free!
So watch out guys...I ceritanly will be in fuiture...Now I know that fake cards are a big thing.....its really easy to spot the fake ones (if the seller uses a REAL picture of the item on the listing!)...they are by no means identical to the real deal when you know what to look for (in the case of fake EVO 64gb like mine, just 'made in Taiwan' and the back being gloss black instead fo white, is enough to show it as fake.....but I did not know that at the time when an absolutely perfect lookng offical Samsung package turned up at my door!....
Anyone else have this yet? Im sure they have....also, anyone wonder now if the cause of their woes is a fake card? If you would like to post here, Im happy to have a look at it!
Thanks all!
(Here is my fake one for you all to see : D...apparently it is a VERY common fake....wish I had known! I also wish i still had the very realistic packaging too!)

Well to be honest I wasnt aware of such things myself until I got stung.....or rather not aware that you could follow all the rules, and do everything right, like check for good feedback, (my seller had 1000s positve and 99% ratio....and not buy items that have a price that is 'too good to be true'...........and STILL get ripped off!
You live and you learn! Ive been shopping online for just about 10 years and this was the VERY FIRST time Ive had a problem of ANY kind!
I had gotten so confident shopping online, that I bought a pretty valuable watch online not a month ago..my first 'large' online purchase in fact.....a Casio GPW-1000 RAF edition... a quite rare '500 pieces in UK' item. Though it came from a large watch dealer, I realise now that it was still a risk (though I had the protection of paying by Credit Card..which I willl ALWAYS do from now on!)....as they may have sold a counterfiet item, and not actually realised it themselves...
Since I have had this experience of buying a counterfeit product,, I haev been reading into the phenomena..and it turns out that Casio G Shock watches (the type I spent a fari bit of money on...a legitimate one luckily!) are very heavily counterfeited...and are ALL OVER Ebay....who seems to do nothing about it!
I can understand (though not condone AT ALL) criminals counterfeiting a sought after watch design, or jewellery and things like that...because they have a market for them, in the shape of people that cant afford the real thing, and think its ok to buy a cheap and poor quality knock off, that only superficially appears to be real.......
...but I have to say its a big surprise to me that they would counterfeit something like an SD card, even if it is a quite highly regarded model.......and even go to such effort to copy the packaging perfectly......I think that the fact that so much effort went into faking a Samsung Evo 64gb sd card ..that it demonstrates that there are a LOT of them out there....hundreds of thousands for sure....but could there be millions?
Due to this prevelance, I think it might well be worth asking each person that comes on the forum with an SD card problem, in particular those with a'new' SD that is losing data, or needs to reformat all the time, or any of the 'giveaway' symptoms...to ask them for an image of the offending article as a starting point.....and to then compare it to images of the real ones that are online...
Im sure most of them will deny they own a fake....I certainly didnt think for one second my problems were due to a counterfeit card...as I said in my post...the first I knew of it was when Samsung themselves informed me!
Otherwise we end up going round in circles trying to 'fix the unfixable'..which is what happend to me : D
Anyway, I will keep an eye out for people on the forum, and a couple of other tech sites I frequent, and see if I can identify any more of these fakes, and hopefully can catch them soon enough that the customers can get their money back, since the problems often dont manifest themselves until the time for immediate refund is passed (once again, this happened to me, and Im having to claim through Paypal..though they are being very helpful...its only £22...but its the principle of the thing!)
Thanks all, and stay vigilant!

Macbook Pro Retina 2014 Top Spec - Premiere Pro CC Graphics Card Issue

Hello,
For 12 months I have been having graphics card issues which all started on my 2011 MBP, which Apple replaced 12 months ago. I Then got a new shiny, 2013 highest end retina macbook pro from apple, in which after a couple of weeks had the exact same graphics issue. As soon as I start working in Premiere Pro with my 1080P DSLR footage, once the fans get up high, then the graphic colour hologram like start pooping on my screen. Now I got that retina replaced as I alerted apple about it, now they have given me the highest end 2014 model, and guess what? The problem is twice as bad.
I think it's definitely got something to do with the Apple software. It's weird though, because on the rare occasion, the graphic poop will show up on my screen when I am on Youtube (only once in a blue moon it does that) - it does it every single time 15-20 mins into editing with Premiere Pro, once the fans get hot. I can click on the graphics poop and it makes it disappear, which is weird, maybe that proves it software issue?
I don't know, but this problem has caused me to go through two of apples most powerful laptops, 60 phone calls to Apple, 1 investigation lodged to the Apple Engineers (the people who are above the Senior Apple Care Advisors) - Nothing seems to fix it, and I haven't been able to create any more intriguing films on my laptop because Premiere Pro CC just brings up all the graphics poop.
Screenshots:
http://imageshack.com/a/img537/653/IgdBK9.png
http://imageshack.com/a/img538/9601/WLQYnM.png
http://imageshack.com/a/img538/152/EIFd22.jpg
Does anyone know what causes this exactly? How do I fix it?

JGFilm88
Thanks for the follow up information for my video card/graphics card question that came to mind out of curiosity.
I do not have Premiere Pro and am strictly and Elements Windows user. Otherwise I would look into this matter for you first hand. The place you want to be is in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum, although, as you already mentioned, the screen display irregularities have appeared when Premiere Pro was not being used. Have you tried uninstalling Premiere Pro to determine if its removal from the computer resolves the screen display irregularities for whatever you are doing in the computer applications like iMovie? For that matter, do you see the problem in iMovies?
Just some thoughts to think about as you compose your inquiry for the Premiere Pro users in the Premiere Pro Forum.
Best wishes
ATR

Problems connecting 1 monitor and 1 TV to 2gb DDR3 AMD Radeon 7570 video card.

I recently purchased an Hp h8-1360t computer with a 2gb DDR3 AMD Radeon 7570 video card and an Hp 2711 LED monitor. I am having problems connecting both the monitor (dvi) and a 50" Sony LCD TV (hdmi) with a 50' hdmi cable. When starting the computer, once the initial Win 7 boot up is finished, the monitor screen goes blank, except for the mouse pointer. When I turn on the tv and select the correct input source a normal Win 7 screen with icons appears on the tv. Only the wallpaper picture displays on the monitor and no icons. If play a dvd movie it will only show up on the tv with the sound coming from the speakers attached to the computer.
I would like to retain control of the computer using the monitor. I tried to set the monitor up as the primary display source using the monitor configuration menu,but it won't allow me to save the dvi connection as the primary display source. The documentation that came with the computer and what I was able to find on the Hp site is lacking....to say the least.
Any assistance with this problem will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Tony

First I would disconnect the TV HDMI cable from the computer. That should return the PC screen to normal. May have to reboot to get normal. Then reconnect the TV HDMI and go into the screen setup routine, paying attention to which screen is supposed to display what information.
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