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Basically My computer crashes whenever running some sort of application such as minecraft, or even Youtube, and it also crashes at random as well. I have a 64bit Windows 7 OS, Radeon HD6870 GPU, AMD Phenom II CPU x4 855, WD 1tb HDD, Corsair Vengeance 8gb RAM, an OCZ 850w PSU, and finally a disk...

Hey guys, I recently obtained a new graphics card (AMD Radeon HD 6870) and wanted to start my computer afresh. So, I reinstalled windows via Boot CD and installed all the AMD drivers as well as a few programs like AVAST! , Java x64, Malwarebytes, Steam, Firefox, and of course Minecraft. Now, I...

@mike i have tried installing 11.10 and that did not change a thing... then i tried 11.3 and that didnt work either.. i am not overclocking and windows installs a VGA driver if none are detected thanks for the tips but its not seeming to work @elmer, im not really sure what you are asking...

Thanks Mike! This way does work, but Windows reinstalls a driver that does not work with most games. after i followed your directions, it worked well and i got into normal mode, but as i tried to play a game (for testing purposes) it prompted me to install a video card driver for my GPU...

All right so first ill give some of the basic specs of my system. I have the following hardware: Phenom II x4 955 CPU ASRock 870 Extreme 3 motherboard Corsair vengeance 8gb RAM An 850 OCZ PSU a HDRadeon 6870 GPU and a basic optical drive also, i...