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Hello all,

Im 3 months into the goodness that is triple monitor gaming/computing and so far Im in love.
But like all good things there are some negatives. The flickering of the monitor that is connected to DP is driving me INSANE!

I have an ATI 5870 with 3 24 inch samsung LCDs. One monitor is connected through DVI to DP Bizlink adapter while the other 2
are connected through DVI. I get the blinking problem at random times. Heres what Ive tried :

Flashed card Bios. (worked for 2 days)
RMA'd DVI to DP adapter (replacement worked less often than original adapter)
Upgraded/ downgraded to different catalyst drivers (works for one day)
Used wall powered USB adapter.
Switched DVI to DP adapter to 3 different monitors.
Disabled ATI Overdrive

The only thing that seemed to help was the 13a Catalyst drivers (which I cant find at all now) which almost eliminated the blinking.
Ive come to the conclusion that its ATI's responsibility. They dont advertise that the 3 monitor solution with DVI to DP port is not
100% working.
We pay way too much for these systems and these cards and these monitors to have this not functioning as it should. Random blinking
of my monitor is not what I call an optimal experience.

When can we expect a permanent fix for this?
Im fed up with this and I know there are a lot of people with this very same exact problem.

This seems to be the most common issue these days (or all time issue actually). I am stickying this for a week. It would be much appreciated if people would report in status of this issue.
@johnnyvd: You have investigated this a bit as well with different driver set. Could you update your final status in this thread? :)

Here's the latest official from AMD regarding this:
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Display.aspx

Added poll to see how widespread this is. :)

Thanks Tamlin! :rockout

I really appreciate it! :cheers

No problem. :)

It seems to be many who have this issue (also at [H]), so its good to get a headcount. The thread I was linking to, shows some of the fixes that AMD recommends, but it looks like many have tried these already. AMD has been great at forwarding issues that we have encountered and addressed them, so hopefully this will lead to some solution for those struggling with this.

johnnyvd and several others found 10.3a to be the sweet spot driver with least of this issue, so perhaps the driver team can see what differs from that and 10.4?

No problem. :)

.... johnnyvd and several others found 10.3a to be the sweet spot driver with least of this issue, so perhaps the driver team can see what differs from that and 10.4?

Dell active DP adapter-to-DVI monitor rock solid with 10.2.

... but with 10.4.... the DP adapter-connected DVI monitor sleeps with the fishes!! :w00t :w00t :w00t

Ah, yes.. glad to hear DP monitors are having problems too :mrgreen:

Well sweet spot was not 10.3a but 10.3b, if i remember correctly this was a 5870 Eyefinity release??

I must admit that all the other drivers i tried (10.1, 10.2, 10.3 WHQL, 10.3a) didn't give me any blanking problems.. Sometimes a single blank every 2 days, (nothing serious) or a CCC message with losing DP signal blabla.. (which only happend after swithing resolutions)

It really started 10.4 and up.. Did not flash my 5970 for extra drive strength on DP port.
Tried USB power on pc, AC adapter, powered USB hub (1500 mA).. Nothing helped with the 10.4/10.4a. Sometimes re-plugging DP helped, sometimes not.

What was working ALL the time was reverting back to 10.3b. I reverted back like 3 times already, always uninstalling with CCC install manager and then (in safe mode) running Drivercleaner.net

By the way, 10.4 WHQL gave me distorted screen or green lines and then blanks.. 10.4a only gave me blanks..

At the moment i am even thinking of clean install on a different disk and then straight 10.4 WHQL install. i do not trust the 10.5 *leaked* drivers at the moment.

O yeah, i'm using the Accell B087B-003J adapter..

Anyone have the Catalyst 13a drivers that they can post?
Id really appreciate it
thanks

Anyone have the Catalyst 13a drivers that they can post?
Id really appreciate it
thanks

Here are the 10.3b: http://sites.amd.com/us/underground/tips/Pages/catalyst-10-3-preview.aspx

Thanks johnnyvd but Im looking specifically for 13a drivers, not 13b.
These seemed to make the flickering more bearable.

Thanks johnnyvd but Im looking specifically for 13a drivers, not 13b.
These seemed to make the flickering more bearable.

OK here's the 10.3a (from guru3d)
http://downloads.guru3d.com/ATI-Catalyst-10.3-Windows-7-%7C-Vista-(64-bit)-download-2494.html

Whoops, sorry 64bit.. I have the 10.3a 32bit on my harddisk @ home, where could i host it?

Did you have more problems with 10.3b installed then?