ATI X700 User Guide - Page 37

commands. When this situation arises, the display driver will reset

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Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings 31 ATI VPU Recover Tab Hardware crashes may occur when a hardware device and the corresponding software device driver are no longer able to communicate with each other. VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics card is no longer able to respond to display driver commands. When this situation arises, the display driver will reset the graphics card. Depending on the current state of the system when VPU Recover is activated, applications that are running may be able to fully recover from this reset. In other cases, running applications may be closed, and the user will be returned to the Windows® desktop. ATI VPU Recover Tab Enable VPU Recover checkbox Prepare an Error Report checkbox Enables VPU Recover. When VPU Recover is activated a dialog will prompt you to submit an automatically generated error report to ATI. This error report will help ATI to determine the cause of the problem and help create more stable drivers. To disable this feature, deselect the Prepare an Error Report checkbox.

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Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings 31
ATI VPU Recover Tab
Hardware crashes may occur when a hardware device and the
corresponding software device driver are no longer able to communicate
with each other. VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect
when the graphics card is no longer able to respond to display driver
commands. When this situation arises, the display driver will reset the
graphics card. Depending on the current state of the system when VPU
Recover is activated, applications that are running may be able to fully
recover from this reset. In other cases, running applications may be closed,
and the user will be returned to the Windows® desktop.
ATI VPU Recover Tab
Enable VPU Recover
checkbox
Enables VPU Recover.
Prepare an Error Report
checkbox
When VPU Recover is activated a dialog will
prompt you to submit an automatically generated
error report to ATI. This error report will help ATI
to determine the cause of the problem and help
create more stable drivers. To disable this feature,
deselect the
Prepare an Error Report
checkbox.