Radeon HD 7870 immediately rebooting on entering a skype call.

Sn3ky

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Jul 7, 2014
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I just recently got a Powercolor Radeon HD7870 graphics card and installed it to my pc. I love it! Plays just about all of my games at max fps. Its heaven. But I encountered this one problem. And It's kind of the most important problem I have.

I play league of legends and other multiplayer games. I use Skype to talk to my teammates. But ever since I installed this card. Every single time I try to enter a Skype call. The card immediately crashes and my whole system reboots.

For now. I am using my laptop for the skype calls. (it is currently sitting to the right of my desk) But right now it seems like its on its last legs. I need to try and get skype working with this card. Can you please help me out?

Note: This problem has never occured prior to installing the new card.
Note2: Skype itself does work. This problem occurs within a second of entering just a call. Just a plain call with anyone.
 
Solution
Alright. I found the issue on my own. My 7870 was using the AMD VISION Engine. Which apparently had an issue with skype. Causing it crash every time. But I tried to update and it gave me AMD Catalyst Control Center. Replacing the VISION Engine and Skype had miraculously started working fine again.

So I put this here in case anyone else had this same issue.

Sn3ky

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Jul 7, 2014
2
0
4,520
Alright. I found the issue on my own. My 7870 was using the AMD VISION Engine. Which apparently had an issue with skype. Causing it crash every time. But I tried to update and it gave me AMD Catalyst Control Center. Replacing the VISION Engine and Skype had miraculously started working fine again.

So I put this here in case anyone else had this same issue.
 
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