HD6870 BSOD after loading Cat 12.3

[Llama]

Hey all, I just built my new rig (specs in sig) and it runs great until I load Cat12.3. When I load 12.3 I get a BSOD and general instability but no error messages. Everything SHOULD be compatible, and the only time I have a problem is when I update. Any Ideas? Thanks in advance, this is my first AMD/ATi card, so I am not familiar with the catalyst interface. I have done no o/c'ing to any part of the system and bios is set to default. Have a good night =)

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome.

You said that you get BSODs but no error messages, well there must be error messages incorporated into the BSOD. They will take the format of :

STOP 0x00000124  plus a load more numbers normally.

The number code tells us what is the problem. So if you could post the relevant details we will try and help.

[Llama]

ok...I will load the cat driver again to try to replicate the problem and get the code....thanks =)

[Llama]

Just to clarify, do you want the error code from the actual BSOD or the event logs? I just pulled them up for the first time and it has a LOT of errors. Mostly relating to
 "The Desktop Window Manager is experiencing heavy resource contention.
     Reason   :   Graphics subsystem resources are over-utilized.
     Diagnosis   :   A sharp degradation in Desktop Window Manager responsiveness was observed."
   [ Name]  Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance
   [ Guid]  {CFC18EC0-96B1-4EBA-961B-622CAEE05B0A}
 
   EventID 501
 
   Version 1
 
   Level 3
 
   Task 4006
 
   Opcode 42
 
   Keywords 0x8000000000010000
 
  - TimeCreated

   [ SystemTime]  2012-04-09T12:18:54.267680700Z
 
   EventRecordID 48
 
  - Correlation

   [ ActivityID]  {02EFAC48-F800-0001-A221-54D3E615CD01}
 
  - Execution

   [ ProcessID]  1320
   [ ThreadID]  3144
 
   Channel Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational
 
   Computer SeanArmor
 
  - Security

   [ UserID]  S-1-5-19
 

Please let me know if this is not what you are looking for 

P.S.- My board is a z68, do I need to disable the onboard video if I am using a discrete graphics card? And if so, how do I do so?