[Question] Display Driver Crashing Every 10-20 Mins.
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Grabbed GPU-Z and it reads at a solid 50.0C
What were you doing when it happened? I was playing WoW when all of a sudden the screen froze up, and little green boxes appeared all over both of my displays. Then everything crashed and went back to normal, with a notice telling me that the display driver had crashed and been recovered.
So far this is all I've found similar to our problem if WoW is the culprit.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/6573697404
More Info:
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/5327642948
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/5335993674
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/6573697404
More Info:
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/5327642948
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/5335993674
I had a similar problem.Turned out to be dustbuildup on my graphic card fan wich prevented it from spinning.
But why all of a sudden? I had zero problems with this for the past year.
Even worse I was considering buying a second 580 for SLI....
I have no idea. It hit me at the same time.
I'll check it tonight and see if I can recall which one it was.
I mean.. seriously... I was having WEEKS of issue just because some dipshit added a new feature that hasn't been tested properly and a scroll down from yes to no which took 2 seconds to do, was preventing a 500$ card from working right.
I mean.. seriously... I was having WEEKS of issue just because some dipshit added a new feature that hasn't been tested properly and a scroll down from yes to no which took 2 seconds to do, was preventing a 500$ card from working right.
Never played too good of a Sniper but when I did play TF2 a while back I was mostly either a Soldier or Heavy. Easy mode characters I know but I didn't play much.
Wouldn't even know where to begin with the new Mann vs Machine gameplay.
As for stopping WoW, it wouldn't help as I'm getting the crashes even outside of the game.
Wouldn't even know where to begin with the new Mann vs Machine gameplay.
As for stopping WoW, it wouldn't help as I'm getting the crashes even outside of the game.
Ok I've spent ALL day trying to get this resolved:
I tried full uninstall of drivers, driver sweeper in safe mode, reinstall of drivers...... crash every 5-10 minutes.
I tried setting the PhysX to the GTX instead of Auto-Mode..... crash every 5-10 minutes.
I get crashes in games, just surfing, just watching videos. Anything.
The GPU load just hits 99% then crashes then goes back to normal till the next crashes.
This is really starting to frustrate me.
I tried full uninstall of drivers, driver sweeper in safe mode, reinstall of drivers...... crash every 5-10 minutes.
I tried setting the PhysX to the GTX instead of Auto-Mode..... crash every 5-10 minutes.
I get crashes in games, just surfing, just watching videos. Anything.
The GPU load just hits 99% then crashes then goes back to normal till the next crashes.
This is really starting to frustrate me.
Do you have a known good backup video card you can use to rule out any motherboard or power supply issues?
NVIDIA did just release a new set of drivers last night (9/13) for version 306.23 which they say is WHQL* for Vista, Win7, and Win8.
If you are still having trouble, you could try reverting to the last 64-bit WHQL version (301.42), which was released in May2012, though NVIDIA is strongly recommending everyone use the 306.23 version (for whatever reason, probably the Win8 support).
Please note that all the drivers I link to above are the 64-bit versions for Win7/8/Vista. If you are running 32-bit versions of XP/Vista/Win7, you will need to choose the 32-bit version of the drivers instead.
Note: According to NVIDIA, v306.xx will be the LAST version of their GPU drivers which will support the older GeForce 6xxx and 7xxx series (6800 Ultra, 7900 GS, etc), so if you want a version that works with your older (possibly AGP) graphics card, you might want to grab a copy of whatever 306.xx version (this one or a later one) ends up being the last release to keep around juuuuust in case.
--Patrick
*This means that Microsoft has certified it as A-OK with their OS, if you didn't already know what that means.
If you are still having trouble, you could try reverting to the last 64-bit WHQL version (301.42), which was released in May2012, though NVIDIA is strongly recommending everyone use the 306.23 version (for whatever reason, probably the Win8 support).
Please note that all the drivers I link to above are the 64-bit versions for Win7/8/Vista. If you are running 32-bit versions of XP/Vista/Win7, you will need to choose the 32-bit version of the drivers instead.
Note: According to NVIDIA, v306.xx will be the LAST version of their GPU drivers which will support the older GeForce 6xxx and 7xxx series (6800 Ultra, 7900 GS, etc), so if you want a version that works with your older (possibly AGP) graphics card, you might want to grab a copy of whatever 306.xx version (this one or a later one) ends up being the last release to keep around juuuuust in case.
--Patrick
*This means that Microsoft has certified it as A-OK with their OS, if you didn't already know what that means.
Not sure how that's a comfort to my wallet if I haven't solved the issue.
Even looking at the next gen of video cards, Radeon 7970 vs GTX680 it looks like Nvidia would still be my best bet and it's Nvidia that's the problem right now. Ugh... I don't know what to do.
I'd rather just keep this GTX580 but without the crashing... obviously....
Even looking at the next gen of video cards, Radeon 7970 vs GTX680 it looks like Nvidia would still be my best bet and it's Nvidia that's the problem right now. Ugh... I don't know what to do.
I'd rather just keep this GTX580 but without the crashing... obviously....
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