Hey all,
New user, long time reader of such forums I suppose.
I'm at the end of my tether, having read all the various problems of the 8800 GT series cards, I've still found no solution.
Here's my system specs.
The machine is brand new; literally a day old. Clean install of windows.
ASUS Formula Striker II Mainboard
Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 2.40 Ghz Processor
3GB of DDR3 RAM (Generic)
Windows XP 32Bit
ASUS nVidia GeForce 8800 GT 1GB Graphics Card
3x 300GB Seagate SATA HDDs
Thermaltake Soprano VB1000BW Case (mentioned for cooling reasons - it has a billion fans...)
Latest BIOS drivers installed.
One of two things happens.
1) System at idle; using Firefox, MS Word... etc. System freezes, then all windows disappear bringing me back to just the desktop (sans icons, taskbar, etc - just the background wallpaper). System is now unresponsive; Ctrl+Alt+Del is slow (Task manager MAY appear after anything up to two minutes...)
The system may then dump to a BSoD indicating that n4_disp.dll (display driver?) has failed.
Restart system... rinse, repeat.
2) Running a 3D application (Maya, any games such as Supreme Commander, Call of Duty 4 or Company of Heroes) - the application suddenly freezes and shows coloured artifacts which "blow out" over several seconds. Screen goes black shortly after, and the system restarts...
Guys, I've tried everything - I've tried using just the default drivers that come with the card, I have tried the latest drivers from nVidia's website, and it gives me the same problem. This wouldn't be so frustrating if this was the only problem, but the fact it took me three days to work out just WHAT was wrong with my last machine to necessitate a new one is just testing my patience.
Any help would be hugely appreciated.
New user, long time reader of such forums I suppose.
I'm at the end of my tether, having read all the various problems of the 8800 GT series cards, I've still found no solution.
Here's my system specs.
The machine is brand new; literally a day old. Clean install of windows.
ASUS Formula Striker II Mainboard
Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 2.40 Ghz Processor
3GB of DDR3 RAM (Generic)
Windows XP 32Bit
ASUS nVidia GeForce 8800 GT 1GB Graphics Card
3x 300GB Seagate SATA HDDs
Thermaltake Soprano VB1000BW Case (mentioned for cooling reasons - it has a billion fans...)
Latest BIOS drivers installed.
One of two things happens.
1) System at idle; using Firefox, MS Word... etc. System freezes, then all windows disappear bringing me back to just the desktop (sans icons, taskbar, etc - just the background wallpaper). System is now unresponsive; Ctrl+Alt+Del is slow (Task manager MAY appear after anything up to two minutes...)
The system may then dump to a BSoD indicating that n4_disp.dll (display driver?) has failed.
Restart system... rinse, repeat.
2) Running a 3D application (Maya, any games such as Supreme Commander, Call of Duty 4 or Company of Heroes) - the application suddenly freezes and shows coloured artifacts which "blow out" over several seconds. Screen goes black shortly after, and the system restarts...
Guys, I've tried everything - I've tried using just the default drivers that come with the card, I have tried the latest drivers from nVidia's website, and it gives me the same problem. This wouldn't be so frustrating if this was the only problem, but the fact it took me three days to work out just WHAT was wrong with my last machine to necessitate a new one is just testing my patience.
Any help would be hugely appreciated.
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