BSOD (OMFG!!!!) with Nvidia Drivers (Problem Solved, software error)

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TheRyuu

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Playing CS:S just before and maby about 20-30 minutes into in my computer froze up and I got a BSOD with the nv4 driver (or something like that). Never happened before.

I can't tell you when it started. It just did. I updated to 83.40 drivers too see if that would solve the problem and it didn't. (It actually made things worse, but not in the BSOD way, it actually caused a bug were some shadows would shimmer).

I then went back to the 82.12 which seem to be the best drivers to date. No shimmering in CS:S with these :D. Anyway, the ONLY thing I think I changed was I tried a couple of different OCing things with the CPU (and then went back to prime stable speed), changed the memory divider in the process, but then changed it back to what it was.

Then ONLY change which still is in affect RIGHT NOW is I have both 7800GT's OCed to 482/1200. Would that be the cause of my troubles? I though that only artifacts would appear with OCing GPU, not my whole computer crashing.
 
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potato28

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Have you tried everything at stock? Maybe the PSU's dieing? Find the 12v rating. Have you updated BIOS?
 
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imhungry

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I get it all the time with new drivers. Doesn't matter what card it is, or what system. Probably one of my programs.


Switch back to a 78.05 /78.01/78.03 or even 77.77 .

Performance hit and probably an unnoticable IQ hit, but it works for me. But try reverting to stock first.
 
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TheRyuu

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Originally posted by: potato28
Have you tried everything at stock? Maybe the PSU's dieing? Find the 12v rating. Have you updated BIOS?
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Quake 4 doesn't crash (not that it did) and I'll try CS:S later.

I have a seasonic S-12 600W PSU. They have some of the most stable rails you can buy. They garuntee i think 5% differece to the 12v rating. Right now it's it 11.95.

Bios is all the way up to date.

There is one thing funny though. It detected STOCK speeds as 480/1.12 on my 7800GT's while stock SHOULD BE 470/1.1 :p WTF is up with that? Not that I'm complaining, a 10mhz jump doesn't really matter, I was running them 490/1.2.
 
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TheRyuu

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Just happened again. Playing an old game, Star Trek Bridge Commander :p (hey, I thought it was a good game).

Maby I should try going to the 78.05's. Will that cause some SLI profiles, say for newer games, to go away? Or is the only downside an unnoticipal performance/IQ hit?
 
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Jaskalas

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This is why after a year and a half with my 6800GT, I grabbed the nearest ATI AGP card. Was tired of the nv4 driver rebooting my computer in DirectX 9 heavy games, or randomly by chance when alt tabbing from any other games. BSOD was sometimes caused, but usually the comp simply rebooted. The problem didn't happen before my 6800GT, and it hasn't happened since.

Although I will note I found an ATI OpenGL driver error in NWN, but least it only shut down the game, and is a problem with older software.

Oh, and no driver changes ever changed the problem.
 
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rise

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OP, your system hasn't been what i'd call a picture of stability since you built it. why not stop using beta drivers and see what happens?
 
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TheRyuu

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Well, just tried the 77.77 drivers and that crashed my system too.

Are we sure it's the video card drivers? I find it REALLY hard to believe that after trying 5 FIVE different drivers that they ALL crash my computer. I'm sure that one of them might work. I'm not blaming nvidia, they make great GPU's, however I might want to blame there driver making people who can't seem to make a driver that doesn't crash.

Any other suggestions?

Edit: This is at stock. Except CPU which is 12 hours prime stable, and doesn't crash in any other game.
 
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TheRyuu

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I think I SOLVED THE PROBLEM :D

I was running a mod on Bridge Commander (the BC Super Mod 2.0) and I then uninstalled BC, reinstalled it, applied the patch, except I didn't install the mod. And guess what, it worked. I also got it to crash without rebooting my computer so I could run it and crash it as many times as I wanted :p. I found a spot were it would ALWAYS crash, then tried it with no mods and then it worked.

I'm happy.
 
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