Driver issues

[Mrvile]

I'm having problems with the current drivers (I know it's the drivers, not heat, trust me). I'm getting funny green pixels on my desktop while running 32-bit colors (on 16-bit everything's fine). However, when I uninstall the drivers, it runs 32-bit any resolution perfectly. Could using beta drivers fix this? Or any other tips? Thanks.

 

[theMan]

weird, that didnt happen for me. im running 77.30 right now so i could play the BF2 demo, and its also fine. uninstall the drivers, and then use Driver Cleaner to remove the rest of them (do this all in safemode). then try reinstalling them. has this happened the whole time you've had 71.89? or did it just suddenly happen?

 

[xtknight]

How many posts must you make about this? I've seen at least three threads describing the problem. Your card is busted. RMA it! It doesn't have to be heat. Heat damaged the GPU earlier, and now even though its cool, being cold doesn't fix it...

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: xtknight
How many posts must you make about this? I've seen at least three threads describing the problem. Your card is busted. RMA it! It doesn't have to be heat. Heat damaged the GPU earlier, and now even though its cool, being cold doesn't fix it...

Well XTKnight, according to BFG the card is fine, it's the drivers. And I know it's not heat because first of all, my GPU core is probably cooler than most peoples', and secondly the problem doesn't arise when I don't have the drivers installed. I can run whatever I want without the drivers installed, but when I install them the problem appears.

Theman, I don't know what it is because the problem suddenly came up, and even after reformatting the computer the problem hangs around. I'll try using Driver Cleaner to see what happens.

 

[xtknight]

OK well you always have some drivers installed. By "not the drivers", do you mean an older NVIDIA driver is fine, or are you talking about the original Microsoft reference driver?

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: xtknight
OK well you always have some drivers installed. By "not the drivers", do you mean an older NVIDIA driver is fine, or are you talking about the original Microsoft reference driver?

Microsoft reference drivers.

Anyway I can't believe what just happened. Data corruption. Windows can't boot.

Haha, this is my luck. Six months into my comp and the thing borks out. I'm currently running Memtest86 to see if it's the ram (probably is). Do you think if the ram was borked it could be causing those video problems?

 

[BFG10K]

according to BFG the card is fine

How exactly would they know that given you never told them about your warranty violations?

I'm currently running Memtest86 to see if it's the ram (probably is).

Yup, it's got to be something other than your overclocking and/or replacement cooler. :roll:

 

[speedstream5621]

It is your video card. If reformatting didn't fix it...Driver Cleaner sure isn't going to make it any better.

Data corruption, huh? What did you do? Install/Uninstall a gazillion driver sets trying to find one that works?

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: speedstream5621
It is your video card. If reformatting didn't fix it...Driver Cleaner sure isn't going to make it any better.

Data corruption, huh? What did you do? Install/Uninstall a gazillion driver sets trying to find one that works?

...no I only tried the 71.89s...

So what you guys are saying is that even if the video card runs fine until I install the drivers, and runs fine after I uninstall them, it could still be the video card?

 

[cownipples]

If you reformated the HD did you reinstall the mb drivers, either nforce or via? if not look for the most updated mb drivers then reinstall the video card drivers!

 

[speedstream5621]

Yes, because the generic Windows driver puts zero stress on the card. Once you go to 32-bit, you see problems.

What did you do to your card before this happened?

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: speedstream5621
Yes, because the generic Windows driver puts zero stress on the card. Once you go to 32-bit, you see problems.

What did you do to your card before this happened?

Other than having it OC'd to 400/1100 for the past 4 or 5 months and having the NV5 on it for about the same amount of time, nothing really. I did play CS a lot though?

EDIT: Oh and the Windows reference drivers do have a 32-bit option, which runs fine...

 

[Mrvile]

Hmm funny. I installed the 66.93 drivers and everything is currently running smooth.