nv_4 disp went on a infinite loop

[riju]

I think almost everybody knows about this problem. BSOD appears saying nv4_disp went on a infinite loop. Any solution may u guys suggest?

 

[Continuity27]

Sounds more like bad programming to me, what caused this to happen? A certain game?

I'm not sure there's much you can do if its just bad programming, except stop playing or doing whatever you were doing.

Is everything else besides this application you received this in perfectly stable?

 

[cryptonomicon]

insufficient data :X :X :X

 

[riju]

ok. Here is the problem. Sometimes (while playing or not playing games) my machine crashes . A blue screen appears which tells the display driver nv_4 disp.dll has went into an infinite loop. When restarting an error message appears which says the display driver was unable to complete a drawing operation.No specific solution can be found.
I checked out some other articles(in AT)on this problem. Many people have had this problem(using both ati and nvidia cards)but none seemed to find the correct solution.

Here's a list of things i have done to resolve the problem:

1)Formatted and reinstalled windows and then updated the graphics drivers(no effect)
2)Increased my RAM(have reduced the problem considerably but not totally)
3)Decreased the max frames to render ahead from 3(default) to 2(worked while playing MANHUNT)

Any suggestions?

 

[sparkyclarky]

Try a different driver, including beta or older if needed (see guru3D for options). I've found that often the infinite loop error is driver related, although it could be other issues such as a bad PSU.

 

[NaughtyGeek]

Heat is not your friend.

 

[riju]

Naughtygeek, I dont think its a heat problem because the temp of the gfx cards reaches at most 75 C which is quite normal I suppose. Moreover I have tested at least 5 different drivers old and new, but the problem hasnt been solved till now.So any more suggestions?

 

[FlyingPenguin]

I posted this link in the thread you started in the Technical Support forum: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=4432

You really shouldn't post the same topic in multiple forums.

 

[riju]

thx a lot flyingpenguin. I downloaded the patch u referred to. Now i have to wait and see for the next few days if it has really worked. thx again