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nvlddmkm.sys errors on vista home

HybridSquirrel

HybridSquirrel

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So my mom has been having problems with her pc recently. She has been getting the error listed above, which is a common thing with nvidia cards (I had it when i ran vista). She has a 7300 in her pc, so what I did was I made sure everything was seated correctly. Turns out a ram stick was loose, so I thought that fixed it. Then I noticed the BSOD, which had the error in the title. So I uninstalled all nvidia drivers and ran driver sweeper. It worked for a little but it came back, and I noticed the fan on the heatsink was not working. I pulled the card and she is using the onboard now without a hitch, but i want to throw her card back in. My question is: Is the card dead or can I get a replacement fan and have it be saved? Would heat issues be causing the BSODS? I noticed it got up to 77c just sitting idle which is when I pulled the card.
 
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I'd clean and re-seat the heatsink and then toss an 80mm fan on it and call it done.

Don't know if it'll actually fix your error... are you getting just a BSOD citing nvlddmkm.sys, or a message in Windows stating "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" followed by a BSOD?
 
Raduque said:
I'd clean and re-seat the heatsink and then toss an 80mm fan on it and call it done.

Don't know if it'll actually fix your error... are you getting just a BSOD citing nvlddmkm.sys, or a message in Windows stating "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" followed by a BSOD?
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it was a stop 0x.....116 citing the nvlddmkm.sys. I have had this before on my computer, it was a problem with nvidia drivers and vista 32bit. Wasn't sure if the heat could be causing it. The 2 yr warranty on the card ran out 3 days ago too.

I popped off the heatsink and took off all the shit that was on it and replaced it with as5 but havent gotten around to testing it oyet.
 
HybridSquirrel said:
it was a stop 0x.....116 citing the nvlddmkm.sys. I have had this before on my computer, it was a problem with nvidia drivers and vista 32bit. Wasn't sure if the heat could be causing it. The 2 yr warranty on the card ran out 3 days ago too.

I popped off the heatsink and took off all the shit that was on it and replaced it with as5 but havent gotten around to testing it oyet.
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Figures. Things always break the second the warranty expires.

And in any case, it's entirely possible heat is to blame. 77c is a bit high for an idle temp, that means under load it's probably spiking to over a hundred.
 
Raduque said:
Figures. Things always break the second the warranty expires.

And in any case, it's entirely possible heat is to blame. 77c is a bit high for an idle temp, that means under load it's probably spiking to over a hundred.
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yeah, i know it was a bit high. I just thought it auto shutdown when it got too hot, rather than throwing errors. I am looking at getting an aftermarket vga cooler, one of the cheap 12 dollar ones off newegg. Should I have any compatibility problems with those?
 
Just buy a new fanless card. 4350, 4550, 4670 whatever works your budget. Some of those you can get for $20 and at least you have a guarantee it will work.

The FSFT has some nice deals, but people mostly buy and sell the enthusiastic cards. Overall I'd say a fanless design like the ati 4350 / GT 240 is cheap and the best, will work straight into a new upgrade should it ever happen. Plus she saves some on the energy bill too even as minuscule as it gets.
 
gaidensensei said:
Just buy a new fanless card. 4350, 4550, 4670 whatever works your budget. Some of those you can get for $20 and at least you have a guarantee it will work.

The FSFT has some nice deals, but people mostly buy and sell the enthusiastic cards. Overall I'd say a fanless design like the ati 4350 / GT 240 is cheap and the best, will work straight into a new upgrade should it ever happen. Plus she saves some on the energy bill too even as minuscule as it gets.
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wow cards have gotten that cheap now? I will just recommend that too her instead...thanks
 
Yup, these are tough times man. I can build a 4gb decent mid line C2D system with $100 these days. RAM, mb, cpu, videocard (or onboard). Some parts used, some new but it'll last as long as you'd need it to.

Try the 4350 I guess, I believe they're around that price on flebay. No one (rarely anyone) sells it here.
 
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