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Old 10-08-2006
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Windows Vista, Display Driver

Please help, this problem has happened from build 5600, 5728, 5744. I am currently running 5744. When ever I play a game, at random times it seems, my entire computer will freeze for about 30 seconds, then my keyboard will start working, followed shortly by sound. About 10-15 seconds after video returns, I lagg for a few seconds as it catches up, then it goes normal again. After I quit the game, there is a little popup saying Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered.
PLease, help me stop this!
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Old 10-09-2006
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Try updating your driver (make sure it is Vista compatible).
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Old 10-09-2006
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I am running the latest drivers, 96.33 I think it is. These where made specifically for Vista.
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Old 10-10-2006
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You are SOL then. Its still beta so you are going to run into problems. Is it giving you the option to report this problem? If you are running the 32bit version you could try another driver. If you are running the 64bit I think you can only use onces that passed Microsoft's driver certification.
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Old 10-10-2006
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maybe 96.77 is the latest drivers....

look for it and try
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Old 10-10-2006
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Originally Posted by SNGX1275
You are SOL then. Its still beta so you are going to run into problems. Is it giving you the option to report this problem? If you are running the 32bit version you could try another driver. If you are running the 64bit I think you can only use onces that passed Microsoft's driver certification.
I am running 32 bit, and it is in RC, RC2 actually. This is as close to the real thing as you can get, if it doesn't work now, it likely wont work on the real one.
I tried rolling back the the Microsoft certified Vista Nvidia Drivers, but they did the same thing.
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Old 10-10-2006
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maybe 96.77 is the latest drivers....

look for it and try
Where did you find these? I cannot find them anywhere...
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Old 10-10-2006
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Where did you find these? I cannot find them anywhere...
it seems that the default display drivers in 5744 is 96.77,but NVIDIA compangy never issued.

did u check it and make sure that display driver in ur computer is 96.33?
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Old 10-10-2006
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96.33 is the latest from Nvidia, the stock ones on Vista are 8 something I think. I atleast know the stock ones are not 9x.xx