Edlismange
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I've been having a strange problem in which when I run a game (any game) i start to get graphical glitches (flashing textures, coloured dots appearing randomly etc). These build up and eventually the game freezes, the sound loops and if i wait even longer the computer restarts itself. It says on the next startup that the problem was something to do with the nvidia display driver.
However, I've tried installing older drivers, newer drivers (using driver cleaner etc aswell) but there has been no change. I know that when i reformat windows the problem goes away for a while but comes back.
here is the small error message i get on startup:
szAppName : Drivers.Display szAppVer : 10DE0045A1020410DE
szModName : nv4_disp.dll szModVer : 6.14.10.7772 Offset : F8A006E
And here is the watchdog log file (ive written more underneith)
//
// Watchdog Event Log File
//
LogType: Watchdog
Created: 2005-07-18 20:59:41
TimeZone: 0 - GMT Standard Time
WindowsVersion: XP
EventType: 0xEA - Thread Stuck in Device Driver
//
// The driver for the display device got stuck in an infinite loop. This
// usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device
// driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your
// display device vendor for any driver updates.
//
EaRecovery: 1
ShutdownCount: 165
Shutdown: 0
EventCount: 5
BreakCount: 5
BugcheckTriggered: 1
DebuggerNotPresent: 1
DriverName: nv4_disp
EventFlag: 1
DeviceClass: Display
DeviceDescription: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
HardwareID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0045&SUBSYS_020410DE&REV_A1
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
DriverFixedFileInfo: FEEF04BD 00010000 0006000E 000A1E5C 0006000E 000A1E5C 0000003F 00000008 00040004 00000003 00000004 00000000 00000000
DriverCompanyName: NVIDIA Corporation
DriverFileDescription: NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 77.72
DriverFileVersion: 6.14.10.7772
DriverInternalName: nv4_disp.dll
DriverLegalCopyright: (C) NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
DriverOriginalFilename: nv4_disp.dll
DriverProductName: NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 77.72
DriverProductVersion: 6.14.10.7772
Is my graphics card bust? I used to overclock it slightly, but not much and not for long. Using powerstrip.
I was having serious cpu overheating problems before hand aswell, (like 90 degrees Celsius) but i recently got a new heatsink and that cooled right down, and that solved the glitch/crash problem aswell but only for a while.
I used to overclock my processor aswell, possibly quite violently.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
oh, i forgot
Geforce 6800 gt (fairly new)
Audigy 2 zs (fairly new)
Athlon xp 2600 +
768 mb RAM
asus a7v8x-x motherboard
However, I've tried installing older drivers, newer drivers (using driver cleaner etc aswell) but there has been no change. I know that when i reformat windows the problem goes away for a while but comes back.
here is the small error message i get on startup:
szAppName : Drivers.Display szAppVer : 10DE0045A1020410DE
szModName : nv4_disp.dll szModVer : 6.14.10.7772 Offset : F8A006E
And here is the watchdog log file (ive written more underneith)
//
// Watchdog Event Log File
//
LogType: Watchdog
Created: 2005-07-18 20:59:41
TimeZone: 0 - GMT Standard Time
WindowsVersion: XP
EventType: 0xEA - Thread Stuck in Device Driver
//
// The driver for the display device got stuck in an infinite loop. This
// usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device
// driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your
// display device vendor for any driver updates.
//
EaRecovery: 1
ShutdownCount: 165
Shutdown: 0
EventCount: 5
BreakCount: 5
BugcheckTriggered: 1
DebuggerNotPresent: 1
DriverName: nv4_disp
EventFlag: 1
DeviceClass: Display
DeviceDescription: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
HardwareID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0045&SUBSYS_020410DE&REV_A1
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
DriverFixedFileInfo: FEEF04BD 00010000 0006000E 000A1E5C 0006000E 000A1E5C 0000003F 00000008 00040004 00000003 00000004 00000000 00000000
DriverCompanyName: NVIDIA Corporation
DriverFileDescription: NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 77.72
DriverFileVersion: 6.14.10.7772
DriverInternalName: nv4_disp.dll
DriverLegalCopyright: (C) NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
DriverOriginalFilename: nv4_disp.dll
DriverProductName: NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 77.72
DriverProductVersion: 6.14.10.7772
Is my graphics card bust? I used to overclock it slightly, but not much and not for long. Using powerstrip.
I was having serious cpu overheating problems before hand aswell, (like 90 degrees Celsius) but i recently got a new heatsink and that cooled right down, and that solved the glitch/crash problem aswell but only for a while.
I used to overclock my processor aswell, possibly quite violently.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
oh, i forgot
Geforce 6800 gt (fairly new)
Audigy 2 zs (fairly new)
Athlon xp 2600 +
768 mb RAM
asus a7v8x-x motherboard