Hi!
I have an urgent question regarding my Gainward GTX285 2048MB GPU.
Hope someone can help me!
I recently purchased a new computer, but have been having severe problems with the GPU and its drivers.
I do not believe it is a hardware issue, as the card is brand new, works as it should prior to driver installation and in Windows safe-mode,
and several softwares for testing for hardware faults all passed my system.
The problem:
In the beginning, my computer often crashed to a Blue Screen. The Blue Screen would show different STOP errors:
- STOP: 0x00000116
- STOP: 0x0000001E
- STOP: 0x000000D1
Most frequent was the 116 error. However, all errors mentioned a failure in GPU drivers, and they all pointed to an error related to the same file:
nvlddmkm.sys
Since this suggested the error was in the GPU drivers, I tried using the system without the drivers, and I have never experienced a crash when drivers are not installed.
In Windows safe-mode the computer works as it should. In normal mode Windows would automatically install it's own display drivers, and I had to delete the display drivers
from the Windows directory in order to keep the OS from installing them. Thus the computer was running without any display drivers installed, and it worked as it should.
However, whenever I tried to install different drivers downloaded from NVIDIA's website, the computer would begin crashing again.
However, over time a few things changed. First, it seems the most common Blue Screen STOP error was D1, and no longer the 116.
Second, while the computer would still crash very often, it would now simply freeze while in Windows, and display small screen artifacts all over the screen.
The aritfacts are like small, blue, diagonal lines or spots all over the screen, and I have to press the restart button.
A few D1 Blue Screens still occur.
The most common time for the computer to freeze is right after Windows has loaded the desktop after turning on the computer.
However, I have also experienced freezing while doing other things like browsing the web.
Additionally, whenever it has crashed once straight after boot-up, it usually continues doing so for quite a few restarts after that.
Some few times, it can work for hours without a single crash.
What is very interesting is that the computer NEVER has crashed while playing a game or a DVD film! It always happens right after loading desktop, or while performing mundane tasks like browsing the web, or the computer simply idling.
I have tried for a long time to resovle this issue myself, and done quite a bit of research on the internet concerning this issue.
Here's what I have tried, based on experiences from others online:
- Different drivers (Windows' own drivers, NVIDIA drivers 190.64 beta, 190.62, and an older driver I found on Gainward's website, something like 18x.xx)
- Downloading the newest drivers from NVIDIA and using the Windows CMD to manually expand the nvlddmkm.sy_ to nvlddmkm.sys in the Windows' drivers directory
- Cleaning old drivers with Driver Sweeper before each driver install
- Disabling Windows UAC
- Disabling Windows Power Options
- Updating BIOS
- I have no viruses
I also read that many people who had this problem resolved it by underclocking their GPUs, however I have not tried it.
One reason is that I do not know how to do it, and the other is that I believe it is silly to have to underclock a product in order to get it to work as it should.
Finally, I read somewhere that USB conflicts can cause problems for graphic card drivers, and that any such issues must be taken care of before driver installation.
I have been having a small USB issue. Whenever I start the computer, Windows identifies an "unknown device" and says that it has malfunctioned, and gives an error Code 43.
This also occurs when the only USB device I have plugged into my computer is my Logitech optical mouse, which is corrently identified by Windows and works as it should. I have been having some contact with ASUS about my MB about this, no luck so far.
Could this have anything to do with my GPU error?
As I understand it, this is a very common problem for many NVIDIA GPU users that has been around for a long time, and I find it strange that the ones responsible for it have not done more to offer a solution.
I am currently running Windows 7, and while I do understand that there's probably not full support and compability for this OS yet, I do not think it matters.
This is because this problem seems to occur and behave in the exact same ways on Windows Vista computers, and also the drivers are the same for the two systems.
I sincerly hope you are able to help me with my problems, as it currently renders my computer close to useless, and it seems this is far from an uncommon problem
Thanks!
My system specs:
- OS: Windows 7
- Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2
- CPU: Intel Core i7 920
- RAM: Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz 6GB CL9
- GPU: Gainward NVIDIA GTX285 2048MB
I have an urgent question regarding my Gainward GTX285 2048MB GPU.
Hope someone can help me!
I recently purchased a new computer, but have been having severe problems with the GPU and its drivers.
I do not believe it is a hardware issue, as the card is brand new, works as it should prior to driver installation and in Windows safe-mode,
and several softwares for testing for hardware faults all passed my system.
The problem:
In the beginning, my computer often crashed to a Blue Screen. The Blue Screen would show different STOP errors:
- STOP: 0x00000116
- STOP: 0x0000001E
- STOP: 0x000000D1
Most frequent was the 116 error. However, all errors mentioned a failure in GPU drivers, and they all pointed to an error related to the same file:
nvlddmkm.sys
Since this suggested the error was in the GPU drivers, I tried using the system without the drivers, and I have never experienced a crash when drivers are not installed.
In Windows safe-mode the computer works as it should. In normal mode Windows would automatically install it's own display drivers, and I had to delete the display drivers
from the Windows directory in order to keep the OS from installing them. Thus the computer was running without any display drivers installed, and it worked as it should.
However, whenever I tried to install different drivers downloaded from NVIDIA's website, the computer would begin crashing again.
However, over time a few things changed. First, it seems the most common Blue Screen STOP error was D1, and no longer the 116.
Second, while the computer would still crash very often, it would now simply freeze while in Windows, and display small screen artifacts all over the screen.
The aritfacts are like small, blue, diagonal lines or spots all over the screen, and I have to press the restart button.
A few D1 Blue Screens still occur.
The most common time for the computer to freeze is right after Windows has loaded the desktop after turning on the computer.
However, I have also experienced freezing while doing other things like browsing the web.
Additionally, whenever it has crashed once straight after boot-up, it usually continues doing so for quite a few restarts after that.
Some few times, it can work for hours without a single crash.
What is very interesting is that the computer NEVER has crashed while playing a game or a DVD film! It always happens right after loading desktop, or while performing mundane tasks like browsing the web, or the computer simply idling.
I have tried for a long time to resovle this issue myself, and done quite a bit of research on the internet concerning this issue.
Here's what I have tried, based on experiences from others online:
- Different drivers (Windows' own drivers, NVIDIA drivers 190.64 beta, 190.62, and an older driver I found on Gainward's website, something like 18x.xx)
- Downloading the newest drivers from NVIDIA and using the Windows CMD to manually expand the nvlddmkm.sy_ to nvlddmkm.sys in the Windows' drivers directory
- Cleaning old drivers with Driver Sweeper before each driver install
- Disabling Windows UAC
- Disabling Windows Power Options
- Updating BIOS
- I have no viruses
I also read that many people who had this problem resolved it by underclocking their GPUs, however I have not tried it.
One reason is that I do not know how to do it, and the other is that I believe it is silly to have to underclock a product in order to get it to work as it should.
Finally, I read somewhere that USB conflicts can cause problems for graphic card drivers, and that any such issues must be taken care of before driver installation.
I have been having a small USB issue. Whenever I start the computer, Windows identifies an "unknown device" and says that it has malfunctioned, and gives an error Code 43.
This also occurs when the only USB device I have plugged into my computer is my Logitech optical mouse, which is corrently identified by Windows and works as it should. I have been having some contact with ASUS about my MB about this, no luck so far.
Could this have anything to do with my GPU error?
As I understand it, this is a very common problem for many NVIDIA GPU users that has been around for a long time, and I find it strange that the ones responsible for it have not done more to offer a solution.
I am currently running Windows 7, and while I do understand that there's probably not full support and compability for this OS yet, I do not think it matters.
This is because this problem seems to occur and behave in the exact same ways on Windows Vista computers, and also the drivers are the same for the two systems.
I sincerly hope you are able to help me with my problems, as it currently renders my computer close to useless, and it seems this is far from an uncommon problem
Thanks!
My system specs:
- OS: Windows 7
- Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2
- CPU: Intel Core i7 920
- RAM: Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz 6GB CL9
- GPU: Gainward NVIDIA GTX285 2048MB
