Graphic card failure again

[De_Monty]

Well had a topic earlier about the artifacts,

 

Well bought a better card, now it works on HD but after a few minutes i get the message

 

Display driver nvlddmkm has stopped working and has succesfully recovered

 

Well i googled and see i'm not the only one with this problem, i saw a few solutions but they didn't work for me

 

 

 

What i did:

 

- re-install drivers

 

- delete old drivers

 

- changed memory clock

 

- extra cooling

 

 

 

Dxdiag specs:

 

[hide=]Time of this report: 3/5/2009, 15:27:29

 

Machine name: RHANDY-PC

 

Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.080917-1612)

 

Language: Dutch (Regional Setting: Dutch)

 

System Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INC.

 

System Model: MS-6728

 

BIOS: Version 1.00

 

Processor: Intel® Celeron® CPU 2.40GHz, ~2.4GHz

 

Memory: 2046MB RAM

 

Page File: 610MB used, 3708MB available

 

Windows Dir: C:\Windows

 

DirectX Version: DirectX 10

 

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

 

DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode

 

 

 

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DxDiag Notes

 

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Display Tab 1: No problems found.

 

Sound Tab 1: The file cmuda.sys is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.

 

Sound Tab 2: No problems found.

 

Input Tab: No problems found.

 

 

 

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6200

 

Manufacturer: NVIDIA

 

Chip type: GeForce 6200

 

DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

 

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0221&SUBSYS_A3413842&REV_A1

 

Display Memory: 616 MB

 

Dedicated Memory: 249 MB

 

Shared Memory: 367 MB

 

Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)

 

Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor

 

Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll

 

Driver Version: 7.15.0011.8208 (English)

 

DDI Version: 9Ex

 

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

 

Driver Date/Size: 2/18/2009 14:44:00, 6082560 bytes

 

WHQL Logo'd: Yes[/hide]

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone has a idea?

[MaffeDennis]

I get that too sometimes and its a problem between your graphics card and vista and i don't think they have a solution for it yet :thumbdown:

[DeeKay]

Ah. Had just this problem. It's the bound-to-fail Windows and Nvidia combination on low-end cards and laptop chips. This is what happens: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/di ... meout.mspx

 

The excuse here is that the card is stuck doing 'intensive' operations (rendering the Runescape poly-and-a-half complex models). What you can try is to set the TdrDelay registery value that's mentioned there to 8. I did it, and what I got is that the card hangs for 8 seconds, instead of 2, then the screen goes blank.

 

 

 

In any case, if you ask me the culprit is crappy drivers, although I bet Nvidia's medium and high-end (100$+ and 300$+ respectively) range of cards don't suffer from it. What I did is ditch Vista and downgrade to good old Windows XP, although the Windows 7 Beta doesn't seem to suffer from it either. These are pretty much your only options. You can try and tweak the registry even more, maybe even turning the TDR off, but I doubt that'll help.