I am pretty sure I am having issues with my video card. I have a EVGA 8800 GTS 640-P2-N825-AR. Here’s my symptoms, I often find when I ever run multiple programs at once (ex: Firefox, AIM, Winamp, Word), my video on whatever display I am actively using (I run dual monitors) stops refreshing. To get the display to refresh I have to grab an open window from the other display and drag it across the screen and where ever I drag it, that part of the display will refresh and it will be fine for a while (say 15-20 min) and then it will happen again. If the problem occurs it happens over and over, but if it doesn’t occur I can run for multiple hours without an issue. I have not noticed if it happens with a specific program, but that does not appear to be the case, because it occasionally happens when I start my computer (after logging in). The can error happen on either display.
I also have issues where occasionally my secondary display stops outputting video, and my primary display changes the resolution down to 800x600 with 16 bit colors, and gives me an error that the video device driver has stopped responding, and to restart to fix the display and I will be allowed upload the error to NVidia. That is not a direct quote of the error, but pretty close.
At first I thought it might be malware, so I ran HiJackthis, and nothing out of the ordinary was in there. Next I ran my antivirus (AVG) and a couple spyware programs (Spy-bot, Ad-Aware) in safe mode. When those came up with nothing, I ran Panda Active scan (in safe mode as well) again it nothing.
Next I went into safe mode uninstalled my video driver, shut down the system, removed and reseated the video card and then reinstalled the newest driver from NVidia. After a week or so of the same thing, I tried an older driver, but still no go.
That is when I figured it was either Windows XP or hardware. I ran Memtest86 for 24 hours and it completed 10 scans of my memory with no errors. I ran check disk on all partitions, and no errors were found.
I am running a dual boot Windows XP Pro SP2/Windows Vista Business x64. All of these errors occurred while in Windows XP, so I instead started running Vista. I have not gotten the display stop error, but I am getting the same error where a display will stop refreshing. Any idea’s on this issue? Some people suggested it might be inadequate power, but I am running a PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750 Quad , that is not to say that the power supply is perfect, but if it is working, I should be ok. I was looking at a forum from another site that said I should try under clocking my GPU to see if the errors stop. I have not tried that yet.
I am almost positive it is not a heat issue, as I have 3 120mm fans and a 200mm fan (Antec Nine Hundred case), and all air from the exhausts is cool. I have also checked the temps for each sector monitored and all are below 35C. Although I do not have a monitor on the GPU.
My System specs are as follows:
• Intel Core 2 Quad 6700 (not overclocked)
• ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX
• ZALMAN CNPS9700 Heatsink
• Antec Nine Hundred Case
• 2 SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD SATA Model SH-S183L
• 2 SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA in Raid 0 (these are partitioned into many partitions [music/movies/pictures/etc,] but all are in NTFS)
• CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Model TWIN2X2048-8500C5
• PC Power & Cooling S75QB EPS12V 750W Power Supply – Retail
• Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case – Retail
• Dual Boot Windows XP Pro SP2/Windows Vista Business x64
• EVGA 8800GTS 640-P2-N825-AR
• I am running two (22" Widescreen Monitor Monitors Modle LCM-22w2) both running at 1680x1050
I also have issues where occasionally my secondary display stops outputting video, and my primary display changes the resolution down to 800x600 with 16 bit colors, and gives me an error that the video device driver has stopped responding, and to restart to fix the display and I will be allowed upload the error to NVidia. That is not a direct quote of the error, but pretty close.
At first I thought it might be malware, so I ran HiJackthis, and nothing out of the ordinary was in there. Next I ran my antivirus (AVG) and a couple spyware programs (Spy-bot, Ad-Aware) in safe mode. When those came up with nothing, I ran Panda Active scan (in safe mode as well) again it nothing.
Next I went into safe mode uninstalled my video driver, shut down the system, removed and reseated the video card and then reinstalled the newest driver from NVidia. After a week or so of the same thing, I tried an older driver, but still no go.
That is when I figured it was either Windows XP or hardware. I ran Memtest86 for 24 hours and it completed 10 scans of my memory with no errors. I ran check disk on all partitions, and no errors were found.
I am running a dual boot Windows XP Pro SP2/Windows Vista Business x64. All of these errors occurred while in Windows XP, so I instead started running Vista. I have not gotten the display stop error, but I am getting the same error where a display will stop refreshing. Any idea’s on this issue? Some people suggested it might be inadequate power, but I am running a PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750 Quad , that is not to say that the power supply is perfect, but if it is working, I should be ok. I was looking at a forum from another site that said I should try under clocking my GPU to see if the errors stop. I have not tried that yet.
I am almost positive it is not a heat issue, as I have 3 120mm fans and a 200mm fan (Antec Nine Hundred case), and all air from the exhausts is cool. I have also checked the temps for each sector monitored and all are below 35C. Although I do not have a monitor on the GPU.
My System specs are as follows:
• Intel Core 2 Quad 6700 (not overclocked)
• ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX
• ZALMAN CNPS9700 Heatsink
• Antec Nine Hundred Case
• 2 SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD SATA Model SH-S183L
• 2 SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA in Raid 0 (these are partitioned into many partitions [music/movies/pictures/etc,] but all are in NTFS)
• CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Model TWIN2X2048-8500C5
• PC Power & Cooling S75QB EPS12V 750W Power Supply – Retail
• Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case – Retail
• Dual Boot Windows XP Pro SP2/Windows Vista Business x64
• EVGA 8800GTS 640-P2-N825-AR
• I am running two (22" Widescreen Monitor Monitors Modle LCM-22w2) both running at 1680x1050