Memeter shows usage at around 80% (around 6 out of 8GB) but the task manager and my keyboard applet says that only around 40% of RAM is being used. Also I cant get it to bluescreen now, rather the crashes simply just freeze the whole system and force me to restart
Memeter is showing around 80% usage, while task manager and my keyboard applet show around 40%, unfortunately the blue screens are not occuring (they never do when you want them to) rather the entire system is crashing, often following a few "The display driver has stopped responding and recovered" messages, forcing me to restart
EDIT - Apologies for the double post, I did not see that it went through and I am not sure how to delete, sorry!
Last edited by Contrasted; 26 Nov 2012 at 22:27. Reason: Double post
"Display driver stopped responding and now recovered" - a popup baloon from the systrey ?
Well.... is the graphics card under warranty? If so RMA it. Otherwise, try some other versions of display driver; wishfully think that any version will be able to fix it. This error is hardware error in most of the cases, and too random to replicate.
I am a victim. After trying everything at last I abandoned my earlier card.
You see the problem is, I took the card back to the supplier and have tested it in friends computers and it is certainly not faulty!
I will keep trying to replicate a BSOD, I have also posted to other forums and have tried some other fixes (possibly being caused by Avast! Antivirus), any other help would be much appreciated.
I might try plugging in my old 9800GT to see whether I can see if it is the video card causing the issues
Last edited by Contrasted; 27 Nov 2012 at 06:26. Reason: Additional Info.
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Some common instructions are:
- Update the display driver to the latest (I hope you have already done)
- Check the temperature of the card, and the system as a whole. Use Speccy. If it is hot, try additional cooling.
- Clean the inside of the computer carefully, specially the air vents and fan grills.
I have told you, this fault is too random to replicate. Avast may cause BSOD, but not this one. Not at all. I faced this issue myself. If is not BSOD, but a hardware fault in 99% of cases.
What you have planned is the best step. Try with another card, or try with onboard graphics.
For more information, see it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2665946
Yep! I will try with both my old NVIDIA 9800GT and the Onboard graphics and see if the errors still occur. Thanks for the ongoing support :)
Sorry, I have been on holidays, If i need to create a new thread I will but the problems are still occuring, here are some new dumps
Crashes still seem to be occuring with 9800GT, although they may be attributed to overheating. I will not have access to the internet for a few days (surely a fate worse than death) and will try and do some more extensive testing to see.
But to note the 7970 did work fine in a friends PC and also was tested to be operational at the retailer.
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