Instability with Win 7 x64 + nVidia drivers (9600M GT)  

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  1. Posts : 26
    Windows 7 x64
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       #11

    thefabe said:
    I'm going to ask this mostly our of curiousity. What temps are you seeing? Thanks Fabe
    Right now? On idle:

    • CPU: 42C/50C (min/max)
    • GPU: 51C/55C (min/max)


    Benchmarking with FurMark, GPU can reach up to 75C.
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  2. Posts : 2,685
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64
       #12

    I would better money on this being a hardware fault. Flash the BIOS from HP's site, then try uninstalling and reinstalling the ACPI driver. If that doesn't work, send it back to HP - this is probably a motherboard fault.
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  3. Posts : 26
    Windows 7 x64
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       #13

    Frostmourne said:
    I would better money on this being a hardware fault. Flash the BIOS from HP's site, then try uninstalling and reinstalling the ACPI driver. If that doesn't work, send it back to HP - this is probably a motherboard fault.
    Actually, I can't rely directly on HP Support, since this laptop is not supported by HP Brazil.

    I'm not an expert, but could this really be a faulty hardware? I mean, even if it was, shouldn't I be getting BSODs and things like that? And how do I exactly reinstall the ACPI drivers?
    Last edited by phmoschetta; 21 Feb 2010 at 20:56.
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  4. Posts : 2,685
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64
       #14

    Right click the ACPI entry in device manager select uninstall and reboot. Things may slow down create a restore point before hand. This points to hardware, programs do not randomly crash, especially after fresh 7 installs.
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  5. Posts : 26
    Windows 7 x64
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       #15

    Frostmourne said:
    Right click the ACPI entry in device manager select uninstall and reboot. Things may slow down create a restore point before hand. This points to hardware, programs do not randomly crash, especially after fresh 7 installs.
    There are many "ACPI" entries in the Device Manager. I can't find a guide for uninstalling it.

    Under "Computer":

    • ACPI x64-based PC (this one has any "Uninstall" option greyed-out)

    Under "System devices":

    • ACPI Fan
    • ACPI Fixed Feature Button
    • ACPI Lid
    • ACPI Power Button
    • ACPI Sleep Button
    • ACPI Thermal Zone
    • Microsoft ACPI-Compilant Embedded Controller
    • Microsoft ACPI-Compilant System
    • Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI
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  6. BWK
    Posts : 177
    win7 ultimate x64
       #16

    Just a question for ya... did you have them(Nvidia) choose your driver or did you put in your card specs and d/l yourself? If so did you happen to choose 32bit instead of 64bit?
    MSI Afterburner <---- get this and post a pic of your settings and temps. are you overclocking at all?
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  7. Posts : 26
    Windows 7 x64
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       #17

    BWK said:
    Just a question for ya... did you have them(Nvidia) choose your driver or did you put in your card specs and d/l yourself? If so did you happen to choose 32bit instead of 64bit?
    MSI Afterburner <---- get this and post a pic of your settings and temps. are you overclocking at all?
    Nope, I've always downloaded the 64-bit versions of all driver versions I've tested, from nVidia's website and from LaptopVideo2Go.com. I never overclocked anything.

    Firefox keeps crashing, and I've noticed that the bigger responsible for this is Flash Player.
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  8. BWK
    Posts : 177
    win7 ultimate x64
       #18

    Does your video have a fan on it...If so using the bottom control in afterburner, click it from auto then turn it up into the 60+ range and see if more air helps.
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  9. BWK
    Posts : 177
    win7 ultimate x64
       #19

    With all your driver updating you don't happen to have an Nvidia 3d vision plug-in enabled in FF?

    Also have you updated Flash itself? to 10? The plug-in and all?
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  10. Posts : 26
    Windows 7 x64
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       #20

    BWK said:
    Does your video have a fan on it...If so using the bottom control in afterburner, click it from auto then turn it up into the 60+ range and see if more air helps.
    BWK said:
    With all your driver updating you don't happen to have an Nvidia 3d vision plug-in enabled in FF?

    Also have you updated Flash itself? to 10? The plug-in and all?
    I don't think there is a dedicated fan to the GPU itself, so the "Auto" button is greyed-out. I have the latest version of the Flash Player 10 plug-in. I also tried using version 9 and beta version 10.1.

    Here's the thread I started @ Adobe Forums a few weeks ago: "http://forums.adobe.com/message/2607583".
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