METRO 2033 Crash, Driver 301.42 Nvidia

[Adam23]

So today i uninstalled previous 296 drivers, and updated to the 301.42 drivers, never had a problem before, but now when i run the game or the benchmark both my screens just go black, i have to ctrl + alt + del to get back to desktop, I have tried a number of fixes, i know its not my PSU, i ran Furmark for 20 minutes a hour ago and no crashs/artifacts nothing.

Thanks guys

Ps System Specs below.

 

[M1GU31]

try rolling back drivers or uninstalling then rebooting then reinstalling.

 

[Adam23]

try rolling back drivers or uninstalling then rebooting then reinstalling.

It was working yesterday with the 301 drivers, I have a feeling it is something to do with steam, gonna try uninstalling the game, will post back if it sorted it, thanks for the reply bud

 

[Adam23]

I'm back , tried re installing the drivers, and no good, ran bf3 just fine no lag nothing, ram furmark again, thats fine too, im confused

 

[HAVOC]

Why did you install new drivers? Were you having an issue? Have you tried reinstalling 296.10 drivers?

 

[Adam23]

Why did you install new drivers? Were you having an issue? Have you tried reinstalling 296.10 drivers?

It ran fine yesterday on the 301 drivers, I'm going to try the 296 drivers now, an will report back.

 

[Adam23]

I ran Phyxion Driver Sweeper as recommended by someone from these forums, and re-installed 296.10, BF3 does seem so much smoother constant 61fps with everything on ultra and v-sync on, but Metro still don't want to load, it's weird.

 

[M1GU31]

That's odd,do you get any error messages when launching metro?

 

[Adam23]

That's odd,do you get any error messages when launching metro?

Nope no error, no sound nothing, this is the only game it occurs on, I found out today one of my Ram Modules had failed and kept giving me BSOD, so I thought it could be that, but nope, still the same, I even tried verifying the Cache on steam but nothing, apparently its a common fault with Metro.

I have tried a load of stress tests to make sure its not my Hardware, Furmark, OCCT, Prime95, Kombuster, Linx, 3DMark11, MemtestCL

and everything came back absolutely fine, I'm confused lol.

 

[M1GU31]

Have you tried going to the main directory were metro is installed and launching from the metro2033.exe instead of launching through steam to see if it will launch like this or not?

 

[Adam23]

Have you tried going to the main directory were metro is installed and launching from the metro2033.exe instead of launching through steam to see if it will launch like this or not?

Yes mate, steam/steamapps/common/metro2033/metro2033 and metro 2033 benchmark

 

[M1GU31]

So launching directly the game launches yes or no?

 

[Adam23]

No mate don't work, I have uninstalled it, just re-installing now will post back when it has downloaded, thank you for you're help and time.

 

[Adam23]

Ok I have re-installed it, now it comes up with a Black screen saying "Metro 2033 executable has stopped working"

 

[sygnus21]

Try restarting Steam.

 

[Adam23]

Try restarting Steam.

Tried restarting Steam and my Pc tried re-installing Steam, I'm looking on Google at the moment to see if there is a patch, if I manage to fix it, I will post back and tell You incase another person has the same issue.

 

[sygnus21]

Try restarting Steam.

Tried restarting Steam and my Pc tried re-installing Steam, I'm looking on Google at the moment to see if there is a patch, if I manage to fix it, I will post back and tell You incase another person has the same issue.

Really there's no need Googling for a patch. If Steam is asking to be reinstalled, let it. To me it sounds like something happened to Steam to cause it to need to be reinstalled.

Also, there's no need looking for a game patch because Steam installs all game related patches itself with regards to Steam based games - in short, if the game is on Steam, the patch will have to come through Steam - meaning you can't install a non-steam patch to a steam game.

Bottom line, just let Steam reinstall itself.

Good luck.

 

[Adam23]

Sorry i miss typed, i ment i have restarted Steam and my pc, and i have also reinstalled steam to no avail, sorry about that

 

[Adam23]

Hey Sygnus21 I got the Metro2033 Benchmark/Game working. I used Phyxion Driver Sweeper has recommended by a Fellow Member of the Seven Forums, and while uninstalling the 296 driver and restarting i got a BSOD i believe because of the driver, i re-installed the 301.42 driver and ram Memtest86+ just to make sure ram was fine, and furmark, OCCT and everything came back fine on the Hardware side of things, so my next question, can a driver cause BSOD?

 

[sygnus21]

Yes, a driver can cause a BSOD. As for other suggestions, have a look at my guide, it gives a few things to look at.

Tips on Troubleshooting Game Issues

Peace