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8800GTX going south?
So earlier today I was working in Blender (in windows) when artifacts start appearing all over the screen. Then it freezes for a little bit and I get a BSOD about the display driver timing out (no "display driver has stopped responding and recovered" errors!). After that, while Windows can boot up, almost immediately after logging in, I get the same BSOD. It's the same thing over and over again. Figuring it's odd driver problem, I boot into safe mode (and everything works fine here), and reinstall the drivers. But nope, same thing. Almost immediately after logging in, BSOD. So I remove absolutely all traces of Nvidia drivers on the system, and try downgrading an earlier driver version (190). Same problem. By now I've tried a ton of different Nvidia drivers (even beta ones) to no avail. However, as long as the drivers aren't running, Windows is jolly, even when not in safe mode.
What has me even more concerned now is that the Linux drivers aren't working anymore. In both OpenSUSE and Ubuntu (latest versions), almost immediately after logging in with the proprietary Nvidia drivers enabled, X11 goes down for the count (screen becomes garbled for a split second, then the monitor goes into sleep mode as if it weren't receiving any signal), and I have to use Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. However, without the Nvidia drivers enabled, everything works perfectly fine.
This has just started happening suddenly for no apparent reason... I haven't even changed any hardware or settings. What's going on here?
System Specs
VGA: Nvidia 8800GTX
Monitor: Apple Cinema Display 23"
MB: Intel D975XBX2
OS: Windows 7 x64 (RTM) / OpenSUSE 11.1 x64 / Ubuntu 9.04 x64
Browser: Opera/Firefox/Chrome/IE
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Sound: M-Audio Delta 1010LT
Memory: 4GB DDR2 800
PSU: XClio GreatPower 800W
Cooling: Xigmatek Dark Knight