Computer crashes when playing ANY game

[zawmbee]

I'm pretty new at these forums, so sorry if I'm extra trouble.

Lately my computer has been acting up. When I try to play ANY games, eg: MineCraft, Crossfire, WoW, my computer will crash within 2 minutes. The screen will either become black and white vertical stripes across the screen, blue and white vertical stripes across the screen, a full black screen, or a full white screen.

My computer specs:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
4GB RAM
ADM Turiom(TM) II Dual-Core Mobile M520 2.30 GHz

Model:
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Any other info you need i'll be glad to try and aquire

 

[Maguscreed]

The best thing you can do is find the minidumps in c:\windows\minidump zip them and attach them to your next post. It sounds driver related.
Anyhow you can follow the instructions here, that's generally most the info we'll need.
http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-debugging/96879-blue-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html

 

[zawmbee]

Hate to sound like a noob but, I don't seem to be able to find this minidump file

EDIT: Here's that info:
Is Windows 7 . . .
- x86 (32-bit) or x64 ? 64
- the original installed OS on the system? Always Windows 7
- OEM
- What is the age of system (hardware)? Got it 2009
- What is the age of OS installation (have you re-installed the OS?) Never reinstalled it

 

[Maguscreed]

really need those minidump files try this
To ensure minidumps are enabled:

Go to Start, in the Search Box type: sysdm.cpl, press Enter.
Under the Advanced tab, click on the Startup and Recovery Settings... button.
Ensure that Automatically restart is unchecked.
Under the Write Debugging Information header
Select Small memory dump (256 kB) in the dropdown box (the 256kb varies).
Ensure that the Small Dump Directory is listed as %systemroot%\Minidump.
OK your way out.
Reboot if changes have been made.

After making those changes
The next time you crash it should create a minidump and we can go from there.

 

[zawmbee]

Done, I'll edit this post with the file after I crash my computer.

 

[zawmbee]

I manipulated the crash again, this time with vertical black and gray stripes...but
I can't find the minidump anywhere

EDIT: I searched for it in c drive and found it in my appdata...but the folder is empty

 

[Maguscreed]

Actually this looks graphics related now that you say that.
Let's boot safe mode with networking and use this tool to clean out the previous nvidia driver as well as the current nvidia control panel.
Phyxion.net - Driver Sweeper

Once that is done install the latest video driver for your graphics card.
NVIDIA DRIVERS 275.33 WHQL

 

[zawmbee]

Dang, the screen in safe mode is massive.
Anyways, How do I find the NVIDIA drivers with driversweeper and clean them?
I tried selecting all 3 NVIDIA and hit clean, but it does nothing.

 

[zawmbee]

Oh dang, now it says when I try to install that driver
NVIDIA installer cannot continue
This graphics driver could not find compatible graphics hardware

EDIT: Also when installing its putting in in a folder called "Vista 64Bit"

 

[Maguscreed]

yeah that's just support stuff.

tick the nvidia display box, click analyze then when it's done click clean.

 

[zawmbee]

yeah that's just support stuff.

tick the nvidia display box, click analyze then when it's done click clean.

I did, now it says "Do you want to reboot?" Should I reboot?

 

[Maguscreed]

yeah it's just part of the process. Though you may want to go ahead and download the newest one first so you can install immediately after rebooting.

 

[zawmbee]

I continue to get this error:

 

[Maguscreed]

Curious.
From every indication that should be the correct driver.
Will the one they supply install?
HP Pavilion dv7-1000 Entertainment Notebook PC series -  Download drivers and software - HP Business Support Center

 

[zawmbee]

Curious.
From every indication that should be the correct driver.
Will the one they supply install?
HP Pavilion dv7-1000 Entertainment Notebook PC series*-* Download drivers and software - HP Business Support Center

NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS/9600M GT Video/Graphics Driver is the one i should download, correct?

 

[zawmbee]

ANYWAYS, yes that graphics driver installed. Is there anything else I need to do?

 

[Maguscreed]

You may have a problem here, apparently hp has no newer drivers and they've done something to that machine to prevent the updated nvidia ones from installing.
You can try installing the hp utility and see if they have a update to their graphics driver hidden in the system somewhere. Apparently you are one of those cases where only the driver released by the manufacturer will work.
It kind of sucks because nvidia releases updates regularly and most the manufacturers do not.

 

[zawmbee]

You may have a problem here, apparently hp has no newer drivers and they've done something to that machine to prevent the updated nvidia ones from installing.
You can try installing the hp utility and see if they have a update to their graphics driver hidden in the system somewhere. Apparently you are one of those cases where only the driver released by the manufacturer will work.
It kind of sucks because nvidia releases updates regularly and most the manufacturers do not.

May I ask where to get the HP Utility? I googled it and it gave me no direct website

 

[Maguscreed]

oh sorry at the bottom of the same download page.
HP Pavilion dv7-1000 Entertainment Notebook PC series -  Download drivers and software - HP Business Support Center

 

[zawmbee]

Alright so I should use it to check for updated drivers?