Nameless707
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Hello,
Currently, I run an EVGA 8800gt graphics card in my computer. My operating system is Windows Home Premium, 64-bit. While playing World of Warcraft a few days ago, I suddenly received the error:
display drivers have stopped responding and recovered. <random stuff about the version of my drivers>
My screen began to fill with distortions and shapes and things of that nature. The colored sections of my game became extremely bright and "fuzzy".
At first, everything went back to normal, but over the next 5 minutes or so the same thing happened 2-3 more times and eventually my system froze. I hard shutdown the system and tried to play again. At first, the issues would not happen in Windows and would only occur if I tried to run WoW or the windows performance test thing. However, eventually, after enough errors, the screen distortion that is characteristic of this problem (which is apparently wide spread) would not go away. It is there 100% of the time, even in the POST screen, which leads me to believe my card has simply died. Specifically, a section of my GRAM might have failed. Basically, what my screen looks like could be described as a distorted version of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, and it is on my screen 100% of the time. Windows has permanently disabled my graphics card (Code 43), and I do not have another card around to test. Also, when I try to re-enable it and I am prompted to restart; nothing changes visually, and the card still shows up as disabled when I return to Windows.
The build is approaching two years old and although I have been plagued with RAM issues this is the first time I have had display issues. I immediately googled for possible solutions to the problem because it kept occurring. I have tried the following solutions:
re-installing the drivers
reverting to older driver versions
reformatting
deleting the entire partition and then reformatting (the fact that old files are retained when i reinstall had me questioning whether or not its even worth it to reinstall for reasons such as this)
removing the card itself and cleaning it (these cards are notorious for running hot and i immediately noticed it when i removed it for cleaning)
loading fail safe BIOS settings
system restore (before reformatting the first time)
Barring hardware failure, I am completely at a loss as to what might have happened to where the things I have done wouldn't repair the problem. I have no problem buying a new card, however I would be very upset if I went out of my way to purchase a new one and then install it and see the same problems. If anyone could shed some light on how I could isolate my problem I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
Currently, I run an EVGA 8800gt graphics card in my computer. My operating system is Windows Home Premium, 64-bit. While playing World of Warcraft a few days ago, I suddenly received the error:
display drivers have stopped responding and recovered. <random stuff about the version of my drivers>
My screen began to fill with distortions and shapes and things of that nature. The colored sections of my game became extremely bright and "fuzzy".
At first, everything went back to normal, but over the next 5 minutes or so the same thing happened 2-3 more times and eventually my system froze. I hard shutdown the system and tried to play again. At first, the issues would not happen in Windows and would only occur if I tried to run WoW or the windows performance test thing. However, eventually, after enough errors, the screen distortion that is characteristic of this problem (which is apparently wide spread) would not go away. It is there 100% of the time, even in the POST screen, which leads me to believe my card has simply died. Specifically, a section of my GRAM might have failed. Basically, what my screen looks like could be described as a distorted version of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, and it is on my screen 100% of the time. Windows has permanently disabled my graphics card (Code 43), and I do not have another card around to test. Also, when I try to re-enable it and I am prompted to restart; nothing changes visually, and the card still shows up as disabled when I return to Windows.
The build is approaching two years old and although I have been plagued with RAM issues this is the first time I have had display issues. I immediately googled for possible solutions to the problem because it kept occurring. I have tried the following solutions:
re-installing the drivers
reverting to older driver versions
reformatting
deleting the entire partition and then reformatting (the fact that old files are retained when i reinstall had me questioning whether or not its even worth it to reinstall for reasons such as this)
removing the card itself and cleaning it (these cards are notorious for running hot and i immediately noticed it when i removed it for cleaning)
loading fail safe BIOS settings
system restore (before reformatting the first time)
Barring hardware failure, I am completely at a loss as to what might have happened to where the things I have done wouldn't repair the problem. I have no problem buying a new card, however I would be very upset if I went out of my way to purchase a new one and then install it and see the same problems. If anyone could shed some light on how I could isolate my problem I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
My Computer
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 bit
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale @ 3.0GHz
- Motherboard
- GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel
- Memory
- Kingston240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800 GT
- Sound Card
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE
- Hard Drives
- Western Digital Caviar 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5
- PSU
- CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX 620W
- Case
- LIAN LI PC-60BPLUSII W Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower
- Other Info
- SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache PATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe LightScribe Support
