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QuietDad Send message Joined: 2 Oct 99 Posts: 83 Credit: 28,926,603 RAC: 59 |
I have a 2.0 ghz Pentium D with 4GB ram and a a EVGA GT 520 and it's driving me nuts. Can't get a stable set up. Tons of blue screens and such. It's nothing no one else hasn't gone thru, but I can't find a post with a consensus. I'm currently running Boinc 6.10.60, nVidia driver release 296.10 and the lastest Lunatics installer (unified win32 v0.40).The operating system is Win XP, Service pack 3 with all the updates. Just wondering what anyone would change. Thanks in advance. P.S I have every release of everything so don't worry about me getting things. |
bill Send message Joined: 16 Jun 99 Posts: 861 Credit: 29,352,955 RAC: 0 |
A: How are the temps? B: How old, powerful is the power supply? |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
what is the BSOD error you are getting? have you run a prime95 to check your CPU for errors and overheating? done a memtest to check your ram? done a video stress test to make sure the GPU is working properly? and again did you check all your temps. If you haven't already get the CPUID HWmonitor, CPUz and GPUz use them when testing your System In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
QuietDad Send message Joined: 2 Oct 99 Posts: 83 Credit: 28,926,603 RAC: 59 |
TEmps are ok. PSU is a THermaltake 850W. BSOD is pointing at NV_DISP4 or computer just locks up. the nv_disp4 leads me to think is a driver release issue but I've been wrong before. HWMonitor:Systin 35c <> 35c CPUtin 42c <> 97C Auxtin 41C <> 432C GPU-Z: GPU Temp 42.0C |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
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-BeNt- Send message Joined: 17 Oct 99 Posts: 1234 Credit: 10,116,112 RAC: 0 |
Sounds to me like either the death rattle of a video card, or more than likely the power supply. It's hard to guess on things like this without being hands on with troubleshooting. The newest driver is not the issue for your BSOD. I'm running them on two separate machines just fine. Traveling through space at ~67,000mph! |
QuietDad Send message Joined: 2 Oct 99 Posts: 83 Credit: 28,926,603 RAC: 59 |
The PSU and card seem to be ok. PSU tested with a volt meter and graphics card gets a beating with kids gaming. Computer runs fine as long as Seti isn't running.Latest is I removed the card, rebooted the machine, removed the drivers thru add/remove software, deleted the directories and ran a register cleaner. re-installed the card and the 290.53 drivers, which after research gave me no troubles for a long time till Microsoft updates changed them. Computer has now gone 12 hours without crashing for the first time in a week. We shall see how it plays out. |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
NEVER EVER let M$ update Hardware drivers. NEVER!!! In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
-BeNt- Send message Joined: 17 Oct 99 Posts: 1234 Credit: 10,116,112 RAC: 0 |
Yes I believe your issue was letting MS update your gpu drivers. As said above never let that happen. ;-) If the older ones work for you stick with them. However it would be nice for you to do the same thing once again and put the newer drivers on and see if you have issues again. Traveling through space at ~67,000mph! |
QuietDad Send message Joined: 2 Oct 99 Posts: 83 Credit: 28,926,603 RAC: 59 |
I usually don't "let" Microsoft update anything but I had issues with things and after 900 changes, I just "re-installed" XP with an SP3 upgrade CD, the did the updates thru windows update but didn't really go thru them. No harm, no foul, just alot of foul words. |
Wembley Send message Joined: 16 Sep 09 Posts: 429 Credit: 1,844,293 RAC: 0 |
The nVidia driver that MS Update installs is the same WHQL driver that you get from nVidia's website. |
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