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Serious OpenGL Driver Issues

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  • OpenGL
  • Driver Failure
  • Graphics
  • Displays
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November 18, 2013 10:00:25 AM

Hi everyone, relative newbie for what I'm encountering, which needs to be sorted ASAP!

My problem is that I am experiencing OpenGL Driver crashes, which occur randomly. These crashes appear not only during heavy gaming and rendering, but also when the computer has nothing open, and is on the desktop. After a screen blackout/programs closing (and consequently loosing unsaved work!) I am confronted with this message:

'Display driver stopped responding and has recovered

Display driver NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 331.65 stopped responding and has successfully recovered.'

Alongside other messages; OpenGL Driver lost connection with display driver; error codes 3 and 7.

Initially I thought it would be a problem with the GPU, which after sending it back to the supplier for rigorous testing, and £30 down the drain, it came back not faulty.
I have been in contact with NVIDIA customer care, who have suggested I run tests on my Memory and CPU, but I am unable to work out how to do the memory test (using memtest86; www.memtest86.com), and the CPU test they suggested (Prime95; www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm) apparently takes a month to complete?!?!

I was just wondering if any bright minds out there have any clue what's going on, and could help?!

I have experienced this problem on various graphic drivers, even after clean installs. I have also begun experiencing system freezes and the start-up getting no further than the BIOS option.

PLEASE HELP!

Many thanks

GPU: ASUS GTX760
CPU: i7 4770
RAM: Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 Vengeance 16GB
MB: ASUS Z87-Pro

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November 18, 2013 10:27:06 AM

Are you overclocking anything (CPU, GPU, memory)? If so, does this happen at stock speeds?

Also, what are your CPU and GPU idle and loaded operating temperatures?

Go here and get this version of memtest. Burn the ISO to CD and then boot from CD. The test will launch automatically and check your memory out for you. It won't take too long, but will take some time. Just let it run.

http://www.memtest.org/
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November 18, 2013 10:30:47 AM

COLGeek said:
Are you overclocking anything (CPU, GPU, memory)? If so, does this happen at stock speeds?

Also, what are your CPU and GPU idle and loaded operating temperatures?

Go here and get this version of memtest. Burn the ISO to CD and then boot from CD. The test will launch automatically and check your memory out for you. It won't take too long, but will take some time. Just let it run.

http://www.memtest.org/


How would I go about finding these temperatures? I ran Furmark myself before sending the GPU off, and remember it maxed out at 65 degrees mid test.. before it crashed haha

and thanks, I'll get onto that
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November 18, 2013 10:34:29 AM

Install hwmonitor and run it. Get it here: www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

The free version is fine. Let the application run in the background while using the system.

Are you overclocking anything?
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November 18, 2013 10:39:46 AM

COLGeek said:
Install hwmonitor and run it. Get it here: www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

The free version is fine. Let the application run in the background while using the system.

Are you overclocking anything?


Okay thanks, and no I'm not, which is the worrying thing
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November 18, 2013 10:51:41 AM

As an experiment, I would set your main memory to operate at 1600 or 1333 and not the rated 1866 to see if the system stablizes.

Also, you should go to the following link and run the update tool to ensure all of your Intel drivers (particularly your chipset drivers) are up to date:

http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect
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November 18, 2013 11:24:02 AM

COLGeek said:
As an experiment, I would set your main memory to operate at 1600 or 1333 and not the rated 1866 to see if the system stablizes.

Also, you should go to the following link and run the update tool to ensure all of your Intel drivers (particularly your chipset drivers) are up to date:

http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect


How would I set the memory to run at 1600?
Also, the chipset driver states that "the version is valid" and doesn't give me any options to install newer drivers, so all is good on that front?
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November 18, 2013 12:24:12 PM

That should be good (regarding the driver). You change the memory speed settings in your BIOS when you first power the system on. Look for the memory settings. If you have XMP profiles enabled, there should be some options to select to operate at slower speeds. You may need to consult your motherboard manual.
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