Nvidia driver crashed and recovered, dumping memory

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Hello.
The problem with my computer started a few weeks ago. When I am playing a game, after 5-10 minutes it crashes, and a notification appears "Nvidia driver crasked and recovered". Sometimes it appears a black screen, so I have to restart my pc with the button. And sometimes a blue screen appears and it says memory dump. I thought that my graphic card is going above max temperature, but it goes at maximum 65 C. Also my computer cant turn on what I put the both sticks of ram, so I removed 1 of the sticks.

PC SPECS:
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E4600 2.40 GHz 2.40 GHz
RAM: 2 GB (because I removed the stick with 1 GB ram, I had 3GB with it)
Graphic Card: NVidia GeForce 210
OS: Windows 7 32bit
 
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Did the nVidia test find any problems?

Have any of these actions fixed your problem?

If not - Try a different graphics card in your pc. Try your graphics card in another pc.


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There's a fair chance that the hot cpu is causing the error.

Blow out the case - especially fans, filters and coolers.

Make sure your cpu is not overclocked.

Jack up the cpu fan rpm Then try again. If the cpu is still getting to over 50C, then -

Re-seat the cpu cooler - remove it and clean off the old thermal paste with isopropyl alcohol from the cpu and cooler. then put a pea size drop of Arctic Silver 5 paste on the cpu and put the cooler back on. Then try again. If the cpu temp is over 45C on idle then -

Get anew 'custom' cpu cooler eg Coolermaster Hyper 212 evo and fit it.
 
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I just had a very similar issue on my primary system. It started about 2 months ago, and was completely random. (this is always a good indicator of power or memory issues) Memtest, Prime95, Furmark, rolled back drivers, etc... It would pass every test/check I could think of. Read logs, poked, cleaned, reseated, etc... Every time I thought that I had fixed the problem, I'd play some random game a day later or a few hours later, and it would hard lock on me again. Usually with a solid color on screen and a tone from the game I was attempting to play coming out of the speakers. I'd reset and it would immediately restart and run normal. Ended up swapping the graphics card, yep fixed the issue. After the card swap, I didn't even reinstall fresh drivers, the current (latest from Nvidia.com) drivers loaded just fine. So far 2 weeks later, and still no issue at all. I've even attempted to force it to crash, system seems solid. Only change from the last 5 crashes and now is the swap of the graphics card. My guess is that the graphics card had bad memory.

P.S. was an EVGA 660ti
 
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Try a different graphics card in your pc. Try your graphics card in another pc.

If your card is OK -

Download and install Driver Sweeper

Download the most recent software\driver for your NVIDIA

Uninstall nvidia software\driver,restart in safe mode,run driver sweeper,choose only NVIDIA-Display and clean,restart in normal mode.

Install the new nvidia software\driver,restart.

Update DirectX


Run the nvidia-video-card-test (http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/160729-nvidia-amd-video-card-test-occt.html) post here the results.

Run RAM - Test with Memtest86+
Leave it to run overnight.


Finish and post back.
 
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I have run the memtest86 about a week ago, it didnt show any issues, I have just run the nvidia video card test too,
how to post the results of the video card testing?
 
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Petrus F

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I tried with my friend's graphic card and it worked :)
Thanks for the help.

I am going to buy a new graphic card, Nvidia GeForce GT 610. But I am not sure should I get one with 1 GB or 2 GB DDR3?
The difference in prices is 5 euros, but I dont want to spend much money on this PC because it is old 6 years and soon I am going to buy a new one. Is there a big difference between 1 GB and 2 GB DDR3 on the graphic card?

UPDATE:
I posted another thread for this and I was adviced to buy the one with 1 GB DDR3.
 
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