- May 27, 2013
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So I got a random Watchdog.sys crash today (video memory scheduler error I think) and afterwards my pc wouldn't get to the desktop. It gets as far as the blue Windows window but then reboots. I can however boot into safe mode so I know my gpu isn't totally dead, and my display is working fine too.
If I uninstall the gpu driver in safe mode with DDU I can boot into normal windows, but when I install a display driver again the install fails halfway through, I get a black screen, then a reboot, just like trying to start up with the Nvidia driver installed. I've had the driver installed for a few weeks before so it's not a faulty driver.
Computer also doesn't seem to know what type my monitor is, I point it to the monitor driver but it says the best driver (Generic non-PnP) is already installed.
SFC gives no errors, chkdsk found and fixed errors after the initial crash. Windows Startup repair, as usual, does nothing. Rollback to the previous OS also fails, and I've got a few 0x0f errors (a required device isn't connected) I assume it's not talking about the gpu or the monitor, because, well it's getting displayed on the screen.
Could it be some component of my GPU that's failed, and the driver can't access it, like a video memory component or something?
And why does it boot fine in safe mode and install the driver in safe mode. This makes me think it might be a software problem..
I've unplugged all unnecessary peripherals and double checked all my bios settings too..
Running Windows insider preview 16257 (latest)
If I uninstall the gpu driver in safe mode with DDU I can boot into normal windows, but when I install a display driver again the install fails halfway through, I get a black screen, then a reboot, just like trying to start up with the Nvidia driver installed. I've had the driver installed for a few weeks before so it's not a faulty driver.
Computer also doesn't seem to know what type my monitor is, I point it to the monitor driver but it says the best driver (Generic non-PnP) is already installed.
SFC gives no errors, chkdsk found and fixed errors after the initial crash. Windows Startup repair, as usual, does nothing. Rollback to the previous OS also fails, and I've got a few 0x0f errors (a required device isn't connected) I assume it's not talking about the gpu or the monitor, because, well it's getting displayed on the screen.
Could it be some component of my GPU that's failed, and the driver can't access it, like a video memory component or something?
And why does it boot fine in safe mode and install the driver in safe mode. This makes me think it might be a software problem..
I've unplugged all unnecessary peripherals and double checked all my bios settings too..
Running Windows insider preview 16257 (latest)
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