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micahj   09-07-2009 at 09:51:42 AM

I've been having some serious problems recently with vista 64 Ultimate. My issues start when i go to play any video my system hangs, then the mouse skips, freezes, and keeps freezing and unfreezing, HDD activity goes through the roof. Sometimes I will see discoloration in the mouse pointers or it will be distorted severely in one way or another. In other cases the display driver will fail completely and recover itself a few seconds later.

*edit* also getting "nvlddmkm stopped responding" error during driver failure


I've tried numerous different driver versions, and did a fresh install of vista 64 ultimate and the problem has persisted.

I'm running on E for ideas, and about to scrap my GTX 285.

Windows Vista 64 Ultimate
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz
Western Digital VelociRaptor
EVGA X58 Intel Motherboard
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB DDR3 1600
EVGA GTX 285 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express
ZALMAN 850W Continuous PSU
ZALMAN 9700 Heatsink
LG GGC-H20L Blu-ray/HD DVD drive


Message edited by micahj on 09-07-2009 at 01:07:38 PM
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fowang   09-08-2009 at 09:55:05 AM

Sound like the graphics card if there is discolouration if you have another one to test with it will rule out any other part on your computer.

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micahj   09-08-2009 at 01:07:55 PM

I Tested my 3 ram sticks individually, unplugged my optical drive for the hell of it with no luck.

I also did another fresh install, and there are no problems before drivers are loaded so i'm thinking it has to do with a 3D acceleration problem

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fowang   09-08-2009 at 02:32:13 PM

it would be anything to do with your ram as i said the problem lyes with the Grphics card itself!

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4gb ocz pc 9200
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micahj   09-08-2009 at 03:10:49 PM

yeah, i got that the first time you suggested it.

I like to do a few tests before throwing out a 400 dollar card.

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Zoron   09-09-2009 at 01:44:00 AM

It's either the card itself or a driver issue. Try updating your mobo's BIOS and your chipset drivers... as those can sometimes cause video card issues as well.

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