Ok, I've posted on this site a couple of times, it has been a while since though. I've once again come to need the aid of you wonderful forum dwellers. Here is what happened:

Out of nowhere, just today my computer started flipping out, I was playing a game, Battle Forge and after a minute or two the computer would completely lock up. So, I reboot, everything is fine. I even try another game just to make sure it isn't specific to Battle Forge, so I fire up Medieval Total War and play a couple rounds and everything is fine, no lockup, so at this point I'm thinking it is related to Battle Forge, so I start browsing the net, and out of nowhere the screen blacks out and I get a blue screen, I notice it is an nvidia.dll, I didn't have enough time to read the specific file.

So, from there I know something is up with video, I boot up again, I'm now getting lines of dots in the first boot process, and even in the windows splash screen. Once booted to windows (no graphical anomalies here), the system tells me my graphics card is disabled (disabled I guess meaning just basic drivers loaded) due to a problem with drivers, ERROR code 43. I look up the error code, apparently it confirms my suspicions of the problem being hardware. That is where I stand, I seem powerless to lift this sanction windows has on my graphics card, I don't know how to rectify the problem.

I've got:

Windows Vista latest versions
Geforce 8800 GT 512 (had drivers before latest, then UPDATED after first lockup)
4gb ram (two sticks corsair, 1 stick generic ram)
Nforce 680i MotherBoard
Intel Dual Core E8400 3.0 ghz WolfDale

I've got my system running normally, no overclocking or anything like that, this system has been solid as a rock for as LONG as I can remember, which leads me to believe that this is purely hardware, which sucks big time, MAYBE one of you has the golden ticket though.

Thanks a lot for the help!Where did you get the driver from? Did you use the Windows Update Utility, or did you go to the Manufacturers website? I recommend downloading from the Manufacturer.



http://www.brothersoft.com/bluescreenview-download-288727.html

Use the link and download BlueScreenView 1.2. Use it to open the contents of c:\windows\minidump and display it on your next post.I got the latest drivers from nvidia.com, I've always downloaded them from that site. I will run the utility as soon as I get home today, I'm at work right now.

Thanks a lot for your response.There are no files in c:\windows\minidump, still at a loss herehmm, interesting. My Vista computer blue screened just the other day, and it did not produce a dump file, either. Unless, I'm mistaken, the default settings in Vista are suppose to provide a .dmp file in c:\windows\minidump after a blue screen. Did you by any chance get a glimpse at the error code. It would look similar to this:
0x0000000A


Try, unplugging your computer, remove the video card and reseat it. Power the computer back on and try to install the driver again... If no joy, disable your anti-virus utility and try again..No joy, can't figure it out, what would be reporting that error? Or is it an error because the hardware is jacked? I've tried everything aside from trying a new video card since I don't have any spare parts or onboard video.Do a system RESTORE to before the error started, and reinstall the driver. See what you getWell, found out it was definitely the card, I tried it in my brothers computer, and same exact lines of dots during the POST and Windows splash screen , I figured it was hardware, now I've gotta' scrounge up cash for a new one.

What a load,

Thanks for all your helpsuperhave you tried to rollback the driver?Yea I've tried everything, and upon further research it appears that there is a fault with the manufacturing of the EVGA 8800 gt, gts, and GX with the soldering and joints and whatnot, they are all dying and an increased rate, there are apparently a legion of people in the same boat I'm in right now.

I have heard of 'baking' the video card in the oven, but to me that sounds like a trip to the end of the rainbow.Quote from: Nastidon on April 09, 2010, 06:47:14 PM

I have heard of 'baking' the video card in the oven