My computer seems the crash daily with the Video Hardware Error Message. I never this problem with XP and my computer was working flawlessly before. This happens when watching a longer video clip (over 10min or so) with any kind of player. I have the latest Nvidia driver installed and it still crashes. Also tested the computer memory and it came back with no errors. Purchased a new Corsair 750w power supply and still get this error and computer freezes up. latest chipset driver from AMD have been installed. There no Aero enabled and the computer has been adjusted to "Best Performance" under Advanced settings. what else could be wrong here?? See dump error below My Setup: Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit Gigabyte MA-770-DS3 v.1.0 AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e @ 2.5Ghz Nvidia 8600GT 256MB 4GB Corsair DDR2-800 500GB Seagate Hard Drive Audigy Soundcard Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 Samsung 19" LCD on DVI. Dump Error Source Windows Summary Video hardware error Date 11/21/2009 9:35 PM Status Not reported Description A problem with your video hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly. Problem signature Problem Event Name:LiveKernelEvent OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID:1033 Files that help describe the problem WD-20091121-2135.dmp sysdata.xml WERInternalMetadata.xml Extra information about the problem BCCode:117 BCP1:85DB3008 BCP2:91D15940 BCP3:00000000 BCP4:00000000 OS Version:6_1_7600 Service Pack:0_0 Product:256_1
too bad as this card is only about 13 month old and the computer is not used that often. crappy EVGA cards!! I guess I have to shell out money for a new Graphics card. thanks for your reply
Not so fast! First clean the card. Maybe its cooler is stuck or dusty, and the GPU is not being cooled properly. Then try and downclock it a little, if the card is not dusty/cooler is not stuck. It may be overheating due to higher than normal clock speeds. If you haven't overclocked it, maybe the driver is doing it (ATI Overdrive?). Lastly, if none of the above work/are true, try a newer or, if you're already using the latest, an older video driver for Vista/7. You could also look in the BIOS for improper settings, such as higher-than 100 PCIe BUS speeds, or some video card overclock settings (ASUS boards have them, maybe other brands do too). If ALL ELSE fails, borrow a video card from a friend, install it and see if the problem persists. If all is good, then there really must be something wrong with your video card.
I'm having some problems too using W7 HP 32Bit on Nvidia 6200, drivers: Forceware 192.07... sometimes, when monitor is starting power save mode, my "Video Hardware Stops Working" and it all start flashing but it gets instantly fixed by W7... weird behaviour I think Nvidia has to fix something in their next driver release
Its not the driver, It is your graphic card failing and try connecting to the onboard graphic if you have it or try other graphic card to test it.
I put a different graphics card in there ATI X600 and now it is worth. Computer just locks up when playing a video clip. Also during the Windows index calculations I got a blue screen. This ATI card works just fine in a different computer. So I just put the original Nvidia 8600GT card back in there and deal with the Windows Hardware error problem for a while until I get another card I hope it is not a motherboard issue? Run the memtest again all night long and it comes back with no errors.
As the ferret said, uninstall the old chipset drivers, but also graphic drivers, and then reboot. Then first install the new chipset driver from the Gigabyte site, then the graphic driver. But first remove the card from the slot and reset it. Power your system on but leave the case open. See if the vent on the card is working or not. Install speedfan or similar monitoring app to see the temps. Did you oc the card ? Could be a bad oc, and it has become unstable. As I see it this could be one of 5 things : Bad chipset driver Card not set properly Overheating of the card Bad oc of the card Hardware failure by defect If a lot of dust has collected inside your case, ESD could be the cause of the defect.
yepp, it worked, i took the latest Vistadriver and installed it (not even in compatibly mode) my experience is that the most vistadrivers are working fine with windows7
thanks for the link....going to try it on my Nvidia graphic card..... as sometimes I have some flashing maybe due to incompatiablility with 7.
well I have a spare hard drive around so I'm going to install Windows 7 x64 to see if I get the same error there. Earlier today I installed the chipset drivers from the Gigabyte website and the computer still freezes up or gives the Video Hardware error message at the startup. Same happened with a different graphics cards. Will see what a fresh install of Win7 x64 does on this system. thanks for all the help and suggestions so far. BD