Ti 4200 crashing

[Mike521]

Hey all, my Ti 4200 is crashing every time I play any game for some reason.

This started happening today out of nowhere. I changed no hardware and no software, no drivers, nothing at all. No computer crash or anything.

I was using the 45.xx drivers with no problem for a long time. My BIOS was series 12.

I updated to the 53.03 drivers, and BIOS to series 21, and came back and had the exact same problem.

Here's what it said in the log file for anyone into the technical info:

Thanks a ton if anyone can solve this!!!!!!!!!!!

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//
// Watchdog Event Log File
//

LogType: Watchdog
Created: 2004-01-23 21:55:43
TimeZone: 300 - Eastern Standard Time
WindowsVersion: XP
EventType: 0xEA - Thread Stuck in Device Driver

//
// The driver for the display device got stuck in an infinite loop. This
// usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device
// driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your
// display device vendor for any driver updates.
//

EaRecovery: 1
ShutdownCount: 171
Shutdown: 0
EventFlag: 1
EventCount: 1
BreakCount: 1
BugcheckTriggered: 1
DebuggerNotPresent: 1
DriverName: nv4_disp
DeviceClass: Display
DeviceDescription: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
HardwareID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0253&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A3
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
DriverFixedFileInfo: FEEF04BD 00010000 0006000E 000A11AB 0006000E 000A11AB 0000003F 00000008 00040004 00000003 00000004 00000000 00000000
DriverCompanyName: NVIDIA Corporation
DriverFileDescription: NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 45.23
DriverFileVersion: 6.14.10.4523
DriverInternalName: nv4_disp.dll
DriverLegalCopyright: (C) NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
DriverOriginalFilename: nv4_disp.dll
DriverProductName: NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 45.23
DriverProductVersion: 6.14.10.4523

[AngelDust]

Try reinstalling the 43.xx drivers and return it to bios 12.

[Mike521]

well I contacted tech support with the same info and they said the card is fried and that they'll replace it.

However they want a receipt and who the hell keeps those things around for so long. I'm gonna call them tomorrow and argue with them about it.

[blurry]

Does the fan still spin and is anything loose?

[Mike521]

yep fan still spins and nothin loose.. the card is just crapping out.

tech support immediately said it was dead, so I have a feeling they've seen this before with this card. Maybe they put out a set of bad ones and are getting a decent amount of these cases