donny_paycheck
09-04-04, 09:39 PM
Like the title says, that's what I'm getting.
I have a PNY 6800 Ultra, and my games will freeze momentarily and then unfreeze, sometimes with artifacts, or sometimes just BSOD me altogether. This happens mainly in 3D games, but to a lesser degree, it will happen in 2D mode, usually when starting/stopping an MP3 or scrolling a webpage (I have no idea why this is but it's true).
There is an interesting thread regarding a similar problem on the nV News forums here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=32759
They say to disable Fast Writes. I did that, but to no avail. I've also tried every ForceWare rendition from the first version to the latest betas. At the moment I'm running 65.73, which are betas, but WHQL certified. I'm not overclocked in either the graphics card or the rest of the system I've tried running my backup card, a Radeon 9700 Pro, in this system for about a week and it exhibits none of the problems that it does with my 6800 ultra, so I know it's this card. When Windows recovers from a crash, and when it BSODs, it always says the problem is with nv_disp. In other words, this IS a graphics subsystem issue. Power is fine. I have a PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 510 Deluxe. 'nuff said. Cooling is fine. The card is stock cooled but I have a 120mm blowhole right over the expansion slots in my case
That's about all I can think of at the moment. When I found the thread at nV News I thought my prayers were answered, but like I said, disabling Fast Writes did nothing. About the only thing left that I can think of trying is a BIOS flash, but PNY's website is no help to me and I'm leery about third-party flashes that might not fix anything or even worse kill the card.
If anybody has anything that might help me, I still have both of my kidneys and I only need one of them. :cool:
I have a PNY 6800 Ultra, and my games will freeze momentarily and then unfreeze, sometimes with artifacts, or sometimes just BSOD me altogether. This happens mainly in 3D games, but to a lesser degree, it will happen in 2D mode, usually when starting/stopping an MP3 or scrolling a webpage (I have no idea why this is but it's true).
There is an interesting thread regarding a similar problem on the nV News forums here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=32759
They say to disable Fast Writes. I did that, but to no avail. I've also tried every ForceWare rendition from the first version to the latest betas. At the moment I'm running 65.73, which are betas, but WHQL certified. I'm not overclocked in either the graphics card or the rest of the system I've tried running my backup card, a Radeon 9700 Pro, in this system for about a week and it exhibits none of the problems that it does with my 6800 ultra, so I know it's this card. When Windows recovers from a crash, and when it BSODs, it always says the problem is with nv_disp. In other words, this IS a graphics subsystem issue. Power is fine. I have a PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 510 Deluxe. 'nuff said. Cooling is fine. The card is stock cooled but I have a 120mm blowhole right over the expansion slots in my case
That's about all I can think of at the moment. When I found the thread at nV News I thought my prayers were answered, but like I said, disabling Fast Writes did nothing. About the only thing left that I can think of trying is a BIOS flash, but PNY's website is no help to me and I'm leery about third-party flashes that might not fix anything or even worse kill the card.
If anybody has anything that might help me, I still have both of my kidneys and I only need one of them. :cool: