Dear Chad,
I do not thiink that a driver error is generated as one has to force a
hardware reset in order to get going again. The only report I've been able
to detect is the system log entry mentioned in my original post.
This problem may be unique to the 7900GT. I've now seen confirming reports
from four other users with the problem and all of them are running the
7900GT. Two workarounds have been suggested for use at the first corrupted
screen: ALT-F4 and CTRL-ALT-DEL/down arrow/ENTER/ENTER. I haven't had a
chance to try them out yet. Of course these are work-arounds, not
solutions.
So, alas, I fear that I haven't been there done that quite yet. All good
wishes.
formerprof
"Chad Harris" <fixvista-itneedsit.net> wrote in message
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> Supposedly info on drivers *is automatically passed on to MSFT via WER
> (Windows Error Reporting) so you've been there and done that.
>
> Robert McLaws: Windows Vista Edition
> "I'm just an online pundit who's barely old enough to legally buy alcohol
>
> Missing Drivers in Windows Vista
> Microsoft's collecting much more information about device drivers than you
> might think. Did you know that when Vista tries to install a driver, and
> it can't find one (either out of the box or online), your Vista computer
> will generate Windows Error Reporting error? It then submits that error
> report to Microsoft. Microsoft can then prioritize how they interact with
> device vendors based on real-world usability, and get the driver on
> Windows Update. So if 10,000 users have some obscure piece of hardware,
> Microsoft can make sure those users get the best experience possible.
> Cool, huh?"
>
> CH
>
>
>
> "dev" <dev@null.invalid> wrote in message
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>> /formerprof/ said:
>>> The nVidia graphics driver (96.86) distributed with Vista 32 RTM works
>>> properly on my system. The driver released yesterday (97.46) as well as
>>> the
>>> "RC2" driver (96.85) which was on nVidia's web site until yesterday both
>>> fail when I resume from monitor "power-down." The power to the monitor
>>> is
>>> restored, but the screen shows nothing but a light blue color with thin
>>> white diagonal lines. It's impossible to recover from this condition and
>>> a
>>> reboot is required. CTRL-ALT-DEL changes the color to light green.
>>>
>>> This problem is recorded in the system log with five instances of this
>>> error message: "IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device
>>> in
>>> PCI slot 22, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical
>>> assistance" Each instance lists a different PCI slot.
>>>
>>> Hardware: ASUS A32SLI-Deluxe motherboard, XFX 7900GT graphics card, AMD
>>> 4800+ dual core 64-bit processor. I have installed the latest BIOS
>>> (1303). I've
>>> had no trouble with XP or Linux, both 32 and 64-bit versions.
>>>
>>> I'll appreciate any help - and if anyone has a direct pipeline to
>>> Microsoft
>>> or nVidia I'd appreciate having this bug passed on. I reported it to
>>> Microsoft verbally about ten days ago, but the report seems to have gone
>>> to
>>> the bit bucket in the sky.
>>
>> Perhaps your best bet on something of that nature...
>> http://forums.nvidia.com/
>