On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:52:03 -0700, mc_nes
<mc_nes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Hello, I am experiencing crashes in all the games that I own. I am running
>a XFX 8800 GTX XXX Edition, for a display adaptor, and using Windows Vista
>Home Premium. Before I installed this video card, I was using a Nvidia 7300
>LE. The previous card gave me no problems. Initially, I installed the 8800
>GTX XXX on a computer using Windows XP/Media Center as an Operating System
>and I encountered the same problem with game crashes. So I don't think this
>problem. specific to Vista Home Premium.
>
>When I decided to build a custom gaming/music producing rig I opted for
>higher performance parts and decided to go with Vista Home Premium. I
>installed the 8800 GTX XXX and all of my new hardware, plus an additional GB
>of ram, for a total of 2 GB.
>
>The problem is any game that I play, besides dungeon siege 2, will
>eventually freeze up, during gameplay, the screen will go black for about two
>minutes, and then a blue screen with the following error code results:
>
>Technical Information:
>
>
>STOP: 0x00000116 (0x9CBEBBA0, 0x8B6E29A0, 0x00000000, 0x00000002)
>
>nvlddmkm.sys - Address 8B6E29A0 base at 8B6DE000, DataStamp 45e829......
>
>
>Is there a patch or a hotfix that I have missed? I do have all the latest
>drivers from Nvidia and from Asus, as far as bios is concerned. I have a
>'ticket' with Xfxforce.com's Support Center for this issue and they are
>working with me but I would appreciate the help and other angles. Thank you.
>
Have you updated to the latest nVidia Beta drivers, 101.41? They
solve a lot of problems.
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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/