BSOD when installing nvidia video drivers

royhog66

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Hello,
I just built a new PC and installed Vista Ultimate 64 SP 1. When I try to install the video drivers (evga eGeForce 9600 GT in a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UDP3 motherboard) I get the blue screen of death. I have tried the latest version, and several other older versions of nvidia drivers. The Windows standard driver works fine, but I want to use dual monitors. What else can I do?

Thanks
 

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Did you get the driver from nvidia or through windows update?

Amplid
 

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System One

  • CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 3.2 GHz (for now)
    Motherboard
    Asus ROG Striker 2 Extreme
    Memory
    2 x 2Gb Patriot DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX GeForce 9800 GTX+
    Sound Card
    Creative Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Neovo F417 17''
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SP2504C SATA 7200rpm
    PSU
    Pc Power & Cooling 750
    Case
    Coolermaster CM 690
    Cooling
    6 120mm's, Xigmatek HDT 1283 with crossbow backplate
    Keyboard
    Logitech G11
    Mouse
    Logitech Cordless Trackman Wheel
    Internet Speed
    ~1000 Kb/sec
I tried the driver from nvidia, and the one from windows update. I also tried to use several older drivers and a 2 beta drivers from nvidia as well. When i finally got Windows to update, the PC wouldn't boot. So i had to do a repair from the install disk. I don't want to have to go through the updates one by one but it's looking that way now.
 

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What was the bugcheck (STOP error) on the BSOD? Was a NVIDIA driver specifically mentioned?
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP dv7-1020us
    CPU
    Intel P7350 Core2 Duo @2GHz
    Memory
    4096mb DDR2 SDRAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
    Sound Card
    IDT
    Hard Drives
    Fujitsu 320gb SATA HDD 5400RPM
    Mouse
    Logitech USB
    Internet Speed
    Intel 5100
Yes, stating a BSOD without naming the error does not help a lot - also check to make sure your BIOS is the latest version....
 

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System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
    Manufacturer/Model
    The Beast Model V (homebrew)
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
    Memory
    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
    Screen Resolution
    2 * 1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
    Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
    2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
    Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
    PSU
    Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
    Case
    ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
    Cooling
    Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 (gen 2)
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared)
    Internet Speed
    AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
  • Operating System
    Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo ThinkPad E545
    CPU
    AMD A6-5350M APU
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Radeon HD (Embedded)
    Sound Card
    Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Lenovo 15" Matte
    Screen Resolution
    1680 * 1050
    Hard Drives
    INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
    PSU
    Lenovo
    Case
    Lenovo
    Cooling
    Lenovo
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
    Keyboard
    Lenovo
    Internet Speed
    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
My friend had the same problem once and well as me and he did something to fix it. Make sure your computer parts are in right and make sure the cpu, ram, ect arnt what caulsing it. That dosent help go to nvidia and ask them. I'l ask my best friends dads, her father is a computer dork j/k he knows every thing he fixed my bsod issues.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    NEC PowerMate V7330
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core Q9650 3.0ghz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte
    Memory
    4GB DDr2 800Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce GTX260 1GB Edition
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster 7.1 High Def Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    AOC 193Fw
    Screen Resolution
    1440X900
    Hard Drives
    5X 1GB Seagate 32MB Cache 7200.12rpm
    PSU
    650Wat
    Case
    V9 Case
    Cooling
    300mm Fan
    Keyboard
    NEC Keyboard
    Mouse
    G5 Logitech
    Internet Speed
    24000/19000 ADSL +2
    Other Info
    I like this PC.
Problem solved. The original install disk I used was Vista SP1 64 bit. I also tried to install Vista SP1 32 bit as well. Both of those disks would not allow updates to run upon install and IE kept stopping and would not function. I re-installed Wupdate and ran it, and then my PC would not boot at all.

I solved my problem by going to msdn and downloading Vista 64 without SP1. I installed and updated it and everything worked fine including dual monitors. No BSOD and IE worked fine as well.
 

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Thank you.
It turns out that my Dell studio 15 apparently does NOT contain nVidia but rather intel Express chipset family - Mobile 965.
The BSOD on 64-bit Vista Home Premium in my case appears to relate to the camera (built in). I just said "re-boot normally" and Vista seems to have done a self-repair.
This laptop had Microsoft Office 2003 which seemed to install and run fine; however, is it possible that Office 2003 and 64-bit Windows do not get along well? Could that Office give the BSOD? I am trying version 3 of OpenOffice instead.
 

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