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Nvidia Driver Crashes

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Nvidia Driver Crashes

mazei — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:16:53 +0800

So I have a Leadtek GTX560Ti and its been about 2 years, and throughout the 2 years there wasn't any significant problems with it. Lately though, I keep getting crashes, and there will be a pop-up saying "Nvidia driver version xxx.xx crashed and has recovered" sort of thing. Up until last week I was using the beta 304.xx driver but have since reverted back to the stable 301.xx driver, but still the crashes occur.

Now only at rare moments do I shut off my computer so for the past 2 years its basically on 24/7. These crashes seem to occur when there is something to do with Flash, like Youtube videos, ads on websites sometimes, watching livestreams on twitch.tv/own3d.tv, and at times in video games. I turned hardware acceleration off and on and still the same results for the Flash settings. Even when I was about to make this post it crashed again. So I also ran FurMark tests, the benchmark test at 720p was fine, but when I ran a burn-in test, it crashed the driver. At idle it runs at 55+ degrees, during normal usage(watching videos and the likes) gets up to 64-ish, during the burn-in test went up to 94 at max. Will run 3DMark Vantage tests once I download that and see what happens then.

But at this point, is it safe to assume this little guy is dying? Should I start considering getting a new one and retire this guy?

EDIT
Computer specs
i5 760 OCed to 3.59ghz
Asus P7H55 mobo
CM TX3 cooler
Leadtek GTX560Ti
CM GX 550W psu
12 GB Kingston Value RAM
3 HDDs(1 320gb Seagate, 2 1tb WD Green)

Help with DSL-2640B TM firmware

mazei — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:03:30 +0800

I was going to update the DSL-2640B default TM firmware to the official D-link one. But as I don't have access to my PPP password at this instance, I was wondering if its possible to just save/backup the config file, update, then restore the using the config file. If its not possible then I will resort to doing it another time once I stop being lazy and actually get that PPP password.

Help with after SPM choice

mazei — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:20:37 +0800

I've done my SPM, waiting for results now, and have narrowed down to wanting to do either A-levels or CIMP. I can't decide on which one to take. I was thinking of going with CIMP due to the fact that its not so much of an examination based programme.

I'm considering studying at UK preferably after pre-uni stuff in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Since both of these programmes are recognized in the UK, I'm a little stuck.

After reading a bit in the forums, I've come to the conclusion of CIMP being less detailed and more shallow in terms of syllabus compared to A-levels and A-levels is a tad bit more recognized by universities(when talking about top universities). Am I wrong with these assumptions?

In any case, I hope I can decide this quickly and any help at all is appreciated.

(SOLVED)New mobo, no display

mazei — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:38:36 +0800

Hi guys,

just got myself a new mobo, proc and ram. I put all of them together, removed my old mobo and put in the new one. I tried turning it on and there is nothing appearing on my monitor and the monitor's led light is blinking as if my computer is off but the vga cable is connected(meaning there is no "check cable signal" or that sort of thing coming up). Even the keyboard doesn't light up so it would mean it doesnt even load up the BIOS.

Here are the specs of my com

i5 760
ASUS P7H55
Cooler master GX 550W psu
2gb Kingston value ram
Winfast Leadtek 9500GT

I've tried removing the ram to see whether it beeps and it does. So it should mean the ram and mobo is fine right? I have not tried running the mobo on a bench or anything like that.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Graphic card and CPU question

mazei — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:10:59 +0800

Hey, I'm using a Pentium D 985 now, and I'm thinking of slowly buying new parts for a whole new cpu.

In the meantime, I've saved up enough to buy my targeted PSU and GC(GTX460...so I need 500W at least). So heres the question, is using the GTX460 on my current rig with the Pentium D gonna cause like, some bottleneck or anything of that sort? Or should I just scratch the whole plan of buying the GC now and just save up until I have enough for the whole new rig?

Oh and is the fact that I'm still on Windows XP SP2 gonna affect anything(Direct X stuff??)

Rig Recommendation?

mazei — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:01:47 +0800

I just wanna ask, is this rig okay? I'm sticking with the mobo and processor but everything else can be changed. Also, could you guys recommend a casing? As for my budget, its around 2.5k - 3k.

MoBo - Asus P6X58D-E
Processor - Quad Core i7 930
Graphics card - Asus 5670 1GB DDR5
Memory - 2X2GB Corsair DDR3 1333MHz CL9
HDD - Samsung 750GB HDD
PSU - Silver Stone (ST400) 400W

Thanks for your advice in advance

EDIT
forgot to add this in, it would mainly be for gaming and a little bit of video editing.