Perform a clean installation of video drivers...
#1 Download & Install Driver Sweeper & CCleaner.
http://www.techspot.com/d...66-driver-sweeper.html http://download.piriform.com/ccsetup322.exe #2 Click the start button, type in "change device installation settings" without the quotation marks into where it says "search programs and files" and hit enter. Change settings to "No, let me choose what to do" and "Never install driver software from windows update", Save Changes and exit. (Sometimes your older driver will want to reinstall itself after rebooting, this fixes that issues.)
#3 Uninstall NVIDIA Graphics Driver, NVIDIA 3D Vision Controller Driver, NVIDIA 3D Vision Driver, NVIDIA HD Audio Driver, NVIDIA Update, NVIDIA PhysX Driver from Add/Remove Programs.
#4 Run Driver Sweeper and Select NVIDIA - Display & NVIDIA - PhysX and click clean. Click No for Reboot.
#5 Run CCleaner and use the Registry Cleaner and Scan for Issues and then click Fix Selected Issues. (Backup the registry just in case something happens, CCleaner will ask you to do this after you click Fix Selected Issues.)
#6 Reboot your system
#7 Repeat Steps #4 & #5
#8 Download the lastest driver from
http://www.nvidia.com/Dow.oad/Find.aspx?lang=en-us #9 Run the downloaded driver and select Custom (Advanced) Install.
#10 Deselect the following if you are not using them... 3D Vision Controller Driver, 3D Vision Driver, HD Audio Driver, NVIDIA Update. (Only things you should have selected are the Graphics Driver & PhysX System Software)
#11 Check mark Perform a clean installation then click next to install the driver.
#12 Repeat step 2 but change the settings back to "Yes, do this automatically", Save Changes and exit.
If the clean installation of video drivers fail to correct your issue try performing a clean boot of windows.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135#method1 If the clean installation of video drivers and clean boot fail to correct the issue please download and install MSI Afterburner and report back with what the temp is for the video card. You could also download core temp to check the temps of your processor.
MSI Afterburner:
http://download1.msi.com/...fterburnerSetup224.zip Core Temp:
http://dl.installiq.com/d...a=13307&f=CoreTemp Other things you could try:
Run Prime95 to check the CPU.
Run Memtest86+ to check the Memory.
Update Motherboard BIOS to the latest version.
Update SSD to latest firmware.
Buy a multimeter to check your PSU rails.
Test the video card in another computer.
Prime95:
ftp://mersenne.org/gimps/p95v277.win64.zip Memtest86+:
http://www.memtest.org/ How to check PSU rails using multimeter:
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/t137886.html
post edited by Sajin - 2012/10/15 18:43:53
