I do have some troubles... that's why I try to search for solution online. I got black screens randomly, sometimes it recovers itself and a windows popup says "NVIDIA driver xx.xxx has stopped working and recovered", other times my computer just stopped responding, I had to do a hard shutdown.
 
This happens randomly, it occurred when I was browsing the web, reading documents, or playing games. I believe it's not a overheating issue because sometimes it just crashes when the computer is quite cool.
 
Any ideas? Thanks!!!

Nquyen

Hi I installed a 9800 GT along with an Antec 450W PSU a couple days ago and I've been having driver problems since day one. More specifically I get a BSOD after putting my computer in to sleep mode saying I have a driver error. Great too bad I read this guide too late :(. I literally did everything I WASNT supposed to do. My computer starts up fine but is it possible to just revert back to an old system restore point and work forward from there? Or do I need a complete system reinstall? Please answer!

EDIT: This is the BSOD message

Problem signature: 
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen 
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3 
Locale ID: 1033 

Additional information about the problem: 
BCCode: 9f 
BCP1: 0000000000000003 
BCP2: FFFFFA800479C060 
BCP3: FFFFF80004447518 
BCP4: FFFFFA800751A460 
OS Version: 6_1_7600 
Service Pack: 0_0 
Product: 768_1 

Files that help describe the problem: 
C:\Windows\Minidump\081112-31434-01.dmp 
C:\Users\Bryan\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-181647-0.sysdata.xml

 
Welcome to the EVGA forums
 
Hold up on the restore point. Could you post up more hardware information about your system...
What CPU, RAM and Motherboard are you using?

Wow, what a huge mess
 
Download the latest version of DriverFusion http://treexy.com/thanks?file=/media/23136/driver_fusion_1.2.0.exe
 
Run a pass for ATI/AMD -Display drivers- ONLY
Now Reboot
 
Next go into Windows Update and turn OFF "auto" updating as shown in the guide.
 
Now get the latest Nvidia driver you want to install downloaded onto your desktop and ready.....
 
Enter the Control panel and uninstall Nvidia drivers as shown in my guide with the Graphics driver very last...
*if any entry fails to uninstall, skip it and go to the next
Reboot
 
Now run DriverFusion to clean Nvidia  -DISPLAY DRIVERS ONLY-
**WARNING**
-->You have a Nvidia based chipset. DO NOT clean any Nvidia entries--> except for the Nvidia Display Drivers.
 
Reboot
 
Now launch the Nvidia driver installer on your desktop, CUSTOM/Clean as shown in the guide, Graphics driver, PhysX and Clean install checked.
 
Reboot
 
That should fix any display errors, but because your Windows 7 install is not completely updated (as shown below in your error report)
*OS Version: 6_1_7600  
*Service Pack: 0_0  
you may continue to have sleepmode errors. I highly suggest installing SP1 for Win7 and then fully updating your OS -again- with the more recent post SP1 patches. 
 
If you continue to have sleep mode issues, they are most likely due to running such a old MB and BIOS. You might have to consider simply turning off the sleepmode functions
 

Nquyen

So there's no possibility of using sleep mode anymore? I was able to use it just fine up until I changed my card to the Nvidia 9800 GT

 
I didnt say that.
Get your driver mess cleaned up with the steps listed above, and then get your Win7 install updated
That might fix the SleepMode issues for you
 
*Only if all the above does not work, should you consider not using it

Nquyen

When using Driver Fusion do I do it in Safe Mode?

 
Just follow the instructions, the program will guide you thru the process.
*Remember, do NOT clean for anything but the ATI/AMD display drivers and (later) for the Nvidia DISPLAY DRIVERS. Your motherboard has a Nvidia chipset and Nvidia chipset drivers that MUST NOT BE removed

Double check your connections, both at the card itself and at the monitor.
 
What is showing in the Device Manager?
 
Did you update Windows?

No, just the cable connecting the videocard to the monitor. Make sure its tight an on correctly

No not yet, also not entirely sure how to do that lol. Side note, went into Device Manager and there's a yellow exclamation point on the driver saying 

Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)

301.42 the WHQL and NVIDIA approved one

The card isn't being detected since I deleted the old drivers and I went to computer---> (right click) properties---> system protection --> hardware --> device installation settings --> Then selected "No never install driver software from windows updates" This is such a pain in the ass, but I'd like to thank you for your help so far.

As of this moment I'm highly considering a reformat. That theoretically would fix it no?

It didn't work :(, so how do I do a repair install?
It should also be noted that when I right click my desktop there is no Nvidia control center option, I have to go into the start menu to find it. Also when restarting my computer there appears to be green artifacts on the asus initial screen.

Screw it I'm going for the reformat thanks for all the help, I'll keep you informed

stomtapa

hey,i have a big problem,for the last 2 weeks i am only about to try and solve this problem.i even try yesterday the Nvidia chat live support and it was end with the solution that i should replace the card,but i am sure there is a solution for that,and it's not necessarily about replace the card.

ok,i have a Geforce GTX 260 192 sp 65mm,everything was fine and i decided  to overclock the card to get better perfomence.i started the process,everyting was stable,good temps,my max temp is 75C,there is a big improvement on benchmarks,BUT when i finally enter one of my games,i saw that it's work less well then before,i check another games and all of them work less better.on one game the overall perfomance are less well then before,on other game i got FPS drop every few seconds so it's make it not playable.i have try everything,but nothing new under the sun.the max stable OC for me is:Core 576\740 Shader 1242\1480  Memory 999\1080 but there is no improvement on games at all while on benchmarks everything is good.THE WORST THING IS that i back to the stock clocks and the problem still on,again i check on benchmarkes and the perfomence are the same as before but the games running less well.
please help me,i know there is a solution for that,just need to find it.

 
What program were you using to overclock?
Uninstall it -completely- do NOT save any profiles, data or settings, they must be deleted. 
Reboot -->without the program installed.
 
Now reinstall the program BUT DO NOT make any changes to the card (NO CHANGES to clock rates, memory speed, fan control)
Now test (at complete stock) and see if the issues still occur....
 
 
 

I have a problem with my Nvidia GTS 360 M. After installing driver 301.42 when I play videogames suddenly different weird squared pixels appear. When I use other programs there are no problems, these things appear only in games. I tried to unistall and reinstall the drivers following your guide and I also used older drivers. Should I try to delete Nvidia display registry entries? How can I post a screenshot of my games to show you the problem? I'm new. Thanks.