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ssallen
24-11-2007, 03:06 AM
Hello,

I am having a strange video card problem. It seems that whenever I reboot Windows I have to reinstall my video drivers for my EVGA 6800GT video card. I am using the latest Nvidia Drivers. The problem started about a month ago after playing a game. The game hung and I could not get back to windows. I hard rebooted and the system did not bring up my video card. It didn't even recognize it. I reinstalled my drivers and everything was peachy.

The next day I started my computer and once again had to reinstall my video drivers. From there on whenever I reboot my computer about 80% of the time I have to reinstall them. I am concerned that it may be that my 3 year old video card is failing but I never seem to have any issues when running Linux. Granted I don't play any 3D games on linux.

My system seems to lock up when playing 3d games in Windows but usually not for a couple hours or more. My system seems pretty stable as long as I don't use any apps that require hw acceleration. I can play games through dosbox & crew for hours without any issues.

I am leaning towards it being a failing vid card but my experience suggests they usually go in one or two goes rather than fail slowly. Also, I really don't want to buy a new video card unless I am sure that is the problem.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help!!!

Steve A.

[EDIT: Sorry about not seeing the video card sticky before I posted!]
gaurav_indian
24-11-2007, 03:08 AM
Have u tried reinstalling the window again?
ssallen
24-11-2007, 03:14 AM
Hi gaurav_indian,

I have not. I was considering that but didn't want to go through all the hassle of getting my wireless to work afterwards... unless I had to. Plus it will gum up my linux partition.

I am willing to begin this process if everything else fails.

Thanks!

Steve A.
gaurav_indian
24-11-2007, 03:20 AM
Hi gaurav_indian,

I have not. I was considering that but didn't want to go through all the hassle of getting my wireless to work afterwards... unless I had to. Plus it will gum up my linux partition.

I am willing to begin this process if everything else fails.

Thanks!

Steve A.
It looks like their is some problem in your windows.Becoz its working fine in Linux as you have said.Try playing a game in linux see if it works or not.
May be its time to get a new gfx card.
ravi_9793
24-11-2007, 08:41 AM
Surely problem with windows XP.
The best solution will be repair windows XP with XP Recovery Console.
CadCrazy
24-11-2007, 12:27 PM
Repairing windows never worked for me. Tried it several times. Reinstall is only best solution for 90 % of problems(read it deep system problems)
topgear
25-11-2007, 07:20 PM
Format Your drive & perform a clean installation of XP
ssallen
26-11-2007, 12:55 AM
Thanks everyone for your responses. I booted into Linux and stress tested it with a 3D game. After a few minutes I got some serious artifacting and had to force kill. Looks like the card is going out.

Tried a game under windows again and my system locked up completely. I guess there is no more question as to the culprit.

Thanks again everyone!

Steve A.
johnjjx
26-11-2007, 01:22 AM
is it the 6800gt pcie or agp??
it it is AGP it might b a motherboard bus problem too.
praka123
26-11-2007, 01:55 AM
in linux,too if it fails in 3D testing,then it will be ur card which is under problem.I hope you have warranty still :)
topgear
26-11-2007, 07:49 PM
Clean & properly Resit your card on the slot. Also Clean the slot too.