[SOLVED] Quadro NVS 450 and Windows 10?

[pingarmets]

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[rgd1101]

test the 1 card at a time?
test the card on another working pc?

 

[Maestro Colby]

Yeah, I would also recommend trying one card at a time.

 

[Maestro Colby]

And may I ask which driver version are you installing?

 

[jeremyj_83]

Hi,

I have a HP Z600 tower. I have just put 2x NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 cards in it to replace the old card in hopes to run them in SLI. However, I am running Windows 10 and I keep geting a blue screen whenever I boot the machine. Are these graphics cards compatible with Windows 10? If they're not is that what's causing my blue screen?

I reinstalled Windows to start again, everything worked up until I got the message that said "Windows needs to restart to finish configuring your device: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450". As soon as I restart I get a blue screen.

Are these cards just not going to work with Windows 10?

Luckily that card is still supported by nVidia in Win 10 as you can get drivers for it.

Quadro Desktop/Notebook Driver Branch 340 U14 | R340 U14 (342.00) | Windows 10 64-bit | NVIDIA

Download the English (US) Quadro Desktop/Notebook Driver Branch 340 U14 for Windows 10 64-bit systems. Released 2016.10.27

www.nvidia.com

However, that is a VERY old card, released in 2008, and SLI isn't used much anymore. In order to get it to work you might have to remove one card and try installing Windows. After that you install the driver and see if you can put in the other card. There is also the possibility that one of the two cards is bad and that is causing the issue.

 

[kanewolf]

I have a HP Z600 tower. I have just put 2x NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 cards in it to replace the old card in hopes to run them in SLI.

The NVS cards can't run in SLI. They don't have the bridge connector port.

 

[jeremyj_83]

Oh yeah, there aren’t any drivers for this card for windows 10. The last one was on Vista

There are drivers for that card in Win 10.

Quadro Desktop/Notebook Driver Branch 340 U14 | R340 U14 (342.00) | Windows 10 64-bit | NVIDIA

Download the English (US) Quadro Desktop/Notebook Driver Branch 340 U14 for Windows 10 64-bit systems. Released 2016.10.27

www.nvidia.com

 

[jeremyj_83]

Ok so I took the second card out and the same error occured.

The bluescreen reads:

Stop code: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

what failed: nvlddmkm.sys

@Maestro Colby @rgd1101

Switch the cards around and try again.

 

[Maestro Colby]

I saw that there were drivers for the NVS 450 on windows 10 but I think since it’s 14 years old already, that it won’t truly support it like it was back in vista or 7.

 

[kanewolf]

Oh yeah, there aren’t any drivers for this card for windows 10. The last one was on Vista

Not true. -- https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/110264/en-us/

 

[kanewolf]

I saw that there were drivers for the NVS 450 on windows 10 but I think since it’s 14 years old already, that it won’t truly support it like it was back in vista or 7.

Yes, that is true -- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3473
It is an end of life product from NVIDIA driver support.

 

[pingarmets]

Not true. -- https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/110264/en-us/

This exact driver causes the BSOD. Just tried on a clean install.

 

[kanewolf]

This exact driver causes the BSOD. Just tried on a clean install.

As I said in my other post. This is an end of life product to NVIDIA. It is possible that Windows 10 has introduced something that is incompatible. You may have to find newer hardware.

 

[Maestro Colby]

The same error. Even If I try running one card only, the same. Even if I try running them in different slots, the same..

I think the best bet, is to either get a new graphics card or downgrade to windows vista.
The card is just too old.

 

[jeremyj_83]

I think the best bet, is to either get a new graphics card or downgrade to windows vista.
The card is just too old.

Odds are it would work with Win 7 or Win 8. The most current driver is from 2016 which would put it well into the life range of either of those OS's. Trying Win 8 would also mean that you still have time (all be it 1 year) of updates from Microsoft.

I do agree that the easiest thing would be to just get a new card. That is an old G98 based GPU from 2008. Pretty much even a modern low end card will have better performance.

 

[pingarmets]

I got it working!! if you download a copy of Windows 10 pre 2016 and permanently disable Windows updates the driver software still works. I don't mind not having up to date security or Windows 10 features or whatever

 

[kanewolf]

I got it working!! if you download a copy of Windows 10 pre 2016 and permanently disable Windows updates the driver software still works. I don't mind not having up to date security or Windows 10 features or whatever

Sketchy origin OS software and security holes, just to use a $25 graphics card. That is a poor exchange, IMO.

 

[Maestro Colby]

Ew, that kind hurts internally.
I don’t understand why you would want to do that but it’s all up to you.