The driver has stop working but has recovered

[Jertom]

Hi,

I know this is a common topic but still I haven't managed to fix my problem after reading and testing many suggestions.

I have this common display issue : the screen turns black, windows displays that the drivers has stoped working but has recovered successfuly. I also got a display error while starting windows.

Strangely, this issue arised today with no particular reason. I have used to play battlefield 3 with a poor configuration though.

My configuration :
E8400
Geforce 8800 GTX 768Mo (luv it..)
2GO DDR3
windows 7 32

The first time it happened, windows rebooted automatically and I got this starting error : "Failed to overclock". I never touched the main performance parameters so this is really strange.

Might also be linked but I doubt, I asked NVIDIA website to check is my computer is suitable for battlefield 3 (because I heart there is a specific driver for it). I suspect them to voluntary crash my display card to make me buy a new one

Also, I verified the temperature while on standby and loading BF3. Normal GPU temperature is 67/68 degree celcius. While entering the game it raises to 72...73 then crash...

I find it very strange that I have managed to play BF3 for hours in a row with the same configuration and same display driver and this problem arises now....

I know my configuration is old but any suggestion would be deeply appreciated.

Thanks,

Jerome

 

[Jertom]

other things I did :
- default bios
- uninstall driver in safe mode with CCleaner and reinstall (same version)
- get the last windows update
- free some memory capacity...
- clean case inside, plug and replug cards and cables
- testing with minimum configuration

 

[alyoshka]

CCleaner is not what we recommend for driver uninstalls, use Driver Sweeper to get rid of all the unwanted drivers.
Download the latest driver for the Card and the OS from the Nvidia Site. Search for a patch for BF3 if there is one out for that card particularly and then install everything.
The error message you're getting if from corrupt display drivers or one of it's modules. Make sure you reinstall all the stuff that Nvidia puts along with it's drivers.

 

[Jertom]

Thank you for your reply,

things went worse yesterday. I think my card is dying and need to buy a new one 🙁

I get constant display errors (what we can artifacts i think) when I start windows.

 

[alyoshka]

Well, did you download driversweeper and reinstall all that was asked for?

 

[Jertom]

well I dont think it is necessary but correct me if I am wrong.

Drivers are loading in windows while I get huge display errors when booting the computer.