Comments on: NVIDIA Drivers Cause 29% of Vista Crashes http://cybernetnews.com/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/ Technology News Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nightwolfhttp://cybernetnews.com/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-155264 Nightwolf Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:26:40 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/28/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-155264 I had a hard crash that trashed a boot file back in November, I had blamed the drivers for my Marvell 9123 SATA 3(6GB) controller card, which was stupid. Here it was actually the GeForce 9500GT I had in my system, which was going bad in part due to the drivers. First thing that happened, was that it wouldn't hold the drivers, and then a BSOD last month. I was dumb enough to replace it with a 1GB GeForce 220GT, and now I'm getting odd video freeze's while gaming. I had a hard crash that trashed a boot file back in November, I had blamed the drivers for my Marvell 9123 SATA 3(6GB) controller card, which was stupid. Here it was actually the GeForce 9500GT I had in my system, which was going bad in part due to the drivers. First thing that happened, was that it wouldn’t hold the drivers, and then a BSOD last month. I was dumb enough to replace it with a 1GB GeForce 220GT, and now I’m getting odd video freeze’s while gaming.

]]> By: babyshakhttp://cybernetnews.com/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-153814 babyshak Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:47:43 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/28/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-153814 After experiencing REPEATED crashes I traced the source back to the Nvidia components in my computer. I don't have a lot of knowledge about computers; I did the recommended update that should have supposedly fixed the problem, but I still have problems on a daily basis. Most commonly, my computer will freeze for 3 minutes right after I log on and start working. Lately my computer has been crashing up to 4 times a day, usually if I'm looking at pictures or video. As a single working mother I don't have the time or money to have my PC looked at, I use it to work daily. If this is such a common problem, why hasn't it been definitively solved?! After experiencing REPEATED crashes I traced the source back to the Nvidia components in my computer. I don’t have a lot of knowledge about computers; I did the recommended update that should have supposedly fixed the problem, but I still have problems on a daily basis. Most commonly, my computer will freeze for 3 minutes right after I log on and start working. Lately my computer has been crashing up to 4 times a day, usually if I’m looking at pictures or video. As a single working mother I don’t have the time or money to have my PC looked at, I use it to work daily. If this is such a common problem, why hasn’t it been definitively solved?!

]]> By: utrutreutdhttp://cybernetnews.com/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-152606 utrutreutd Tue, 04 May 2010 17:20:40 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/28/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-152606 My XP was unable to identify when I have a TV connected to my desktop PC after I installed a NVIDIA driver update, so i had to restore the old drivers. My XP was unable to identify when I have a TV connected to my desktop PC after I installed a NVIDIA driver update, so i had to restore the old drivers.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://cybernetnews.com/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-149198 Anonymous Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:32:27 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/28/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-149198 i had huge erros and crash's with vista + nividia on my laptop. So much in fact it cause my mobo to go bad. went bad just as waranty expired i will no longer give nivida $$ really left a sour taste in my mouth.ive had my custom comp running vista64 and a ati card and none of the issues occur so hmmm. ya nividia is junk i had huge erros and crash’s with vista + nividia on my laptop. So much in fact it cause my mobo to go bad. went bad just as waranty expired i will no longer give nivida $$ really left a sour taste in my mouth.

ive had my custom comp running vista64 and a ati card and none of the issues occur so hmmm. ya nividia is junk

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://cybernetnews.com/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-144010 Anonymous Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:33:48 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/28/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-144010 I'm also having serious problems running games with Nvidia and Vista. I got myself a new PC to replace my 3-year old games machine and decided to get Vista to support DirectX10, but every game I've played has had problems. Even games I was playing just fine 3 years ago on my old Nvidia/XP Pro machine, are falling over at low settings on my new PC. I have my Nvidia card set to maximum performance, but it hasn't helped and it now seems that my only option for now is to replace Vista with XP Pro until Nvidia and/or Microsoft get things sorted. I’m also having serious problems running games with Nvidia and Vista. I got myself a new PC to replace my 3-year old games machine and decided to get Vista to support DirectX10, but every game I’ve played has had problems. Even games I was playing just fine 3 years ago on my old Nvidia/XP Pro machine, are falling over at low settings on my new PC. I have my Nvidia card set to maximum performance, but it hasn’t helped and it now seems that my only option for now is to replace Vista with XP Pro until Nvidia and/or Microsoft get things sorted.

]]> By: Nobody777http://cybernetnews.com/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-139225 Nobody777 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:40:39 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/28/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-139225 I have been running Vista Ultimate since the beta days and have all required updates to the OS and video card. My video driver crashes often; especially while playing games. Over about a 2 hour period, I'd say the video driver crashes at least 3 or 4 times. Granted, Vista recovers from it, but my in-game character is usually dead by the time it returns (lol). Never had these problems with XP Pro and my video card isn't the only piece of hardware that I've had frustrations with on the driver side. Getting tired of it. I sure wish whomever is responsible would get it together and make it work. I mean, come on, how hard can this be for these people? If it's an Nvidia problem (which is hard to believe since the reason I have always stuck with Nvidia is their rock solid drivers... I always had problems with ATI), then Nvidia better keep their customers and fans happy by making this work and soon! Heck, at this point, I'd be willing to try a generic, non-Nvidia driver as long as it worked and avoided the crashes. I have been running Vista Ultimate since the beta days and have all required updates to the OS and video card. My video driver crashes often; especially while playing games. Over about a 2 hour period, I’d say the video driver crashes at least 3 or 4 times. Granted, Vista recovers from it, but my in-game character is usually dead by the time it returns (lol). Never had these problems with XP Pro and my video card isn’t the only piece of hardware that I’ve had frustrations with on the driver side. Getting tired of it. I sure wish whomever is responsible would get it together and make it work. I mean, come on, how hard can this be for these people? If it’s an Nvidia problem (which is hard to believe since the reason I have always stuck with Nvidia is their rock solid drivers… I always had problems with ATI), then Nvidia better keep their customers and fans happy by making this work and soon! Heck, at this point, I’d be willing to try a generic, non-Nvidia driver as long as it worked and avoided the crashes.

]]> By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-134259 Ryan Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:26:52 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/28/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-134259 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-134190" rel="nofollow">Anonymous wrote:</a><blockquote>What I have heard from my friends is that ATI drivers causes much more crashes than nVidia, especially when using multiple displays, tv’s and such.</blockquote></div> Huh, I have two computers with ATI cards that are hooked up to multiple displays without any issues, and one Media Center computer that is hooked up to a TV without any issues. Anonymous wrote:
What I have heard from my friends is that ATI drivers causes much more crashes than nVidia, especially when using multiple displays, tv’s and such.

Huh, I have two computers with ATI cards that are hooked up to multiple displays without any issues, and one Media Center computer that is hooked up to a TV without any issues.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://cybernetnews.com/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-134190 Anonymous Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:06:43 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/28/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-134190 nVidia offers much beta drivers and many drivers are also leaked. If you use those, you get crashes and BSOD's. If you however use official stable releases I never had a BSOD...What I have heard from my friends is that ATI drivers causes much more crashes than nVidia, especially when using multiple displays, tv's and such. nVidia offers much beta drivers and many drivers are also leaked. If you use those, you get crashes and BSOD’s. If you however use official stable releases I never had a BSOD…

What I have heard from my friends is that ATI drivers causes much more crashes than nVidia, especially when using multiple displays, tv’s and such.

]]> By: The Guruhttp://cybernetnews.com/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-134161 The Guru Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:13:29 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/28/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-134161 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-133958" rel="nofollow">The Guru wrote:</a><blockquote>I did find an “Unknown Device”. So I had Windows Vista check for a driver for this “Unknown Device”. Turns out this was the driver needed for my video card and it was installed on-the-fly (no reboot needed). Once this was done I was able to readjust my resolution back to 1440×900 (again without reboot).</blockquote></div> That’s really odd. I don’t think I’ve ever even had it install a video card driver without requiring a reboot before.I am not sure what that was all about. It seemed to be more of a 'reminding' Windows this was the driver it was suppose to be using. It was not an update since the present version is from 07/06/07 and I bought the system in October and of course on first run Windows does all the updates. The Guru wrote:
I did find an “Unknown Device”. So I had Windows Vista check for a driver for this “Unknown Device”. Turns out this was the driver needed for my video card and it was installed on-the-fly (no reboot needed). Once this was done I was able to readjust my resolution back to 1440×900 (again without reboot).

That’s really odd. I don’t think I’ve ever even had it install a video card driver without requiring a reboot before.

I am not sure what that was all about. It seemed to be more of a ‘reminding’ Windows this was the driver it was suppose to be using. It was not an update since the present version is from 07/06/07 and I bought the system in October and of course on first run Windows does all the updates.

]]> By: The Guruhttp://cybernetnews.com/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-134159 The Guru Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:11:01 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/28/nvidia-drivers-cause-29-of-vista-crashes/#comment-134159 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-133962" rel="nofollow">Vincent Clement wrote:</a><blockquote>The Guru said “This system is about a month old, so I shouldn’t haven’t to update the driver again.”Why not? Companies release updates all the time. Or should NVIDIA have waited six months after your bought your system before releasing an update? I was unaware that their release schedule was dependent on when YOU bought your system.</blockquote></div>Not exactly as I meant. I should have said replaced as that was NOT an update being the present drive is from 07/06/07. Vincent Clement wrote:
The Guru said “This system is about a month old, so I shouldn’t haven’t to update the driver again.”

Why not? Companies release updates all the time. Or should NVIDIA have waited six months after your bought your system before releasing an update? I was unaware that their release schedule was dependent on when YOU bought your system.

Not exactly as I meant. I should have said replaced as that was NOT an update being the present drive is from 07/06/07.

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