Nvidia Drivers keep becoming corrupted

[dsbaule]

I've been having a problems with Nvidia's drivers for some time, for some reason they keep on becoming corrupted, and i'm greeted mid-gaming with a blocky screen and a frozen computer. Sometimes just restarting works, but most times it happens again after the windows logo disappears...

 

Booting into safe mode works fine and uninstalling the drivers and re-installing them usually works, but after a while it tends to happen again...

 

The games i've been playing are csgo and borderlands 2, so i don't think it's their fault.

 

Is anyone else having the same problem? If so, do you know how to solve it?

 

System specs:

 

- Asus sabertooth Z87

- Core i7 4770k

- Nvidia GeForce GTX 780Ti

- Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 32Gb RAM

- Wd Green 3TB Hard Drive

- Samsung 840 EVO 256Gb SSD

- Running Windows 8.1 64 bits

[jezza39]

Have you been overclocking? When I OC'd by 670 too far and ran furmark it immediately crashed the drivers, try running the card at a lower clock speed through afterburner/PrecisionX etc.

 

Did you use driver sweeper to remove the drivers when in safe mode?

[Trik'Stari]

I've been having a problems with Nvidia's drivers for some time, for some reason they keep on becoming corrupted, and i'm greeted mid-gaming with a blocky screen and a frozen computer. Sometimes just restarting works, but most times it happens again after the windows logo disappears...

 

Booting into safe mode works fine and uninstalling the drivers and re-installing them usually works, but after a while it tends to happen again...

 

The games i've been playing are csgo and borderlands 2, so i don't think it's their fault.

 

Is anyone else having the same problem? If so, do you know how to solve it?

 

System specs:

 

- Asus sabertooth Z87

- Core i7 4770k

- Nvidia GeForce GTX 780Ti

- Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 32Gb RAM

- Wd Green 3TB Hard Drive

- Samsung 840 EVO 256Gb SSD

- Running Windows 8.1 64 bits

I've been getting a constant blue screen to error code 124 on my graphics card as well.

[dsbaule]

Have you been overclocking? When I OC'd by 670 too far and ran furmark it immediately crashed the drivers, try running the card at a lower clock speed through afterburner/PrecisionX etc.

 

Did you use driver sweeper to remove the drivers when in safe mode?

 

No, i haven't overclocked at all. But i used windows' program removal tool for uninstalling it, and then geforce experience to reinstall... 

[dsbaule]

I've been getting a constant blue screen to error code 124 on my graphics card as well.

 

Mine doesn't even give me a code, all i see is weird blue blocks

[jezza39]

No, i haven't overclocked at all. But i used windows' program removal tool for uninstalling it, and then geforce experience to reinstall... 

 

Download driver sweeper, it's on the Guru-3D website, use it to completely remove the drivers and all other NVIdia stuff. Then reinstall, grab a copy of furmark and crank it up. If you get crashes then, you will need to RMA. 

[jezza39]

Mine doesn't even give me a code, all i see is weird blue blocks

 

Do the blue blocks show up in the game before the drivers crash? Those sound like artifacts which you should only be seeing if you've over done your overclocking on the GPU.

[Trik'Stari]

Mine doesn't even give me a code, all i see is weird blue blocks

No code on startup or anything?

[dsbaule]

No code on startup or anything?

 

 

Do the blue blocks show up in the game before the drivers crash? Those sound like artifacts which you should only be seeing if you've over done your overclocking on the GPU.

 

The blocks show up as soon as the pc freezes, but i have not overclocked at all

 

And no, i don't get any codes

[Trik'Stari]

The blocks show up as soon as the pc freezes, but i have not overclocked at all

 

And no, i don't get any codes

Weird.

[SuperSoph_WD]

Hey there, @dsbaule!

 

I'd suggest to back up and perform a fresh install of Windows. 

I think this will do the job, if it is software related. 

If the blocks on the screen appear even after a fresh install of Windows, it's more likely that you are having a hardware problem.

So I'd suggest to check inside the PC and see if there's any dust in the cooling fans. 

 

I hope this helps you! 

[dsbaule]

 

Hey there, @dsbaule!

 

I'd suggest to back up and perform a fresh install of Windows. 

I think this will do the job, if it is software related. 

If the blocks on the screen appear even after a fresh install of Windows, it's more likely that you are having a hardware problem.

So I'd suggest to check inside the PC and see if there's any dust in the cooling fans. 

 

I hope this helps you! 

 

 

Checking for that was one of the first things i did, i cleaned all the dust filters and checked to see if all fans are running and they are...

[dsbaule]

Download driver sweeper, it's on the Guru-3D website, use it to completely remove the drivers and all other NVIdia stuff. Then reinstall, grab a copy of furmark and crank it up. If you get crashes then, you will need to RMA. 

 

I downloaded Display Driver Uninstaller (The replacement for Driver Sweeper) and used it, it worked but everytime i try to install a driver i get the same problem during instal...

 

I thought it might be a hardware problem but it works fine without the drivers

[SuperSoph_WD]

Checking for that was one of the first things i did, i cleaned all the dust filters and checked to see if all fans are running and they are...

 

Good job, @dsbaule!

 

I downloaded Display Driver Uninstaller (The replacement for Driver Sweeper) and used it, it worked but everytime i try to install a driver i get the same problem during instal...

 

I thought it might be a hardware problem but it works fine without the drivers

 

Did you solve the problem? 

If no, did you try the fresh re-install of Windows after all? 

[dsbaule]

So, I'm sort of reviving this topic just to update you all on what happened...

 

After updating all my drivers (The intel chipset one seems to have been the main one) the card was fuctional for some time, but i ended up getting the same issue once again, and worse than ever. No driver install or anything seemed to help, so i decided to file for an RMA with EVGA.

 

My card is currently at their RMA Office, and after chatting with an EVGA representative (Jaeson W) he confirmed that my card did fail testing, as quoted below. In other word, my card was defective. I should be getting a new one soon, will post about the RMA process in the future probably.

 

"Jaeson W

We just test to see if we can replicate the problem here to verifiy if the product is defective, then we send it back to the factory for further diagnosis and refurbishment if it's salvagable.

It did fail testing though

 

Daniel

Ooooh

So it was indeed the card

 

Jaeson W

Yep"

 

Let's see if i'll have any problems with the new card.