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    Is this still a problem for anyone else?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Rusho, Aug 5, 2008.

  1. Rusho

    Rusho Notebook Enthusiast

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    "NVLDDMKM has stopped working and has been restored"

    This has been plaguing me every time I play Guild Wars. The sad thing is, it only happens when I play Guild Wars...

    I've been reading all over the web about people with the same issues and I guess that there can be multiple reasons for this error. I'm just curious is there is a fix for this yet? or if anyone here can enlighten me as to why I did not have this problem when I got my laptop but why I have been having this problem for the past 7 months.

    I'm just frustrated with this. As I said before, Guild Wars is the only game that I have encountered this problem with. It isn't a very demanding game so I'm not seeing the problem.

    T7500, 2.2 GHz
    2GB DDR2, 667MHz
    160GB, 7200RPM
    15.4" WXGA, anti-glare
    256MB NVIDIA 8600M GT

    Those are my specs. Now I've been playing WoW, SWG, Age of Conan (very well suprisingly), Oblivion, Diablo 2, Jedi Outcast, Final Fantasy Online, Madden 08, and Neverwinter Nights 2 all within this past month. None of those games bring up the problem.

    Any ideas guys?
     
    Rusho, Aug 5, 2008
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    It looks like your graphics card driver is the problem. Try using the latest one from www.laptopvideo2go.com
     
    Bog, Aug 5, 2008
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  3. Rusho

    Rusho Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've updated the graphics card already. That still hasn't solved the problem.

    EDIT: This is my driver version 7.15.11.7431
     
    Rusho, Aug 5, 2008
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    kiriakost Notebook Deity

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    Updating the DX9 with the very latest version its a good idea too.

    Lowering a bit the sound card DX9 acceleration , could help too.

    At Run field .. type dxdiag + Enter
     
    kiriakost, Aug 5, 2008
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    Signal2Noise Über-geek.

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    When you update video drivers it's always best to completely uninstall the old drivers first. Don't simply update new over the old.
     
    Signal2Noise, Aug 5, 2008
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