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    My drivers crash at least once an hour please help ><

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by calintz333, Jun 28, 2008.

  1. calintz333

    calintz333 Notebook Geek

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    Hey guys, Guess what else is happening to my notebook now! First, Vista memory leeks, Then the Service pack install problem, Now My Drivers crash at least once an hour every time I play Guild wars, My computer is

    Inspiron 1520
    Graphics card 256 Nvidia 8600M GT the drivers I have currently is 174.3
    4 Gigs of ram
    2.0 Centrino Duo processor

    Any help would be nice, The crash is horrible, but it always recovers itself after about 10 seconds, then again, It don't matter much by the time it recovers we already lost the GvG or I already died in game >.<
     
    calintz333, Jun 28, 2008
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  2. NAS Ghost

    NAS Ghost Notebook Deity

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    Um....Change drivers? I used to use to use one i cant remember which didnt even work, and 174.74 that crash upon start up so i just reverted back to 169.09
     
    NAS Ghost, Jun 28, 2008
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  3. wonton25

    wonton25 Notebook Consultant

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    I play Guild Wars a lot too, and I have the same card except on a macbook pro. Disabling Windows Vista Aero will help out a lot
     
    wonton25, Jun 29, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    I had the same experiences with the 174.32 drivers. Just change it and youll be fine
     
    flipfire, Jun 29, 2008
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  5. StormEffect

    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    Please use the recommended stable Nvidia release drivers 175.19. If you are still having problems after installing those, feel free to post back.
     
    StormEffect, Jun 29, 2008
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  6. BenLeonheart

    BenLeonheart walk in see this wat do?

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    I agree with StormEffect, those are definately driver issues, revert to more stable drivers...
    175.19 are a good choice.
     
    BenLeonheart, Jun 29, 2008
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  7. calintz333

    calintz333 Notebook Geek

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    Can some 1 provide a link to where I can download these 175.19 Drivers for windows Vista 32Bit. I been looking for them all I find is 64 bit.
     
    calintz333, Jun 29, 2008
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  8. NAS Ghost

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    lv2g.com is where you can get them ( i imagine ) but im too lazy to provdie a link
     
    NAS Ghost, Jun 29, 2008
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    Pai Notebook Evangelist

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    Laptopvideo2go.com

    As a side note, if you are overclocking your GPU, set it back to stock clock, since overclocking can crash driver as well.
     
    Pai, Jun 29, 2008
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