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    Problems with the nVIDIA 8700GT

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Crimson Roses, May 6, 2008.

  1. Crimson Roses

    Crimson Roses Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey everyone,

    I have a Sager NP 5791 running Win, XP pro and powered by a nVIDIA 8700GT. I know that's yesterdays news, but it serves my purposes.

    Recietly (within the last 2 weeks) while playing any game, it randomly crashes back to windows and I get the following error message:
    The nVIDIA 8700GT video driver has stopped functioning properly. Please restart your system.

    That's not word 4 word, but it's pretty close. I always lose all my progress on whatever game I was playing at the time and it's getting really annoying.

    Any ideas what I can do? Any help/input would be greatly appreciated.
     
    Crimson Roses, May 6, 2008
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  2. SkeeteRX8

    SkeeteRX8 Notebook Deity

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    Which driver?
     
    SkeeteRX8, May 6, 2008
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  3. Crimson Roses

    Crimson Roses Notebook Evangelist

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    Stock drivers. I have't had time to look for anthing better yet.
     
    Crimson Roses, May 6, 2008
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  4. JosePerez

    JosePerez Notebook Evangelist

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    Update your drivers... I used to have the "driver stopped working" issue with old drivers...
     
    JosePerez, May 6, 2008
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  5. lozanogo

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    Are you overclocking? Can cause crashing problems in some games.
     
    lozanogo, May 6, 2008
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  6. Crimson Roses

    Crimson Roses Notebook Evangelist

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    A good idea, but I already tried that. No joy. I'm also not overclocking.
     
    Crimson Roses, May 6, 2008
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  7. lozanogo

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    When you updated your drivers... did you uninstalled first the previous driver? That may be the cause of your problem.
     
    lozanogo, May 6, 2008
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  8. JosePerez

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    True... I would add running a driver cleaner... Try that and tell us how it goes... Good Luck...
     
    JosePerez, May 6, 2008
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  9. Snowsurfer

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    Whats your temps on your GPU?
     
    Snowsurfer, May 6, 2008
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  10. Crimson Roses

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    I honestly don't know. I tried to download a PC health program from nVIDIA once, but it didn't work. I'm pretty sure that's not the problem though. I mean I only reciently started having this problem.
     
    Crimson Roses, May 6, 2008
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  11. Snowsurfer

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    You can try nTune it will give you a temp reading, plus its nice to have anyways, http://www.nvidia.com/object/ntune_5.05.54.00.html you can always delete it later if you don't like it. Sounds like your Gpu is crashing to me.
     
    Snowsurfer, May 6, 2008
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  12. KernalPanic

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    when is the last time you cleaned out your laptop's fans as well?

    Dust and hair get in the fans and clog them causing a heat buildup over time.

    8700m usually runs very very cool... especially in the 17" laptops it was built for.
     
    KernalPanic, May 7, 2008
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