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    Vista x64 crash on laptop monitor unplug, 9800M GTX

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by jkiller2, Nov 24, 2008.

  1. jkiller2

    jkiller2 Notebook Guru

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    Hey all,

    My laptop specs: Sager 5796 (Clevo M570TU) with 9800M GTX, VISTA x64 Ultimate, Current nvidia driver : 180.43


    Problem started when I started to use dual monitors (DVI port). Vista would just stall and the screen would do nothing if I unplugged my computer with a dual monitor attached. I next went through 5 different drivers (granted not sager's supplied drivers), same deal. I then said screw it and stopped using the extra monitor and of course now VISTA continued to stall every single time I unplugged the computer. I've had to hard reboot the baby 10 or so times and I'm praying the hard-drive kept up.

    Between each driver install I did a clean-out with Driver Sweeper in safe mode. After doing this 10 or so times, I am at version 180.43 and so far it hasn't crashed when I pull the power, but i'm not doing it again until i clean up the poor thing.

    Any ANY idea what's causing this? It doesn't crash in safe-mode, but then again nvidia's drivers aren't loaded then either. I've killed all processes when the OS boots up and it still crashes when unplugged \, which makes me think its the video driver but who knows - why crash when different power modes are switched!?!



    Thanks for any and all suggestions!
     
    jkiller2, Nov 24, 2008
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    padraigdoran Newbie

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    Hi, I have a Dell XPS 1730 with 8800M GTX SLI. With the original (or latest official) drivers (175.32) I have no problems with unplugging the system. When I use the newest drivers (180.84 beta, for GTA IV) though, the system sometimes crashes when unplugged.

    After much messing about with different configurations I have found out that it is related to SLI being enabled. If you disable SLI, there are no problems at all using any driver when unplugging the system but when SLI is enabled, the system sometimes crashes when unplug.

    Also, I've had my motherboard replaced and I have got a new adapter so they are not the problem.

    Any ideas? Is there any program I can use to extract information from the graphics card to figure out why it is crashing?
     
    padraigdoran, Dec 17, 2008
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    padraigdoran Newbie

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    I'm running Vista 32bit b.t.w.
     
    padraigdoran, Dec 17, 2008
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