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    Y580 Nvidia BSOD

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by xaeroxiii, Dec 21, 2012.

  1. xaeroxiii

    xaeroxiii Newbie

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    Hi i wanna know if my graphics card has died or can it still be saved :(
    Im new here just joined recently.
    Here are the specs:
    System Model: Lenovo Ideapad Y580
    OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 6.17601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
    System Type: 64-bit
    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz, 2301 MHz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processors
    BIOS Version: Lenovo 5DCN39WW(V2.06), 8/20/2012
    RAM: 8.00G
    Display: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 2G video ram
    Nvdia GeForce GTX 660M 2G video ram
    HDD Memory: 1TB


    i've only had this Laptop for around a month and a half now but since last week my laptop keeps BSOD'ing and having issues with a Display driver NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 306.97 stopped responding and has successfully recovered. when i play graphics intensive games. Ive looked around the net for answers and ive tried the ff reccomendation from others but to no avail using this site:

    Nvidia Display Driver Has Stopped Responding and Successfully Recovered

    Here's what ive done so far and the problem persists:
    - ran memtests w/o problems
    - ran prime95 w/o problems
    - upgraded my BIOS to the latest version for my laptop
    - upgraded/uninstalled/rolledback graphics drivers (clean install too)
    - COMPLETE reboot (very painful)
    - system restore
    - changed TDR settings from 2 - 8
    - clean registry with CCleaner
    - changed the physX settings from auto-select to choosing GPU
    - current driver 310.70

    Now its gotten worse :( before when i check the NVIDIA Control Panel Settings to the adjust image settings with preview it would only show fuzzy graphics malfunction but still roll and rare BSOD's. Now when i click on that it BSOD's 100% of the time. I cant even play 3D games anymore it just BSOD's. I ran Furmark to see stability and that causes BSOD's too :( its so frustrating and sad because this is a new laptop. I not experienced at all with technical issues.

    2 weeks ago it was all fine running games like Skyrim and Witcher 2 in Ultra and working perfectly. I noticed this problem started occurring when windows updated. I play games at the Lenovo Dynamic Graphics Setting in power management. Ive overclocked i guess.. using the Lenovo Dynamic Graphics and changing graphics settings in Nvidia but ive never changed in-system settings for overclocking and what not. Everything else works fine with no problems. I have no idea what to do now. If anyone has insight please share and discuss the knowledge
     
    xaeroxiii, Dec 21, 2012
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  2. DialUpRanger

    DialUpRanger Newbie

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    Did you try uninstalling and reinstalling your Nvidia Driver?
     
    DialUpRanger, Dec 21, 2012
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  3. xaeroxiii

    xaeroxiii Newbie

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    yup i have. i tried everything and its safe to say that its a hardware problem now :(
     
    xaeroxiii, Dec 23, 2012
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  4. DialUpRanger

    DialUpRanger Newbie

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    Send it in to Lenovo Warranty. They could probably fix the problem
     
    DialUpRanger, Dec 23, 2012
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