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    Troubleshoot 8800m gtx driver issue

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Kamino, May 15, 2011.

  1. Kamino

    Kamino Newbie

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    All,

    Need some help troubleshooting with my 8800m GTX card.

    System:
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS (previously Vista Business 64-bit)
    Clevo D900C (Blackhawk XR5 bought Jan 2008 from now defunct PCMW)
    System type: x64-based PC
    Processor: Intel Core 2 quad Q6700 @2.66GHz
    Ram: 4.00GB

    Recently had issues playing WoW, rainbow pixelation would occur, gradually get worse until you could see nothing but random pixels then freeze. Tried to fix with drivers etc, but no luck. Ran Riva Tuner - temp was not excessive + blew out all dust with compressed air. Decided to reformat, cleared all drives and changed from Vista 64-bit business to Windows 7 64-bit.

    Device Manager shows "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" and everything (apart from games) work fine. So installed drivers, however when I restart from installing the latest Nvidia drivers (270.61 WHQL), I can't get past the Windows Start up screen with the 4 color symbol, it freezes and takes me back to the boot sequence. So what I have tried is F8 during start up, running it in safe mode, uninstalling then trying different drivers back to 186.03 - however still same issue.

    Next thing I tried was updating the BIOS since I reset it to the factory default. I followed Blacky's guide (ty btw) on:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/556299-clevo-bios-older-models.html

    This took my BIOS version/Date from Phoenix Technologies LTD 6.00, 1/10/2008 to 11/18/2008. However, still the same issue with the drivers freezing at windows start up.

    So I'm now considering baking the GPU as a last resort as I don't know what else to try - any recommendations or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Is the 8800m GTX completely dead?

    Cheers,

    Kamino
     
    Kamino, May 15, 2011
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  2. mfractal

    mfractal T|I

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    Yeah, def. sounds like a faulty GPU, god knows those 8800gtx are prone to those kind of faults.

    I'd bake, but add some salt ;)
    Seriously though, good luck mate!
     
    mfractal, May 16, 2011
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  3. Anthony@MALIBAL

    Anthony@MALIBAL Company Representative

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    Sounds like a typical failure for the 8xxx series of GPU's. You could try baking it, but even if it does reflow the solder and get it working- it's something that may need to be done repeatedly to keep it working. Your best option is to look for a replacement, especially if baking it gives you a bit longer to search.
     
    Anthony@MALIBAL, May 16, 2011
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