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    X205 S9359 BOSD nvlddmkm.sys on boot

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by opruitt, Jan 7, 2008.

  1. opruitt

    opruitt Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've been searching on and off for about 2 months on this issue without any real luck. Since version 167.xx or later of the nvidia drivers I get a BOSD (blue screen of death) ONLY when booting the laptop from cold (from powered off.) Once I reboot after the BSOD it boots fine. If I reboot, it boots fine. It's only when I "first boot" from powered off do I get the BSOD. I see others with BSODs while playing games etc. but I don't have ANY issues once I boot. I want the 167.xx or later drivers since they really improve my video performance.

    Thanx for any help...
     
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    when you install another driver is that problem gone ?
    eg. an older one, does that actually fix your problem ?
     
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    Yes, if I go back to a version earlier than 167.xx.

    Now to be honest it has been a while and there might have been a couple of versions prior to 167.xx that had the problem but I don't remember. I do know for sure that the two versions (both way old) provided on the Toshiba site don't have the problem and that several versions I tried from LaptopVideo2Go do work without the BSOD. But those both have performance/display issues in games. Right now I'm on version 167.45 (also from LaptopVideo2Go) which has been very stable (except for the BSOD) and has great game performance.
     
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    Well an update. I installed the Windows Vista SP1 Evaluation copy Build 6001 and it fixed my problem. Now I can only hope the release version does the same.
     
    opruitt, Jan 8, 2008
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