[TakumiR]

Hi everybody... again...
Uhmm I want to ask if anybody knows why my Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT (1024 MB) usually stops working.

See. When I play a last era game (GTA IV, Skyrim, Deus EX: Human Revolution, ETC) I don't know why, but I tend to experience black screen which always ends up crashing my entire system giving me a bluescreen "of death" telling me that the system just crashed with no "apparent" reason, although, I know the reason is related to the Video/Graphics Card hardware or software. In the error events of the PC mentions that it was a unexpected malfunctioning of either the hardware itself or the software.
I believe that is the hardware, hopefully not... And well, I ask here to see if anyone has any idea of why this happens and how to fix the problem if possible...

System Specs:
Windows 7 Service pack 1 32-Bits version 6.1.7xxx
Video Card software version: 304.48 which is the latest one available to my hardware
Motherboard: Intel Desktop Motherboard DG31PR (2 DDR2 RAM ports)
4GB of RAM (3,25 available to use because OS)
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.63Ghz

Additional: This kind of problem appeared for first time almost a month ago or so with Skyrim, after I installed the video card and upgraded the driver/s--- The NVIDIA Forums do not contain a topic with my problem, with my video card or my driver version. The blackscreen appeared in very very VERY rare occasions with my other video hardware, a NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT (512 MB). That card got a case of corrupted image that did not allowed me to even start up the system, so I gifted it to a friend so he could make a viking burial ritual if he weren't able to fix the problem.... So... I don't have that card anymore to test it.


Well. Thanks to any help given or any reader.
Every constructive response is very appreciated.

(And yeah, I know I make too many posts about hardware issues... My 4 year pc is starting to have problems nowadays and I can't afford a mayor upgrade other than a processor and/or a video card... maybe motherboard)

[Gareth Croke]

You seem to have done everything right in trying to fix it, but you mention this started when you updated your graphics drivers, so try this and see if it will work.

Roll back your video driver to the previous version and find the driver immediately before your current driver (that's if your driver update skipped a few updates). To do this you can roll back your driver as usual through Device Manager.

Right Click My Computer -> Device Manger -> Locate Graphics Card -> Right-Click - Properties -> Driver Tab -> Roll Back Driver

Then download the version immediately before your driver and then install.

This is where I can find previous versions, you might know elsewhere as I'm an ATI guy so I'm not that hot on nVidia, then try running your games again. You will need to select the options applicable to you and from the result I got back there are a few to choose from.

It could be that the driver isn't that good, and sometimes updating drivers isn't 100% necessary if your games are working fine (the old if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it thing)

[TakumiR]

Thanks! I'll start the procedure right now and see what happens, then I'll update this.

EDIT:
HAHAHAH Oh well... This is embarrassing ahahahah
See, I was running on base of a BETA version driver released exactly a month ago ahahah
Betas usually have some problems, right? and well, one of those problems was the fact of the driver itself crashing/malfunctioning
My earlier version (301.42), which is the one that my old video card used to run before it accident, does not have any of those problems.

All my games do experience a better performance on the gameplay and amount of frames per second and does not crash!
Well, thank you sir, a lot.
I'll give you loads of cookies... If I could...

This post has been edited by TakumiR on Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 01:54