SeenBean

UPDATED! and more organized/less rambling!

Nvidia GeForce 9600 GSO Properties > Device Status: > "This device is working properly."


Okay, so.
I have a Nvidia GeForce 9600 GSO.
I thought it died on me. I was wrong.

But here is my problem.
I went to start my computer about a week ago, and the monitor didn't work. So I manually shut it down, restarted.. nothing.. so I plugged the monitor into the CPU monitor slot and it worked.. It just didn't have the good graphics, I had the onboard 7600. I tested the monitor, and that isn't the problem. I virus scanned and found a Trojan, spybot supposedly took care of it and hasn't found anything since.

For about a week, every time I turned my computer on the monitor would get no signal. I'd have to switch the monitor from the graphics card slot to the CPU slot, then it would start-up, bam, blue screen of death.

"*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xFFFFF98000A069E0, 0xFFFFFFFFFC0000034, 0x00000000000000000, 0x00000000000000000)"

I would shut it down, and move the monitor slot to the graphics card slot and it would work. Recently, the graphics card slot completely stopped working for 2-3 days. But earlier today I turned the computer on (monitor plugged into the CPU slot) and it didn't respond. I crapped myself. I switched to the graphics card slot and BOOYAH! I was in. I rolled back the driver, which didn't fix the problem.

• This all started (coincidentally?) when I downloaded window's service packs. Maybe that has something to do with it? ***I uninstalled them - nothing happened***

• I went into BIOS and could not find ANYTHING about how to view my video card options or video drive stuff.

• I am going to go update my card's drivers right now, as I am running the card right now.

• Help people please hint me? Soon, if this keeps up, I shall seek professional help.

THANKYOU!

System Specs:
Acer Aspire M5641 64-bit running Windows Vista Home Premium
4GB RAM
2x Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz 2.20 GHz
and has Service pack 1 (huh?)

GeForce 9600 GSO:
Driver Version: 178.24
Stream Processors: 96
Core Clock: 583 MHz
Memory Clock: 500 MHz (1000 MHz data rate)
Memory Interface: 192-bit
Total Available Graphics: 2559 MB
Dedicated Video Memory: 768 MB
System Video Memory: 0MB <- (is this normal?)
Shared System Memory: 1791 MB
Video BIOS Version: 62.92.4C.00.06
IRQ: 18
Bus: PCI Express x 16

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SeenBean

I actually have no clue why I am posting this here.

It is oober-unlikely that anyone would know the problem.

if you do feel free to ask, I am just going to take the card to the store and tell them it broke.

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kris23

sounds dead to me..... if you can just go out and get a new one from a store, id do that....

you may get a better card out of it.....

if it STILL doesnt work.... it would be good to do some troubleshooting steps.....

also, did you mess around in the BIOS before this happened?

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CDsDontBurn

yea, i don't think it's dead from your first post. i think some setting may have been quirked up somehow. how, i don't know, but i've seen it happen before.

anyways, like kris suggested, go into the BIOS and try and locate anything that relates to video. it could be listed as "primary graphics," "video," "display" or something with similar wording. then, as the available options for this device, it should ask you which is the "primary adapter" or similar wording. be sure it's set to PCI-E instead of onboard or PCI. exit the BIOS, saving changes of course, and you should be all fixed up.

if you still have issues, try booting into windows safe mode. once in, open up device manager and under the "display" option, there should be 2 options listed there. one is the onboard display device and the other is the 9600 card. right click on the onboard device, and select the option of "disabled". shut the machine down normally, and switch the cable to your 9600 card.

one of these two will get you up and running again normally. if you continue to have problems, take the card down to the shop you purchased it from, and ask them if they can test it out for you before you exchange/return it. if it doesn't work there, then you know it's the card. if it works there no problem, then it's something else with your computer causing you to have these computer issues.

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SeenBean

Not at all

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SeenBean

@CDsDontBurn - Thankyou so much for the reply

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isaak

You might want to check if the card starts up at all when you power on the system

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SeenBean

do you know how?

I look up the control panel driver's list and it says I have a 7100.. the 9600 doesn't show up at all..

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Tyrsonswood

You could see if the fan spins up for one...... Have you opened the case yet? This could be a bad card, but it could also just need to be re-seated (with power off, of course) and also check BIOS settings as CD's mentioned above.

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CDsDontBurn

as for the update that you put up on your first post, here are some links which i think may help you resolve. these seem to be unrelated to your gfx card after reading through them but rather, related towards that virus thing you mentioned you had going on.

Advanced troubleshooting for "Stop 0x0000007B" errors in Windows XP

You receive a Stop 0x0000007B error after you move the Windows XP system disk to another computer

STOP 0x0000007B Blue Screen Errors

STOP 0x0000007B - STOP 0x7B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE - Fix STOP Error 0x0000007B

Blue Screen STOP: 0x0000007B (OxF8968640, 0xC0000034, 0X00000000, 0x00000000) - TechSpot OpenBoards

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SeenBean

Just opened it, and fans are running on the card..

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SeenBean

edited everything and I am on right now using the 9600! updating drivers atm to see if this might help..?

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Tyrsonswood

Right on! Keep us posted

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SeenBean

well I am DL'ing the basic drive update from the NVIDIA website. Hope it just stops doing what it is doing after this

I am afraid to turn it off now.. eek

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SeenBean

Okay so I updated the driver, it had to restart and it worked right away! The monitor went on. So IDK if.... you know.. tomorrow the monitor will turn on right away or I might have to use the CPU slot again.. but I will keep everyone posted, but for now I am happy! Thankyou everyone!

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isaak

Glad its working for you and I hope it can stay that way!

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SeenBean

Hey it started normal, monitor worked fine and everything.

I think the driver update might have done something..

Hope this isn't just temporary, and thankyou EVERYONE for your help!

Greatly appreciated

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DJ BIG T

make sure you disable your on board 7100 or it might conflik with your 9600...

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SeenBean

hm, if I can from the control panel then yeah. Im just afraid it might do what it's been doing and then I'd be screwed because I couldn't use the CPU monitor slot

that'd be hell.

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Tyrsonswood

You're probably fine with the bios setting you have, as it's booting off your AGP card, typically though most people will do as Dj said and disable on-board video. Some boards will default to AGP as primary, on-board as seconday. (probably what you have.)

You shouldn't be to apprehensive about going into the BIOS though and get used to what's there, if you think you changed something you didn't want to, it prompts you about saving on exit..... doesn't hurt to look around and see what you have there.

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SeenBean

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

its doing it again

just without the blue screen of death..
but still wtf

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Tyrsonswood

Is it getting hot and shutting down? or at startup?

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SeenBean

ugh, havn't been able to login forever because of the cookie problem, im on IE now, I use firefox though.

but yeah IT IS DOING IT AGAIN

god just kill me

i got the nvidia xfx 9600 installer CD, I am going to try to repair it?
I just need it to work now.. i am waiting for the monitor to work on the card slot again.. ug

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SeenBean

no, and no.

the monitor doesn't work when it is plugged into the graphics card.
only on the CPU slot.

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Tyrsonswood

Right, I got that part, I was just wondering when it failed after working for a time, did it get hot (the card) and stop working or did it "just not turn on" at startup.

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SeenBean

oh, sorry.

Well, just one time when I went to turn on the computer it didn't work. We played with it forever and then moved the monitor to the CPU plug and wallah, it worked.

But it switched back/forth between not working on the CPU while working on the Card, to working on the CPU and not working on the card.

A few times now it hasn't worked on both, and I just shut down and then one of them works.
Kinda sucks because I can't play my nice games when its running the on-board


should I just disable it? Then i'd be screwed though =x

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Tyrsonswood

It could be conflict with the onboard, but if you never changed that right before this started happening it doesn't make sense....... If you disable onboard and get no signal at the card then you are looking at a bad card I would guess, Are you sure the card is getting proper power and is seated correctly, etc. ?

About being "stuck with no video" if you make the change in BIOS, (disable onboard) and it doesn't work if you pull the card out of the system, you will get video from the onboard, at least enough to get into the BIOS to correct the setting. Did you find the setting to disable the onboard?

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SeenBean

I went into BIOS and the ONLY thing I could find remotely regarding video options was "PCI/PNP CONFIG" .. (I have an Acer if that helps - not that great BIOS options)

there was a "allocate IRQ to PCI VGA"

yes: Assign IRQ to PCIVGA card if card requests it.
no: Do not assign IRQ to PCIVGA even if card requests it.

does that have to do with anything?

and if this keeps up I'll probably take it out maybe uninstall/reinstall.
I got the install disk for it.

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Tipstaff

I hate to say this, but this doesn't sound like driver/Windows related problem, and it might not be a graphics card problem (although it could still be).

My first thought is it's either a motherboard or PSU problem. If the motherboard isn't detecting the video card at bootup it will switch to the onboard. At this point it could be that the motherboard isn't powering the card via the PCIE slot, or isn't detecting that there is a card in that slot (this could indicate that the video card is the problem, so keep that in mind). However, since that particular card requires 2 points of power (motherboards PCIE slot and external 6 pin PCIE), it could could be that the PSU isn't supplying enough to the board to power the card, or that it's not supplying enough, or no power at all to external plug from the PSU to the card via the 6 pin PCIE power connector. Also, the card needs to power on before the system posts, and if the PSU isn't supplying the power to the card fast enough to initialize it before then the computer wouldn't detect the card, and it would post thinking that there is no card. This would explain why the system is so inconsistent as sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't.

So, what I would look at right now is trying out a new power supply, especially since in pre-made boxes like that Acer they tend to put in cheap PSUs, or PSUs that are just sufficient enough to power the system. Getting a better PSU, one of higher wattage, may be what you need to get things rolling again. Something else to try: if the power supply has a dedicated power connector going to your video card it could be that the connection (connector or cable) might be faulty, so you could look at getting yourself a splitter that would take 2x4 pin molex connectors and change it to 1 PCIE 6 pin power plug. That would allow you to bypass that direct feed.

Another thing to consider would be to try out another video card in the computer, preferably one that doesn't require the additional 6 pin PCIE power to run. If it works, and works consistently for a while, this will rule out the motherboard as the culprit.

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SeenBean

Holy crap. Thank you so much.
I am actually very happy to hear this!

I hope it is the PSU
I got about 1 and a half years left on my computers warrenty! (tigerdirect ftw)
And, my graphics card's warrenty ends in december.

I think I am going to get my helpless father to help me take this to the store so they can check it out

He doesn't want to help at all though lol. Thank you all for the insight btw.

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