BSOD - Nvidia 84.21 DRAMA

sammy5gs · Apr 3, 2006, 03:14 PM

Hey Guys....

I have been racking my brain on this and can't find the solution. I am running the rig detailed below in my sig. Ever since three forceware driver updates ago, I have been getting intermittent BSOD referring to NV4_mini.sys STOP Errors (DRIVER_LESS_IRQ...). They typically occur after I finish a game and go to my desktop to some mundane task (web browse, etc). On occasion, it occurs just automatically during a mundane task. During gameplay, I do not actually get BSOD, but the game exits out and go back to desktop. When I go to Events Manager, the detail states that there isn't and detail on the error that occurred?

I am running the latest forceware (84.21) from Nvidia. As stated, it seems that I just got these messages after a few driver updates back.

To clarify, I am fully aware of how to delete previous/update drivers accurately (Driver Cleaner, etc.).

Let me know if you guys have any thoughts or recommendations on which road I can go down to start fixing this drama. Thanks again!

fobis · Apr 3, 2006, 10:35 PM

Have you tried updating chipset driver at all? Maybe the graphics drivers and chipset drivers are somehow conflicting...

RestInPeas · Apr 4, 2006, 12:47 AM

And have you tried going back to an old set, to make sure it's the drivers causing problems?

sammy5gs · Apr 5, 2006, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fobis

Have you tried updating chipset driver at all? Maybe the graphics drivers and chipset drivers are somehow conflicting...

Yep. Initially, I used the chipset drivers from Nvidia, but then I read somewhere that I need to uninstall the Nvidia IDE driver and use the Windows IDE driver, so I did that and still no joy.

sammy5gs · Apr 5, 2006, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RestInPeas

And have you tried going back to an old set, to make sure it's the drivers causing problems?

Have not tried that yet. I see a lot of people have success in going back to the 7x.xx forcewares, but I do not want to sacrifice performance just yet. Those drivers were not designed to utilize the capabilities of the 7800gtx gpus, and I am holding out hope that if it is truly a driver issue, that it will be corrected sooner, rather than later.

Apr 3, 2006, 03:14 PM	#1
sammy5gs DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	BSOD - Nvidia 84.21 DRAMA Hey Guys.... I have been racking my brain on this and can't find the solution. I am running the rig detailed below in my sig. Ever since three forceware driver updates ago, I have been getting intermittent BSOD referring to NV4_mini.sys STOP Errors (DRIVER_LESS_IRQ...). They typically occur after I finish a game and go to my desktop to some mundane task (web browse, etc). On occasion, it occurs just automatically during a mundane task. During gameplay, I do not actually get BSOD, but the game exits out and go back to desktop. When I go to Events Manager, the detail states that there isn't and detail on the error that occurred? I am running the latest forceware (84.21) from Nvidia. As stated, it seems that I just got these messages after a few driver updates back. To clarify, I am fully aware of how to delete previous/update drivers accurately (Driver Cleaner, etc.). Let me know if you guys have any thoughts or recommendations on which road I can go down to start fixing this drama. Thanks again! __________________ ABIT AN8 SLI (Bios 20) AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2 BFG 7800GTX (256Mb) in SLI 2MB OCZ DC Platinum PC3200 PC Power & Cooling 850 SSI SLI Creative Labs Audigy 2ZS Limited Edition Gamer Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 500GB Plextor PX-712SA/SW-BL Windows XP SP2

Apr 3, 2006, 10:35 PM	#2
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Apr 4, 2006, 12:47 AM	#3
RestInPeas DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Århus, Denmark Posts: 206 Rep Power: 0	And have you tried going back to an old set, to make sure it's the drivers causing problems?