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Graphic card Stops responding.

8 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/graphic-card-stops-responding.52887/

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vick_zone Original post #1
Mar 20, 2007 at 2:28 PM
HI, i have Gforce 4400 series graphic card, p4 2.4ghz, 512 ram, whenever i play games like Bad boys, NFS, motogp3 within 15-20 min. my whole games screen goes to minimize, resolution changed at low like safe mode & a error appears
'' graphic card stop responding '' thats all. so guyz can you suggest me what should i do >??
saikibryan
Mar 24, 2007 at 1:53 AM
after the message does ur pc stop? i mean hangs? or reastarts? or ur game window just minimizes...details plz
dOm1naTOr
Mar 24, 2007 at 9:27 AM
Ya, i know that one with some 'nv4 display driver has encountered some illegal operation'. And quits to desktop with 16 colours[not 16 bit, but only 16 colors]. U cant open nvidia control panel at that time and it says H/W missing..

First take out the card and clean its connectors with soft cloth and alcohol. Boot in safe mode and uninstall previous driver of nvidia from ADD/Remove pgms.
Restart and install latest forceware.
This might do.
Shasanka_Gogoi
Mar 24, 2007 at 12:51 PM
It might be an overheating issue. See to it. or Try upgrading ur cards drivers.

I cant figure anything else than this 2 things
dOm1naTOr
Mar 24, 2007 at 1:00 PM
@Shasanka_Gogoi
the card is so stable at high temps that it cud even run fine of 120c+ temps. So no way of heating.
Shasanka_Gogoi
Mar 24, 2007 at 3:13 PM
aravind_n20 said:
@Shasanka_Gogoi
the card is so stable at high temps that it cud even run fine of 120c+ temps. So no way of heating.

O.K. I'll see to it.
V
Mar 26, 2007 at 6:18 PM
saikibryan said:
after the message does ur pc stop? i mean hangs? or reastarts? or ur game window just minimizes...details plz

ya its true, my game windows just minimizes & after a min, my monitor turns off
to get display back i needs to restart my machine everytime.
keith_j_snyder2
Mar 27, 2007 at 2:01 AM
Those 8x.xx series drivers were loaded of these problem.So try latest drivers....Man that a lot of heat 120 deg C!!!Wonder ur card must be on carbon fibre chip & actually GOLD!!!