Bad Graphics And Sound Precious
Jul 31, 2007
Iv'e just got a really new computer installed and already I am having real bad problems, particularly graphics related. these are my specs: Now i don't want to sound precious, i know that is a really good set-up, but it seems to not be working very well at all! One of the biggest frustrations is the game farcry, my old computer couldn't really run it and now it seems my new one wont either!
symptoms:
- farcry video settings' "auto detect" options choose everything on the lowest settings (thats when i knew something was up) - i change the settings to highest possible and begin playing - at first, colours, lighting, etc apear almost inverted, very mixed up and incorect (indoors)....................
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Mar 23, 2008
hey, i upgraded my graphics card (ATI HD3850) on my computer and it works fine but i no longer have sound on my computer. i tryed updating the drivers and changing the settings and still no sound. when i take out the graphics card i have sound again. i asked bestbuy and they said that i shorted out something on the motherboard, i told them that when i take the card back out i have sound again and they were clueless about what to do. nobody that i've talked to has ever heard of this happening. they said it seems like a driver conflict and to upgrade the drivers, but that didn't work. does anyone have any ideas?
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When i installed the 8800gs it disabled the onboard g.card automatically itself i was wondering if it has done the same with the sound? but if it had i wouldnt be able to hear sound through the headphones right? device manager says the sound is working fine!
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Jan 19, 2009
I've a annoying problem with me pc crashing, it only happens when i play games like call of duty, halo 2, crysis 2.
i'll be playing the game when the screen will freeze with red dotted lines across it for about 45secs then i get this message.
"To your computer
Attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed.
If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your pc. If the screen appears again follow steps
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installtion ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any windows updates you might need.
If the problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software, disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing, if you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select advanced startup options, and then select safe mode.
Technical information
*** Stop: 0x00000116 ( 0xFFFFFA80065CE4E0, 0xFFFFFA60020268F0, 0x0000000000000000, 0x000000000000000Z)
*** NVLDDMKM.SYS-ADDRESS FFFFFA60020268F0 base AT FFFFFA600200E000, Datestamp 491B7353
Collecting data for crash dump...
Initializing disk for crash dump...
Beginning dump of physical memory.
Dumping physical memory to disk: 100
Physical memory dump complete
Contact yor system admin or technical support group for further assistance."
My graphics is a Geforce 8800Gt OC2 512MB, it has the most upto date drivers, my windows is upto date.
I've tried turning down the resolution and what is said in the error message.
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Problem signature
Problem Event Name: PnPGenericDriverFound
Architecture: x86
Hardware Id: PCIVEN_1002&DEV_95C4&SUBSYS_FF501179&REV_00
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.6
Locale ID: 3081
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 96099954
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Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.73 GHz
3.5 GB RAM
ATI Raedeon Xpress 200M Chipset
Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit
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Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware because a previous instance of the device driver is still in memory. (Code 38)
I checked in the device manager and it says it has the same wddm driver version for both devices, I have tried installing many times but it continues to presist, is this a Windows Vista or ATI issue? Is there anything I can do to fix it?
System Information:
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/5255/sysinf2.png
Device Manager:
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3998/sysinf.png
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