Blue screen of death

Bellboy · 4 Feb 2006 at 13:59

OK will report back if it does it again (something for you to look forward to

). Thanks for all your help Deathwish.

edit: does this mean it ain't a hardware problem, ie. is that solely software related, or if it BSODs again could it still be hardware related?

Deathwish · 4 Feb 2006 at 14:49

Doesn't really sound like a hardware problem to me, more a software issue.

The number of times i've seen an nForce board BSOD is unfunny now, never again will I use them

NathanE · 4 Feb 2006 at 14:56

nvtcp.sys is the Nvidia Firewall. Uninstall it. I've seen at least two other people on here have the exact same BSOD issues because of it.

Bellboy · 4 Feb 2006 at 15:11

Cheers, no problems yet since uninstalling, long may it continue

Mattus · 4 Feb 2006 at 20:15

It sounds like it was the firewall.

I installed the firewall software when I got this nF3 board. Had no end of problems with BSODs and long boot times, so I uninstalled it. It seems to be universally hated, terrible software.

Since then I've had no problems with the board - at the moment it's been running on 100% CPU load for 8 days. nForce gear can be stable

Deathwish · 4 Feb 2006 at 22:11

Mattus said:
It sounds like it was the firewall.

I installed the firewall software when I got this nF3 board. Had no end of problems with BSODs and long boot times, so I uninstalled it. It seems to be universally hated, terrible software.

Since then I've had no problems with the board - at the moment it's been running on 100% CPU load for 8 days. nForce gear can be stable

Yes i've heard lots of problems with the Firewall, its best to just switch it off.

And im sure nForce setups can be stable, its the act of getting their that annoys me. I know this might sound a bit fanboyish but take an Intel setup, I have never had a problem with drivers etc.

Bellboy · 5 Feb 2006 at 16:34

Well unfortunately my problems didn't end there. I got a couple of different BSODs after that whilst trying to install Rome: Total War, which ultimately culminated in not being able to load up windows due to an Unmountable Boot Volume (just got to the Windows loading screen and then went into this BSOD). I've formatted and reinstalled everything, hopefully this time it'll be more stable. And I think I'll give rtw a miss for now

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edit: by everything I don't mean the nv firewall, nor the ide sw drivers - those I left out as per your advice

Lonewolf · 5 Feb 2006 at 17:54

I was getting BSOD after I formatted my Hdd. No real pattern to them and the error number did not have any relevance on the Windows website. In the end through frustration I decided to uninstall SP2. 5 days later and I have not had a BSOD in that time, yet........

Bellboy · 5 Feb 2006 at 23:46

well fingers crossed I have been on it most of the day and no BSODs yet (do have sp2 installed as well). Litmus test will be installing rtw but I wanna enjoy it for a few days first