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GeForce R304 306.23 WHQL Drivers

Maybe I should reinstall Windows.
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I don't think that will make any difference.

I think its definitly a driver problem.

When I try installing new drivers over the old ones it automatically disables sli which is a pain because I get the problem when I try to enable sli.

I have never had to resort to removing cards but have probably got quite close to it.
 
Durzel said:
Can I ask Kaapstad what chipset drivers you're using? The ones from the ASUS site?
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I think I am using the ones that came with the mobo cdrom. I don't remember going to the asus site.

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I don't know if the above pic helps any
 
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What app/website is that you're using there?

As to whether it helps, it does. :) Right now I hate how this issue crops up when I install drivers, I can't explain it at all.
 
I went back to the older 304.79 betas as I thought these WHQL were not so good for overclocking but it wasn't the drivers but one of my cards getting too hot (needed new TIM and dedusting).. No extra heat from these and rock solid.
 
Not had any issues with my GTX470 SLI and these drivers tho I do notice the digital color format option is broken and once you change it, it sticks on that option unless you do a clean install of the drivers :S (they are beta after all).

I'm gonna blame the motherboard still in your case tho Durzel :P you were never happy with how crosfire worked on it either with similiar driver timeout issues I seem to remember.
 
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Using the last two BETA and two WHQL drivers I am regularly getting the BF3 freeze / black screen crash and the message:
Nvidia Display driver has stopped responding and has successfully recovered
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Each time I have uninstalled from control panel, booted into safe mode, run driver sweeper, restarted followed by search of C:\ for nvidia folders and deleted them, run disk cleanup on C:\, CCleaner (including fix registry issues) and then install new drivers (with "clean install" checked).

Anyone know what could be causing this? It seems to happen about 30-60 mins into gameplay on BF3.
 
MoRT489 said:
Using the last two BETA and two WHQL drivers I am regularly getting the BF3 freeze / black screen crash and the message:
Each time I have uninstalled from control panel, booted into safe mode, run driver sweeper, restarted followed by search of C:\ for nvidia folders and deleted them, run disk cleanup on C:\, CCleaner (including fix registry issues) and then install new drivers (with "clean install" checked).

Anyone know what could be causing this? It seems to happen about 30-60 mins into gameplay on BF3.
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That is generally associated with Overclocking and lack of volts. If you card is not overclocked, I would return it as it is faulty but if it is Overclocked, lower your OC a touch.
 
whyscotty said:
There does seem to be a problem though as on the Evga forum they are
saying not to use the OSD in Precision X as its causing problems?

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?&m=1739231&mpage=1

Have a look at post 8,
this guy knows his onions :)
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That could explain why I was having crashing after I upgraded. I assumed it was to do with temps on the EVGA but maybe it was this. Even after I dropped my OC, I would still crash but didn't on the 304.79's prior to the upgrade (I still did after rolling back).

Good info Scotty cheers :)
 
Seem quite good for me at the moment, after using some older ones after an upgrade it was causing a few crashes for me, but these new drivers seem spot on now. Not sure on performance increase yet.
 
Kaapstad said:
I find that I can install the drivers ok.
The problems start when I go to enable sli.
If I reboot the system it becomes a race to get into nvidia control panel to enable sli before the whole lot freezes up.:(
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I'm reminded of that scene in Robocop when the two guys clack their cards together.... "Welcome to the club Bob".

I just had to do this as well. Couldn't get anywhere installing the drivers with both cards installed, on the next reboot I got to the desktop and mouse became unresponsive before I could open Nvidia Control Panel. 2nd attempt, same thing. Freezes, unresponsive mouse.

Removed the 2nd card, rebooted and everything was fine as it always is. Put card back in the exact same slot, booted back in and raced to get into Nvidia Control Panel, managed to enable SLI and I'm typing tihs with it stable again.

So bizarre... I really want to know what causes that instability because having to pull a card to get it stable is just insane.
 
Durzel said:
I'm reminded of that scene in Robocop when the two guys clack their cards together.... "Welcome to the club Bob".

I just had to do this as well. Couldn't get anywhere installing the drivers with both cards installed, on the next reboot I got to the desktop and mouse became unresponsive before I could open Nvidia Control Panel. 2nd attempt, same thing. Freezes, unresponsive mouse.

Removed the 2nd card, rebooted and everything was fine as it always is. Put card back in the exact same slot, booted back in and raced to get into Nvidia Control Panel, managed to enable SLI and I'm typing tihs with it stable again.

So bizarre... I really want to know what causes that instability because having to pull a card to get it stable is just insane.
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Have a look a post 72 and see if that helps or not :)
 
gregster said:
That is generally associated with Overclocking and lack of volts. If you card is not overclocked, I would return it as it is faulty but if it is Overclocked, lower your OC a touch.
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I have a GTX 570 with the volts upped in MSI AB to 1.088V and running a very mild overclock of 825MHz core and 1940MHz on the memory. Will try next time I play backing it off a bit but such slight OC shouldn't really be a problem.
 
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