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GTX 580 - "Nvidia display stopped working" message after 12hrs.

Soldato
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Hi there, bit a strange one I think. I've got a MSI N580GTX OC which runs perfectly fine (BF3, ARMA2 etc). However, if i switch on the computer and leave it for say 12hrs (i.e while I go to work) it's starts to show graphical glitches (green $ signs) on the desktop or FireFox etc (not gaming) and then the screen will go black and the message "Nvidia display driver has stopped working" pop's up. A reboot doesn't cure it but a full power down and 10secs later power up does and it's good for another 12hrs???

Now I've changed drivers (running the latest WHQL ones but even tried the original ones from the disc), watched the temps as they sit at 40'c @ idle 75'c on load (using Afterburner), I've even tweaked the VCore up a tadge to 1075mV and it's the same, 12hrs of either gaming or web or nothing where it works fine then Poof!

It seems time based rather than load based so I haven't got a clue what could be causing it so any idea's (GPU RAM leak etc)?

Cheers................................IanH
 
It sounds like it's the idle voltage causing your problems, I would guess that your GPU is not stable under the idle voltage.

If there is a way to force 3D voltage give that a try but if it fixes it there's nothing much you can do but RMA it.
 
My old PC went through a stage of doing this but in my case it was every 5 minutes! Strangely this only happened when it was resumed from sleep. A cold boot or full reboot and it was fine (until I put it to sleep again).

Can't help with how to fix it though because it only stopped when I upgraded the CPU, MB, and PSU which would suggest it was a power issue. However, I've since gone back to using that same PSU with a new Gfx card and it copes fine!

Out of interest, check in event viewer - I found when it happened to mine I got an event 4101 error....

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18136452
 
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