Hey all, This forum sure is a wealth of knowledge so i have a question / looking for advice on a little problem i have.
I bought a second-hand 8800GTS(G80) before xmas. Everything was fine until new year, when i noticed some artifacting in games. A day later while playing GRID i got a horrid BSOD with the dreaded "NVLDDMKM.dll" error. I rebooted and ran 3dmark 06 and got bad artifacting and when i rebooted again i got no display on monitor.
Some people say in forums that if u blue screen with this error it can damage your motherboard. I tried one (the main xfx) card in both pci-e slots and no signal to monitor but the fan turns on and my mobo boots(FF). I tried the second hand card i bought(club3d) and monitor turned on, all tests ran fine, 3dmark, vantage, furmark etc.
I have RMA'd the (main) card back to the e-tailer i bought it from. It was almost two years old, so i was just in time as it had a 2 year warranty.
Excuse the long story
but the problem is every couple of days (booting from cold and not every day, maybe 1 in 3) when i turn on the pc, i get 1 long beep with three very short beeps, which i am lead to believe is a vga error. i turn the pc off and back on and i get one quick beep and pc boots and all passes all tests. Before i went sli (maybe a coincidence) my pc was rock solid and i had never overclocked
My temps are fine as i have everest displayed on my g15 keyboard.
Do you guys think that NVLDDMKM.dll BSOD could damage your mobo or that it is possible that my motherboard / main pci-e slot could be in some way damaged?
If you dont ask you dont learn,
Thanking you in advance
I bought a second-hand 8800GTS(G80) before xmas. Everything was fine until new year, when i noticed some artifacting in games. A day later while playing GRID i got a horrid BSOD with the dreaded "NVLDDMKM.dll" error. I rebooted and ran 3dmark 06 and got bad artifacting and when i rebooted again i got no display on monitor.
Some people say in forums that if u blue screen with this error it can damage your motherboard. I tried one (the main xfx) card in both pci-e slots and no signal to monitor but the fan turns on and my mobo boots(FF). I tried the second hand card i bought(club3d) and monitor turned on, all tests ran fine, 3dmark, vantage, furmark etc.
I have RMA'd the (main) card back to the e-tailer i bought it from. It was almost two years old, so i was just in time as it had a 2 year warranty.
Excuse the long story
but the problem is every couple of days (booting from cold and not every day, maybe 1 in 3) when i turn on the pc, i get 1 long beep with three very short beeps, which i am lead to believe is a vga error. i turn the pc off and back on and i get one quick beep and pc boots and all passes all tests. Before i went sli (maybe a coincidence) my pc was rock solid and i had never overclockedMy temps are fine as i have everest displayed on my g15 keyboard.
Do you guys think that NVLDDMKM.dll BSOD could damage your mobo or that it is possible that my motherboard / main pci-e slot could be in some way damaged?
If you dont ask you dont learn,
Thanking you in advance
. I will try to arrange a multi meter from someone or buy one soon. Time to order a dirt cheap card i think as well for troubleshooting purposes
