Left4dead Crash

[dannywilco]

Just been playing L4D and it crashed claiming my GFX drivers were unresponsive. Details as follows

Description
A problem with your video hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057

Files that help describe the problem
WD-20081218-1908.dmp
sysdata.xml
Version.txt

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Extra information about the problem
BCCode: 117
BCP1: 8526E008
BCP2: 8C0C7690
BCP3: 00000000
BCP4: 00000000
OS Version: 6_0_6000
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 768_1


Anyone with solution as to why this happened?

 

[Rroff]

What drivers are you using? theres a minor stability issue with 180.4x on certain hardware configurations that cause the nVidia driver to crash or become unresponsive in left 4 dead that can be solved (for deffinate) with the 180.60 CUDA beta drivers or possibly (unconfirmed) in 180.84. I've not tested the 181.00 beta version but they should be ok too.

 

[dannywilco]

well atm i have a 8500gt and that is running stock drivers. i mean i did install the 178.24 version (latest available for the 8500gt) but it knackered up and gave me a BS. i am waiting for xmas so i can get my 9800gt but until then im stuck with what i got...