BFG GTX 280 0C2 need help

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thejon123h

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hey everyone, here is my issue - I just purchased a new BFG GTX 280 0C2 1GB video card. I am running it in a Dell Dimension E520 with a 3.0Ghz Pentium D and 4GB of Crucial ballistix Ram. Before I installed this card, I had a ATI X1300 Video card in it. Well, before I put in the Nvidia, I did a driver sweep in safemode, to ensure all ATI was removed. I got the card installed, running on an 850W Thermaltake psu. I am running it on Windows XP Professional, with SP3. I downloaded the latest driver from the Nvidia webstite for the card and got that installed - (182.06 for WinXP32bit). Whenever I try and start World of warcraft or Counterstrike, the screen will freeze, as if I hit a lag spike. Then blue screen and show this stop code error. 0X000000EA (0X8A2BF8C0, 0X8A5F7670, 0XBA4DBCBC, 0X700000001) with underneath it saying "NV4 DSP" I have tried everything, including Mobo bios and chipset updates. Is there something that would cause this other than the card possibly just being bad? Any ideas would help.
 
Did you just do a driver sweep or did you also manualy uninstall ati drivers through control panel > Add or remove programs?
 
I manually uninstalled the ATI drivers from the control panel>Add/Remove programs before I did the driver sweep, I used Guru3D's Driver sweeper.
 
I tried to reinstall the driver, nothing. Should I try to find a previous driver that was released to see if its a software issue?
 
For some reason, It keeps "removing" the integrated Video Controller, and when i try to reinstall it, it says "This computer doesn't meet the minimum requirements for the software??" Also, when I go to install the Nvidia driver, it says that it cannot find any "hardware on the computer to match the driver" and it cancels the install.
 
Ok, I finally got the driver installed. Now, whenever i try and run a game, per say Counterstrike : Source, or WoW, it will crash on loading and say "Nv4_disp has stopped working normally. Save your work and reboot the system to restore full display functionality"
 
ouch, the nv4_disp error... might have to uninstall and reinstall a lot of stuff to get that error to go away because it could be so many different things

many people get this error when trying to overclock too high.. so a starting point would be to underclock the card using atitool or rivatuner..
also, you might just rma the card... this could be caused by the card or drivers

the first thing i would do after getting this error would be to try the card in a different machine and see if the error occurs when trying to install drivers and stress the card for a while.. this will tell you if the card is faulty or software related on your pc
 
thejon123h said:
I just purchased a new BFG GTX 280 0C2 1GB video card. I am running it in a Dell Dimension E520 with a 3.0Ghz Pentium D and 4GB of Crucial ballistix Ram.
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Wow, that's like putting a Corvette engine in a VW Bug.

The nv4_disp error is an all-inclusive error report, only telling you that for some reason the video card driver couldn't run.

When I google for "dell E520 nv4_disp" I get a lot of hits. Makes me wonder if the motherboard isn't happy with nVidia products.
 
i just looked up the specs of that machine and got this
305 Watt DC Power Supply
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that right there could be the cause of your problem.
The 280 is a hungry card, and I would seriously doubt that PSU has enough amps to feed it
 
i also think a fresh install of everything might be in you future if all else fails
 
Try a fresh reinstall of OS and then try to run the card. If that fails as well I guess your Dell mobo/chipset has an issue with GTX 280 / NV drivers.
 
Im going to do a complete reinstallation of the OS and start from scratch, if that doesnt work, Im going to RMA the card back and try a second one and go from there. I have a knot in my stomach that says it might be the mobo. I believe this specific dell is running off the Intel G965 Chipset, which hasn't had the greatest reviews
 
Fresh OS install should of been the 1st thing you do. Even with a uninstall of the driver you're not going to remove all traces of the software or old registry entries.
 
Bohefus said:
Fresh OS install should of been the 1st thing you do. Even with a uninstall of the driver you're not going to remove all traces of the software or old registry entries.
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Wow, that's kind of like killing an ant with a tank no?..you might miss and fuck up a whole bunch of shit for nothing....

There are many things that would cause this error, and just blindly doing a reinstall is kind of foolish , unless you have already exhausted all other avenues.
 
this is just one of those errors that can be anything, to me it seems easier to just do a fresh install anyway..

I would partition your hard drive and do a fresh install on the new partition and see if the error comes up.. then you don't lose anything
 
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