odd video bug -ish

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antipunt1

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:confused: so this isn't like a seriously lethal bug or anything, but basically it's something that arouses at the very least a little attention.

so since i've built my new rig a couple of weeks ago, i'd say, maybe once every four days or so, maybe even less than that, sometimes my computer would randomly crash:

the way it'd happen is i'd ALWAYS be watching some sort of video ,whether or youtube or VLC media. And then, the colors get all funky, kind of like someone puked on everything or all the colours of the rainbow were unleashed (on the viewing box of whatever media player i'm using, youtube included). Then after 6 seconds or so of that, the display just crashes. Pc still on, but a black screen on the monitor. The only way to fix this is to reboot the pc by restarting it manually.

Now anyone can see this is probably a semi-video card related problem. It doesn't happen that frequently, so I'm not pressed for an immediate help or whatever. But you can imagine that it's a little concerning, cause i'm thinking "in the long run if this keeps happening' kind of thing

Soooo, anyone have any idea what this is? :D
 
Help us out here....

- What does your rig looks like? (Include the monitor and resolution you're using.)
- Were you using the latest display drivers for your GPU?
- Have you tried any troubleshooting at all? (A list of steps are available in the FAQ/sticky on the first page.)
- Does this problem also occur while gaming? (Do you even play any games on your machine?)
 
Yes please answer tiraides' questions or we cannot help you.

Also try uninstalling and reinstalling the video drivers.
 
yes of course; Sorry for the missing details

i'm using the 22 Acer with 1680-1050 resolution; I have dual SLI 8800 GTs for video cards.

The problem has never occured while gaming. Only when watching videos. And speaking of the devil it just happened again previous to this post. (I was watching ign reviews)

I'm not sure about the video drivers. Because I'm pretty sure I installed the disc that came with the video cards? Think it might be related?..
 
OK now, which motherboard are you using?

A possible solution for the drivers issue: Download the latest drivers from NVIDIA's website and download (and install) a program called Driver Cleaner (get the freeware version; you don't need to pay any money for it). Uninstall the video drivers you currently have, reboot into Safe Mode (press and hold down the F8 key while the POST screen comes up), and then use Driver Cleaner to remove all traces of the old drivers. Reboot again, and then install the new drivers.
 
motherboard= 750 i SLI

and as to your driver idea, so it's pretty much closely agreed that this is a driver issue? It's strange b/c it only affects my videos from time to time, not really anything else

and if it is confirmed that this is probably driver issues, could I just try searching for new drivers instead of removing my old one in addition?

**EDIT

One thing that i'm most concerned about is 'dangerousness'. If I ignore this problem and it keeps reoccuring, i'm gonna cause some long term damage to my rigg huh? :(
 
:rolleyes: well today was the first day that it crashed during a game: was playing sims 2, got a grey screen and everything blanked out; had to manually restart the pc

i have a feeling that constantly restarting the pc like this is gonna f-up my harddrive uberly
 
The reason why I told you to clean out your old drivers is because, if the problem is a drivers issues, you don't want to have any remnants of your old drivers around to mess things up.

Have you tried uninstalling the old drivers and installing the new ones like I recommended earlier? Did you use Driver Cleaner in Safe Mode? I'm not 100% certain that it is a drivers issue, but it was the easiest "fix" I could recommend at the time.
 
thank you for your help thus far for sure.

Yes i am currently trying your recommendation. I used the driver cleaner/safe mode tactic, and am currently observing my performance. I should know in like 2-3 days, because it usually crashes an avg of once every 2-4 days. If i'm clean after 4 days, it worked offiically; i will stay posted
 
there is ONE thing to be noted however. I did have the awkward situation of having to NOT uninstall something labeled as 'nvidia drivers'. There's a understandable reason why, however. My motherboard is the 750i Nforce brand, so it has drivers that help the board run (I think?). So some were labeled as ethernet, connectors, etc.
Because of that, I left that folder alone, and that decision was compounded by the fact that I unsuccessfully installed the adjacent folder which did disable the nvidia control panel (and was labeled as Nvidia 'something'). I doubted that I needed to take out that driver folder.

In addition, I did run the driver-cleanup in safe mode, which probably would've helped take care of that as well, if I did make a boo-boo.
 
Are you using the latest version of the nForce drivers?

If you've reinstalled the latest video card drivers, and your still having the same problems, that would be the next step to take.
 
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