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My new computer, built with assistance from members of this Board (see Good machine for Photography/Image processing ), stops running Windows, giving the nv4_disp error. Sometimes during use, sometimes right after "waking up" and I'm logging in, sometimes, like this morning, turning on the monitor to start my day and the error message is there. The internals:
Corsair HX520W PSU
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R and Intel Q6600
4GB Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2 800 (2 x 2GB)
MSI NX8500GT-TD256EH GeForce 8500GT 256MB 128-bit video card
3 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB HDs (2x RAID1)
LG GSA-H55NK DVD burner
Windows XP Home SP2 O/S
I got the latest driver (169.21) a couple weeks ago , but it has made no difference.
This seems to be a widespread NVIDIA vs. XP problem, with no single end-all solution. One suggestion I found was to reduce the Hardware Acceleration in the Display Properties to None. I did that, and a NVIDIA Dislay message popped up stating, "The NVIDIA Display Panel extension cannot be created", and it says to set the Acceleration to Full. I don't know what "Display Panel extension cannot be created" means, so I set it back to full.
On http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=4432 a guy has a patch available. Dunno if that is good thing to do or not, though. I see some suggesting changing various settings in BIOS, and trying multiple drivers, etc., etc.
Rather that go through a continual trial and error process, can't I just put in a card that isn't NVIDIA? I mean, it is not like I reinvented the wheel on this build, it is rather straightforward stuff, right? I would rather spend a hundred bucks (or two) on a new card and be done with it than spend countless hours trying this, that, and the other, just to walk in to a BSOD the next day, yet again. The system is not used for gaming, only household data and photography/video processing (and not much of that, yet), so it needn't be something blazing, I just want the dang thing to work!
Recommendations?
Thanks,
Dean
Corsair HX520W PSU
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R and Intel Q6600
4GB Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2 800 (2 x 2GB)
MSI NX8500GT-TD256EH GeForce 8500GT 256MB 128-bit video card
3 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB HDs (2x RAID1)
LG GSA-H55NK DVD burner
Windows XP Home SP2 O/S
I got the latest driver (169.21) a couple weeks ago , but it has made no difference.
This seems to be a widespread NVIDIA vs. XP problem, with no single end-all solution. One suggestion I found was to reduce the Hardware Acceleration in the Display Properties to None. I did that, and a NVIDIA Dislay message popped up stating, "The NVIDIA Display Panel extension cannot be created", and it says to set the Acceleration to Full. I don't know what "Display Panel extension cannot be created" means, so I set it back to full.
On http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=4432 a guy has a patch available. Dunno if that is good thing to do or not, though. I see some suggesting changing various settings in BIOS, and trying multiple drivers, etc., etc.
Rather that go through a continual trial and error process, can't I just put in a card that isn't NVIDIA? I mean, it is not like I reinvented the wheel on this build, it is rather straightforward stuff, right? I would rather spend a hundred bucks (or two) on a new card and be done with it than spend countless hours trying this, that, and the other, just to walk in to a BSOD the next day, yet again. The system is not used for gaming, only household data and photography/video processing (and not much of that, yet), so it needn't be something blazing, I just want the dang thing to work!
Recommendations?
Thanks,
Dean
