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Which is crashing?

Father Xmas

By Father Xmas,
Posted on: 2009-07-03 24:19 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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I been having trouble with my computer for a few months and i cant figure out the problem, here is a link to my intial post which is how i got to this point.:

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showf...36&page=12

My question is how can i tell if its my graphics card or driver that is causing my computer to crash?

 

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I been having trouble with my computer for a few months and i cant figure out the problem, here is a link to my intial post which is how i got to this point.:

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showf...36&page=12

My question is how can i tell if its my graphics card or driver that is causing my computer to crash?

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Do you get any kind of error message when the game(s) crash? If so, please post the EXACT error message you get, word for word.

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This is over the top mental slavery.

 

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There is no error msgs. My screen just goes black and my system kinda like stalls and i have to hit the power button for it kick back on.

 

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Back to my orginal question: How do i tell between driver crash and a graphics card crash?

 

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Back to my orginal question: How do i tell between driver crash and a graphics card crash?

[/ QUOTE ] You can tell the difference (usually) depending on the type of error message you get.

If you are not getting an error message, I don't know what to tell you... other than check for possible sources of errors...

If the whole system is stalling out like you say.. I'd guess it's possibly hardware.. but it's not necessarily the graphics card. It could be the motherboard, powersupply, or anything else ceasing up or causing a problem... but that doesn't mean a bad driver or program isn't causing a problem either.

I'd do what he suggested.. check the temperature and see if it's heat related.. It's a good start anyway.

 

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This reads a lot like the Error 13/14 situation with the nVidia drivers and (apparently) active PhysX on the card. I think someone said it's an error due to bus timings caused by some new code introduced prior to December. (I13?)

There's an entire thread devoted to the issue.

 

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This reads a lot like the Error 13/14 situation with the nVidia drivers and (apparently) active PhysX on the card. I think someone said it's an error due to bus timings caused by some new code introduced prior to December. (I13?)

There's an entire thread devoted to the issue.

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Where can i find this?

 

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At the top of this board in the sticky labeled "Guide: Solving Vista Error 13/14/driver stopped.."

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