re: My solution... A FIX THAT WORKED FOR ME!
Friday, February 27, 2004 at 5:36 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Peter Smith
(7 messages posted)
I seem to have been having very similar problems to many of you in this thread: lots
of BSODs, with win32k.sys or a selection of nv*.* files as the causes. I have the
apparently common hardware factors of AMD processor (XP3000+), ASUS & NVIDIA innards.
My problems only began after I downloaded some Windows Updates, inc SP1 and - crucially
- an NVIDIA driver upgrade.
I got hold of the Win32k patch from Microsoft - it's still only a Beta and isn't
on general download yet - but that DID NOT fix the problem, as some of you suggested
it would.
Having spotted the NVIDIA connection, I re-loaded my original drivers from the setup
CD. As if by magic, the BSOD problem has gone away.
I couldn't get the new NVIDIA drivers direct from their site as my IE has decided
to randomly stop me downloading some things or accessing any secure sites since I
went broadband.
I hope this helps someone. It's certainly a simpler solution to many of the others
proposed, and it most definitely worked for me.
On Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 3:30 am, CraigR wrote:
>I completely agree with Madman here guys, I had the exact same problem with continual
>errors from win_32k.sys and nv4_disp.dll always shutting my system down. I bought
>two new stick of TwinMOS 512MD DDR400, and STILL had the same problems however after
>checking my BIOS, I found that it had Memory Frequency set at AUTO, I changed it
>to 356, running a bit slower than its full potential but since then, over a week
>now, NO CRASHES!
>
>It seems that this setting was overclocking my memory into an unstable state, I
recommend
>to anyone having this problem that they check thier memory settings. I'm totally
>convinced that its all due to memory speed problems.
>
>Good luck.
>
>
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- re: My solution... (CraigR: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 3:30 am)
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