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Oh god... not my WOW! (Display issue?)
Jaded
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I keep getting this error while running WoW.
The display device has stopped responding and recovered.
Any ideas? Is my video card fubared?
I'm using an Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX. My computer is only about 20 months old.
The display device has stopped responding and recovered.
Any ideas? Is my video card fubared?
I'm using an Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX. My computer is only about 20 months old.
I can't think of anything clever.
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Make sure all the fans and the heatsink(s) are working
this. you might want to find and download driver cleaner. it's a free driver cleaning program from guru3d i believe. uninstall the drivers, run the cleaner to remove out the leftovers, then reinstall the latest driver... that is unless the latest driver is what is causing the issue. but simple uninstall/reinstall without dealing with the driver cleaner will probably be fine.
If your card is passively cooled (no fan attached, just a big heatsink) ghetto mod a fan onto it, ala a fan and twisty ties or something.
good luck, i've been down this road... it sucks.
The driver might just be bad or not playing nicely with WoW for any number of reasons, or it could be an overheating issue where the card is forced to drop everything to save itself from getting too hot.
If you haven't been experiencing any artifacts or noticing your computer running really loud or anything then it probably isn't a heat issue, but I would still recommend that you see what kind of temperatures you're running at while playing WoW.
In terms of fixing the drivers, my first step would be to try updating to the newest versions if you haven't already.
And then, after finishing Blood Furnace last night my game crashed again.
When this crash occurs the computer will cycle between the WoW window, Desktop and a black screen. I have to "try" and hit the close button on the WoW window as I can't do anything else until the program is aborted.
To be honest, I am scared of trying to get at my vid card as I said, I am not to savvy with the parts (hell, my gf installed the second fan in the tower). I can say that the system does not seem to be running unusually loud however.
As said in my OP I am running a Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX, would there be something I could upgrade to if it was a hardware issue?
It would seem more likely to be a driver problem than anything else, because a quick google of that error (while it doesn't pull up any exact matches at all, are you sure you're accurately transcribing?) brings up a ton of driver error help tickets.
Wierd that it was good for a 5 day stint and then shit the bed again. I'll update in a day or two letting you know results.
Had you updated the drivers recently before the problem started? If you've already updated the drivers, doing so again probably won't help. If you recently updated the drivers before the problem started, you might actually need to roll back.
Edit: also apparently the 8400's and 8600's were recalled due to some issue? Were the 8800's affected at all?
Agree with maker most likely power issue, also if you need a second opinion the wow tech support forums have allot of helpful CM's and active posters who will be more the willing to help you out.