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TF2/Steam Display Driver Error Problem

RaughnRaughn Registered User regular
edited March 2009 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
About one out of every seven times I launch Team Fortress 2 in Steam, the game starts to severely hiccup or freeze within a minute. When I manage to escape into Windows, My Steam client looks like it's being presented with far fewer colors, it's a lot smaller, and Windows is politely informing me that...

"The nv4_disp display driver has stopped working normally."

If anyone knows how I can fix this, I would greatly appreciate the help.

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  • exoplasmexoplasm Gainfully Employed Near Blizzard HQRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    update your nvidia driver

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  • RaughnRaughn Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    exoplasm wrote: »
    update your nvidia driver

    Thanks for the suggestion!

    I downloaded and installed the latest Nvidia driver for my card. It seemed to work at first. I actually got into a game, but after one round, all of the visuals went nuts. Barely anything was the right color, and the text is nonsense.

    The Steam client doesn't look any different afterwards this time, so we fixed that much.

    Any other ideas?

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  • exoplasmexoplasm Gainfully Employed Near Blizzard HQRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Hmm, what video card and OS do you use?

    You could try a beta driver, or an older driver that is still newer than your previous version.

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  • FaceballMcDougalFaceballMcDougal Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Is the fan working on the card?

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  • RaughnRaughn Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    exoplasm wrote: »
    Hmm, what video card and OS do you use?

    You could try a beta driver, or an older driver that is still newer than your previous version.

    Card is EVGA's GeForce 8800 GT 512, OS is XP.

    I wish I would have kept track of my previous driver version, but I remember there being a significant gap, so I'm sure I can find a few that must be newer to me, but older in general.

    FaceballMcDougal wrote: »
    Is the fan working on the card?

    Yep, still going.

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  • That_GuyThat_Guy I don't wanna be that guy Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Did you uninstall and nuke the old display driver before you installed the new one? Remnants of the old driver is left on your computer if you just install over the driver.

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  • donhonkdonhonk Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Is your fan going at full speed? I had this problem, it can be overheating.
    Did you uninstall and nuke the old display driver before you installed the new one? Remnants of the old driver is left on your computer if you just install over the driver.

    Personally, I've never had to do this and I've never had driver issues.

    Download this and turn your fan to 100, if that doesn't help, then I don't know.

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  • RaughnRaughn Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    donhonk wrote: »
    Is your fan going at full speed? I had this problem, it can be overheating.
    Did you uninstall and nuke the old display driver before you installed the new one? Remnants of the old driver is left on your computer if you just install over the driver.

    Personally, I've never had to do this and I've never had driver issues.

    Download this and turn your fan to 100, if that doesn't help, then I don't know.

    Well, I tried both. I installed the newest driver with no other driver installed, and I now have EVGA's nifty Precision app (wow, I had no idea my GPU fan could get that loud). I have not had the time tonight to test TF2 as thoroughly as I'd like, but it ran fine in the time I could spend with it.

    If it starts acting up again, I'll try switching among recent drivers.

    Thanks to everyone for taking the time to lend a hand!

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