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I was on google earth earlier and it started going all screwed up, then
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08-28-2009, 02:09 PM #1
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I think google earth broke my graphics card?
Howdy.
I was on google earth earlier and it started going all screwed up, then my display driver (nvlddmkm) gave an error saying it stopped working but recovered.
Now when i load arma2 i get to the main screen and after 1 second it disappears.
Other games wont run either (HL2 etc)
Im on a geforce 8800 GTX 1GB.
According to device manager the card is working properly.
Should i roll back a driver and see what happens?
I swear to christ if i miss sundays event night over this im going to bitch slap google earth so hard itll end up being called google space.Nihility
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08-28-2009, 02:41 PM #2
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Re: I think google earth broke my graphics card?
Dis-regard above. I updated my driver (even though i updated it 2 weeks ago....hadnt heard there was a newer one) and it seems to have solved it.....which also doesnt make any sense.
Me and you google earth, outside, NOW!!Nihility
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08-28-2009, 03:28 PM #3
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Re: I think google earth broke my graphics card?
UPDATE: Now when i lock the computer and log back on i get the error message: RUN DLL
Missing entry NvClHandlehotplayevents
Argh!Nihility
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08-28-2009, 07:15 PM #4
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Re: I think google earth broke my graphics card?
Norman, sounds like you fried your GPU. Take a temperature test if your computer manages to boot, at idle speeds. Don't take it in-game until you're sure it's cool enough!
If there's a problem, check the fans in your case and on the GPU and make sure they're operating correctly. Are you overclocking anything?
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08-29-2009, 01:15 PM #5
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Re: I think google earth broke my graphics card?
Nah im not over clocking anything. Cards about 2.2 years old, which lis fairly old for a card thats constantly under stress.
Unfortunately frying it has been at the back of my mind, ive done it to 3 other cards on a diff rig
But it seems to work now again, bar the error message after i lock.
It boots ok too.
Noob alert: how do i get the GPU reading? I just cleaned the card and its fans there. They were fairly dusty, over heat is looking likly
Is it in the settings at startup? F2 screen?
Nihility
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08-29-2009, 04:02 PM #6
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Re: I think google earth broke my graphics card?
You can download a program called "EVGA Precision" for NVidia cards, it reads card temp and PCB temp along with letting you manually set fan speed. (I ALWAYS have it at 100%. Rather have the fan die out than the rest of the card.)
"It's better to go into a corner slow and come out fast than it is to go into a corner fast and come out dead."
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08-29-2009, 04:30 PM #7
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Re: I think google earth broke my graphics card?
HWMonitor is awesome, and it's free:
http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php
Vacuum out your computer case and fan/air slots regularly! There's a good chance you're ok if you caught the overheating early.
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08-30-2009, 12:41 AM #8
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Re: I think google earth broke my graphics card?
A similar thing happened to me with my brand new ATI card.
ARMA 2 would lock up just after starting in game and flash to desk top and not return.
I checked Windows 7 and it mentioned problems with various dlls. Funny thing was this all happened just after several Windows 7 auto updates. I then rolled back my computer and upgraded my drivers and all is good again.
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