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Why are my nvidia cards giving me BSOD?

Asked by pplufthesun (617points) February 15th, 2009

I’ve had a Dell XPS 700 for about two years now, and it came with two Nvidia 7900’s. Recently, I have been getting stray lines showing up during games, and have been having issues with 3d things such as google earth, or even videos. I occasionally get the BSOD which reads nv4_disp.dll.

I tried to fix it by uninstalling my drivers, and reinstalling, but I still get the BSOD. Any help?

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poofandmook's avatar

That used to happen to my desktop, when I first got it. Also a Dell, coincidentally. I called TS and read them the entire BSOD code, and they told me it was the modem; that it was probably faulty. I took the modem out (I use cable anyway) and it’s never done it since. Maybe one of your cards crapped out?

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Grisson's avatar

Also go to Dell and search for the latest drivers.
I’ve also had the conflict between modem and video card.
If your machine has a modem you’re not using, you can disable it from the Device Manager.

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pplufthesun's avatar

What is the modem, I use wireless internet, how would I go about turning it off?

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Grisson's avatar

Look for it in Device Manager (through Control Panel) Disable it to turn it off. If you don’t have a modem on the machine (no external connector for a phone jack) then nevermind.

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