Jim Jams

Just tried this exactly as the OP specified and makes no difference.
Tried with latest driver:
"163.75_forceware_winvista_32bit_international_whq l"

Expand etc worked and updated the file.
Still crashes in any game after a few mins unless i underclock by about 10%.

Assuming it really is a power issue with these cards needing 600 + watts?

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Dustinfoley

As a note, i tried the above method and it didnt work. I then proceeded
to call Microsoft up and they told me it was a bad video card, which i
didnt beleive.

So next i called up Nvidia, again they really dont know the cause
either.

So out of brute frustration, i opened my case, replaced all my sata
cords for the HD and move the sata slot from 4 to 3 (evga 680 sli mobo).
Next i replaced all my power cables to the video card and HD.

Finally, i moved the Video card from one sli slot to the other (8800
gtx, not runing in sli since theres no point atm).

Upon startup, windows reinstalled the drivers for the HD based on its
new sata slot. The video card was reinstalled based on its new pci
express x16 slot.

Two things happened. 1) I was able to finally download and install
those 2 cumulative windows updates for ie7 that were constantly failing
before. 2) i stoped getting the crash error.

I have no clue which single step (if any) fixed my problem. But i
figured id throw a heads up to yall. This thread helped me out, even
though the methods didnt work, it let me know it wasnt a broken video
card and i saved the 60 bucks in RMA'ing it.

Not on here to much, email my gmail if you want me to go over the
steps.


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Dustinfoley

Danny Carpenter

Expand the file in the NVIDIA directory NOT the System32 one. Once the file has expanded THEN move it to the System32 folder.

C:\NVIDIA\WinVista64\163.75\IS>EXPAND.EXE nvlddmkm.sy_ nvlddmkm.sys
Microsoft (R) File Expansion Utility Version 6.0.6000.16386
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Expanding nvlddmkm.sy_ to nvlddmkm.sys.
nvlddmkm.sy_: 4634314 bytes expanded to 9673120 bytes, 108% increase.

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arnela

Here is what you need to do. Navigate to the folder nVidia by typing cd c:\drv\vga\nVidia in command prompt while running as administrator.

Then you can type the command expand.exe nvlddmkm.sy_ nvlddmkm.sys. Once that is complete copy and paste from the nVidia folder to the drivers folder.

And it should work!