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Display driver problem

#1 User is offline   fornax1009 

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  Posted 22 October 2009 - 12:13 PM

Hi, I'm having trouble with my laptop display. The display driver (nvlddmkm.sys) often crashes and the screen blackouts/distorts and it's getting worse. Most of the time I cannot load my Vista. Could I have some help quick? Thank you.

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Posted 22 October 2009 - 12:26 PM

hi,,,, look online for an update for the display drivers,,, go to the makers site and see if one is available,,,,,
good luck.
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Posted 22 October 2009 - 01:52 PM

I've tried re-installing the same driver from the makers' site so many times but to no avail! Diagnostics cannot repair it and it always say that there's a bad driver. I also cannot do system restore as I don't have any restore points. I'm now using safe mode to surf the net. Could I have some expertise please? Thanks.

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 01:20 AM

lol,,,,,,,,,,,
"Could I have some expertise please?"
i will go back to the day job then (systems engineer)
good luck with your issue.
Figgis,,,, LUFC

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Posted 02 November 2009 - 12:40 PM

bah! lol, no wonder you were no help. I was asking the wrong guy (just another systems engineer). You're specialised in hardwares and that's why you gave me such a general software solution that an average person would think of. Nice try though :huh: Where's a software engineer when you need one?

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Posted 02 November 2009 - 05:02 PM

ok ,,,, try this,,, i have seen display driver issues with lappys and it turned out to be the sound drivers that were causing the issues ,,,, try uninstalling the sound drivers and re booting,,,, then if its not worked on re install on boot look for updates to the sound drivers,,,, if this is still not working then look for a bios update for your board then backup the pc cross your fingers and flash the bios,,,,, try not to fook it up eh :D
wouldn't want that,,,
good luck.
Figgis,,,, LUFC

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Posted 02 November 2009 - 05:12 PM

hang on,,,, the bit about distorting,,,,, what do you mean here ??? is the display still trying to do its job or does it just ping off ,,, nothing,,, im wondering if the display screen is on the blink,,, a faulty cap or something like this,,, if you can,,, plug in a monitor and run of this and see if all is ok on the monitor,,, if it is then you know its the laptop display thats going wonkey (hardware lol)
bw,,, what make ad model is the pc,,, has this always been like this or has it just started,,,, have you installed anything that could have altered the graphics,,,, windows updates,,,etc,,,,
thanks ;)
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