Doug Keene
New Member
Hi Folks,
I have a dual boot system with Win XP on one partition and Vista 64 Ultimate on the second partition. Sometime recently, perhaps at the latest Windows Update on Vista, my nVidia Control Panel stopped working in Vista 64. I am using nVidia driver 185.85, the latest non-beta version available. I am using nVidia system tools 6.05, the latest set available. I have cleaned out my drivers with Driver Sweeper, and reloaded them with no change. I have loaded the drivers with all virus software shut down, with all unnecessary apps shut down. When I try to start up the nVidia control panel, whether in the Windows Control Panel or other shortcut, Vista tells me that "nVidia Control Panel has stopped working". I am getting the impression that the nVidia drivers are not running, since when I add them they are not defaulting to max resolution like they normally do. The system seems to be running on some default video driver instead.
CPU, GPU, MCP temperatures are nominal, no indications of problems there.
I would greatly appreciate some advice on how to trouble shoot this and get back to working properly.
My system specs are as follows:
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate 64 bit
Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002
System Manufacturer XFX78I
System Model XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLI
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD P08, 9/9/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6002.18005"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 8.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 6.12 GB
Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 14.3 GB
Page File Space 8.29 GB
GPU: XFX 8800 GT, no overclocking, only one GPU
When Vista tells me that nVidia Cont. Panel is not working it tells me the following info on the failure. I wish I knew how to interpret this.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: nvcplui.exe
Application Version: 2.5.373.5
Application Timestamp: 49fa83cf
Fault Module Name: NMI.dll
Fault Module Version: 2.2.0.6793
Fault Module Timestamp: 48c567bc
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000000000028c62
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 6ee2
Additional Information 2: 9811633d2846e0fec22dbfdde637c6b1
Additional Information 3: ea72
Additional Information 4: 5df60106b0ab17add3a31e2c5c56805d
Thank you for your assistance.
Doug
I have a dual boot system with Win XP on one partition and Vista 64 Ultimate on the second partition. Sometime recently, perhaps at the latest Windows Update on Vista, my nVidia Control Panel stopped working in Vista 64. I am using nVidia driver 185.85, the latest non-beta version available. I am using nVidia system tools 6.05, the latest set available. I have cleaned out my drivers with Driver Sweeper, and reloaded them with no change. I have loaded the drivers with all virus software shut down, with all unnecessary apps shut down. When I try to start up the nVidia control panel, whether in the Windows Control Panel or other shortcut, Vista tells me that "nVidia Control Panel has stopped working". I am getting the impression that the nVidia drivers are not running, since when I add them they are not defaulting to max resolution like they normally do. The system seems to be running on some default video driver instead.
CPU, GPU, MCP temperatures are nominal, no indications of problems there.
I would greatly appreciate some advice on how to trouble shoot this and get back to working properly.
My system specs are as follows:
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate 64 bit
Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002
System Manufacturer XFX78I
System Model XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLI
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD P08, 9/9/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6002.18005"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 8.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 6.12 GB
Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 14.3 GB
Page File Space 8.29 GB
GPU: XFX 8800 GT, no overclocking, only one GPU
When Vista tells me that nVidia Cont. Panel is not working it tells me the following info on the failure. I wish I knew how to interpret this.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: nvcplui.exe
Application Version: 2.5.373.5
Application Timestamp: 49fa83cf
Fault Module Name: NMI.dll
Fault Module Version: 2.2.0.6793
Fault Module Timestamp: 48c567bc
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000000000028c62
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 6ee2
Additional Information 2: 9811633d2846e0fec22dbfdde637c6b1
Additional Information 3: ea72
Additional Information 4: 5df60106b0ab17add3a31e2c5c56805d
Thank you for your assistance.
Doug
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My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- Intel Q6600, Quad, 2.4 GHZ, 1066 FSB
- Motherboard
- XFX 780i, SLI ready, NVIDIA Forceware
- Memory
- 4 x 2 GB (8 GB), Corsair PC2-8500 CS DDR2, 1066 fsb, Dominator
- Graphics card(s)
- XFX 8800GT, dual, SLI
- Sound Card
- Sound Blaster X-Fi Gamer
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung Sync Master 226bw
- Screen Resolution
- varies
- Hard Drives
- SATA 640 gb Primary IDE 520 gb, 3 partitions IDE 160 gb, 2 partitions USB 640 gb, external
- PSU
- Corsair 750 W
- Case
- Antec
- Cooling
- Air
- Mouse
- Logitec Cordless Optical
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Natural Keyboard, USB
- Internet Speed
- Cable
- Other Info
- Dual Boot Windows XP and Vista Ultimate 64, version 66R-0002