Mysterious Restarts

BazookaWorm · #1 08-01-2006, 07:26 PM

I am using a Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and my computer has started restarting by itself since yesterday. I have already checked my event logs and it seems that everytime my computer restarts or crashes is when I games. I am getting event error 1000 but i have no idea how to resolve it. I have just disabled auto-restart when i get an error so i can check what is going on. Anyone that has any ideas to stopping the restarts and crashes please help!

Thanks in advance

BazookaWorm · #2 08-01-2006, 08:11 PM

Ok after I disabled auto-restart my computer crashed again...the error said that the nv4_driver stopped working or something....please someone help me...

bookworm · #3 08-01-2006, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BazookaWorm

Ok after I disabled auto-restart my computer crashed again...the error said that the nv4_driver stopped working or something....please someone help me...

That looks like a nVidia driver, do you have a nVidia disply card, look in Device Manager any yellow ! showing anywhere. You may need to upgrde your nVidia driver,

Hope this helps

BazookaWorm · #4 08-01-2006, 09:42 PM

Im pretty sure its a nvidia or hardware problem now...Would system restore to a past date resolve these problems?(i cannot find any yellow !)Because i dont want to system restore for nothing..

tones_ie · #5 08-01-2006, 10:43 PM

what nvidia graphics card is in the pc ? you could try reinstalling the card and the drivers for it...then update to the latest driver...

BazookaWorm · #6 08-02-2006, 01:10 PM

Nvidia Geforce x440 is my graphics card i think...uhm it did not come with a disk so i cannot reinstall it. The crashes and restarts are starting to get really annoying and i want to put a stop to this. Would a system restore stop this? Note that this started happening once i finished installing a game. I have opened my device manager and tried updating my drivers...but i had no CD so it just searched the net..found nothing

tones_ie · #7 08-02-2006, 01:29 PM

found this from nvidea...
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_91.31.html

seems to have drivers for ures....

Quote:

Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall all NVIDIA display drivers from the Windows Control Panel. Browse to the Start Menu > Windows Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and search for "NVIDIA Windows Display Drivers" or "NVIDIA Display Drivers" and select remove.

Im unsure if a system restore would sort ure prob out but IF it is as u say that u suspect a new game started it then id say yes it should..as ure rolling the system back to before the install...(not 100% though)

Have you tried uninstalling the offending game ?

BazookaWorm · #8 08-02-2006, 01:51 PM

To tell you the truth, I have not tried it yet because i am not really sure if thats the cause...it took me maybe 6 tries to install that game because of installing crashes and such. If reinstalling the drivers don't work then i will uninstall the game. Any other ideas?

Thanks In Advance

tones_ie · #9 08-02-2006, 02:06 PM

is the game worth ure sanity ?

if it took 6 goes to install then im guessing its not compatable somehow...either sys requirements or vid card isnt good enuff or maybe the card just needs updated drivers.....

BazookaWorm · #10 08-02-2006, 02:13 PM

Alright i installed those drivers(well atleast i think I did) the screen went all black then it came back then blacked out on me again...and yes i uninstalled my old ones first. But i had to restart my computer during the installation..it may have been finished though, how do you check what drivers you are using?

tones_ie · #11 08-02-2006, 02:21 PM

Go to Control panel >> system >> Hardware tab >> Device manager >> Display Adapters >> right click the nvidia one and go to Properities >> Driver tab

BazookaWorm · #12 08-03-2006, 11:09 AM

Im pretty sure it installed successfully..if my computer crashes again i will uninstall the game i just installed

BazookaWorm · #13 08-03-2006, 12:24 PM

Ok well it crashed again right before i uninstalled the game...but then i finally got it uninstalled, and to my amazement it hasn't crashed yet..even when i play another game. I think that game was the problem all along. But it may not be, if it crashes again then ill be mad lol

Thanks, Tones

tones_ie · #14 08-03-2006, 12:42 PM

Fingers crossed

all stays fine...

BazookaWorm · #15 08-08-2006, 01:32 PM

Bah, starting to crash again..this time during games and while browsing(it crashed while i was writing this so heres my second try lol).

Heres the error: IO_ERR_CONTROLLER_ERROR
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk0\D. Event ID: 11

Explanation
This problem is typically caused by a failing cable that connects the drive to the computer.

User Action
Replace the cable. ( What Cable

) - Ahh froze again but unfroze

Cause
Possible causes include:

A hardware failure that prevents communication with a disk (for example, a loose cable, a loose disk controller card, or a cable failure).

What can I do to fix this????