OK all, I have fought this for days, im about ready to take a shot gun to my system. first off I should have left well alone.. My system was running fine, but I decided to update to the latest video drivers because CIV4 was displaying some weird artifacts. That is when all hell broke loose, Now all I get is BSOD time and time again.
mostly for NV4_Disp.dll. I have removed the newer driver and used the nvidia driver removal tool. I have checked and made sure Im at the latest bios rev.; chipset rev and Windows XP fixes. I have installed the drivers that came with my video card they are old 6xxx the one that seemed to work best was 71.89 but even that one now BSOD my system. I get BSOD machine checks, BSOD disp issues, BSOD stop errors, and even BSOD i have never seen like BSOD Buffer out code..... ALL BECAUSE of installing the latest video driver.. now just so you know the latest video driver would not allow me to play Civ4, COD2, etc... I saw no splash screens or MENUS on these games.. it seems the higher i go in driver numbers the worse things get. BUT all in all Even the original drivers or one step up no longer are stable... .OUCH! i normally dont get on these things but this one has got me... XP PRO SP2, 1 Gig of RAM XMS Dual Channel, 180G HD, Gigabyte GA-K8U-939, XFX Geforce 6600GT (AGP) 128MB vid, Plextor 712A DVD burner. 400W PS.