8885 errors in 24 hours

[timb]

my system is reporting this error repeatedly in spurts... 8,885 times in 24
hours... i don't even have a "\Device\Video4"... how on earth do i decipher
and correct this ????????

Log Name: System
Source: nvlddmkm
Date: 12/5/2007 7:59:23 PM
Event ID: 14
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: VM-TIMB
Description:
The description for Event ID 14 from source nvlddmkm cannot be found. Either
the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer
or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on
the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to
be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

\Device\Video4

Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="nvlddmkm" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49322">14</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2007-12-06T00:59:23.112Z" />
<EventRecordID>18244</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>VM-TIMB</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>\Device\Video4</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Binary>0000000002003000000000000E00AAC0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

You have a rather severe video driver issue. Which nVidia driver do you have
installed presently?

Download the current nVidia driver from the nVidia web site and save it
where it will be easy to find.

Go to the folder C:/NVIDIA and delete the contents of the currently
installed driver which will stop Windows re-installing the same bad driver
when it restarts.

Now uninstall the incumbent video driver. When the system restarts, install
the newly downloaded driver.

Cross your fingers. Nothing in this world is for sure..

 

[timb]

i redownloaded and reinstalled the current nvidia whql drivers 163.75 and
the error persists... i'm not sure it's the graphics device that's creating
the error...

"Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local
computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the
component on the local computer."

video/graphics seem to be working just fine... just an error log full of
much...

VISTA <spitting on the ground>

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

The file causing the problem relates to nVidia graphics. It is not easy to
discern what your problem may be or how to fix it. Do you play a game during
the time the errors occur, and if so, what is the name of the game?

 

[timb]

Thanks Mike...

It occurs without any specific application or game... that's the perplexing
nature of the error because the "source" is on the grapics driver, the
device, or application or "component" is not identified... I downloaded and
installed NVidia's latest beta drivers (169.12) and installed them after
using a Driver Cleaner.Net to remove the crap left behind on an uninstall...

On the new driver install, the error occured on boot... my system specs are:

CPU: QuadCore Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700, 2.80 MHz @ 8x
MOTHERBOARD: EVGA NF680i - 122-CK-NF68-A1
RAM: 4 GB Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400C4 @ 4-4-4-12-2T
BIOS: P30
GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)
DISPLAY: ViewSonic VG2230wm [22" LCD] (QC9065103712)
AUDIO: Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card
STORAGE: RAID 0 - 500GB WD 7200 RPM
250GB WD 7200 RPM
WD 320 GB USB
3 Optical Drives
CPU/FSB 2.80 Mhz - 1440 Mhz - FSB @ 1.4v - CPU @ Auto
RAM Linked/Synced @ 700 Mhz @ 2.1v
NVidia Drivers Version 169.12 (beta)

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Same problem as what? You have started a new thread.