[aivadarker]

DB's Ninja-edit
Nvidia have released new beta drivers 320.00, which should address players having to disable CUDA. If for any reason any players still have this issue, please reply in this thread or visit Nvidia support forum.

https://forums.gefor...eforce-drivers/


Jotun-Edit
Some players are reporting that switching off CUDA in the nVidia control panel seems to help this issue. It's not an officially supported work around so use at your own risk but many users have reported that this appears to fix this issue. We're investigating further. Thank you for your patience.



Hello i have now had my nvidia geforce gtx 680 for a few month now and ever sins i got it. I have had problems with getting a red screen of death when i quit apb....
i know i'am not the the only one with this issue. i have seen it mentioned on multiple driver topics...

today i found this news post on videocardz.com http://videocardz.co...-of-death-issue

i kinda sounds to me like apb might be doing the same thing (trying to get info from the videocards bios)

this issue will most likely be fixed by a driver update but until then, is there anything you can do to make apb not do this? (if apb does it at all that is)


edit: this issue also exist for gtx 670

[Lavans]

I have yet to come across the red screen. No problems using 302.24 or 302.59

[3DPreview]

Ohman this is weird, I have baught a complete new game-pc a bit over a week ago, and yes I also have been getting red screens of death. I have read SO MUCH about it and couldn't figure what it was. Yes I read about reading videocard stuff makes it give red screens. And suddenly TODAY, I thought to myself.. would it have to do with playing / quiting APB, are there more people having this problem? > Googled Read screen apb and found this post.. Unfortunetely I brought my PC back to the store for repair. Because I was getting sick n tired of getting the red screens. And yes it also happend to me ALL the time after playing APB for couple of hours, then quiting.. wanting to start Chrome, or restart APB and BOOM red screens.. But I wassn't sure it ONLY happend with APB... ooh man I feel so bad right now, because the store is NEVER going to find a solution to my red screen problem? (no defect card, don't think it happens when playing other games?? ) So whatever they will test, it problably won't occure when they are testing..

anyway, I'm not entirely sure it only happend to me when playing/quiting APB, so that's why I brought my PC back to the store.. (wassn't using monitoring tools or anything, yet it happend.. probably when quiting APB..) so anyhow I have a problem that needs to get fixed, but is this a simply driver fix? Are there drivers that already make sure I'm not getting red screens when quiting APB n stuff?

Might have brought my PC back for repair for no reason :/ , Because I Doubt they will be able to reproduce the red screens / find a solution for it..

Is there anyone out here, that knows a solution that will perm. fix the red screens? are the driver LAVANS is talking about drivers that make the red screens go away? (did you used to have red screens and fixed it with these specific drivers?)

Please reply!

Us, GTX680 / APB users/players NEED to get this fixed! (And no, simply quiting APB issn't the right solution! )

Thanks in advance!

[aivadarker]

will have to give those dev drivers a try then (302.59)
will get back with more info if it helps

this problem is most likely related to the info sent to gamers first doing errors... well that is my guess anyways..

even if the next "official" public drivers fix the problem it still may be a good idea to fix it in the game aswell so that people that aint as good at updating there drivers don't give up on playing apb.

edit: now this is interesting after installing 302.59 i try'ed closing apb a few times ... even forcing it to do so using the task manager (i'am guessing that will cause a few errors) and got no red screen of death
looks like the dev drivers fixed it... that said it is not really fixed before the drivers is open to the public and not on 3rd party sites

This post has been edited by aivadarker: 04 June 2012 - 08:45 AM

[3DPreview]

So.. you're saying that with those "beta/3rd party - nvidia drivers" you are not getting red screens anymore after closing the game? did you do a test of like 4 hours playing > exiting the game? (Because I was getting them after a few hours of playing > quiting..) anyway IF this is true, that means that the next Nvidia drivers SHOULD fix this problem completely for me? (NOW that is some positive news!! )

If you read this, could do like a test of a couple of hours and then quiting and see what happens? then reply back here?

Thanks in advance!

aivadarker, on 04 June 2012 - 08:26 AM, said:

will have to give those dev drivers a try then (302.59)
will get back with more info if it helps

this problem is most likely related to the info sent to gamers first doing errors... well that is my guess anyways..

even if the next "official" public drivers fix the problem it still may be a good idea to fix it in the game aswell so that people that aint as good at updating there drivers don't give up on playing apb.

edit: now this is interesting after installing 302.59 i try'ed closing apb a few times ... even forcing it to do so using the task manager (i'am guessing that will cause a few errors) and got no red screen of death
looks like the dev drivers fixed it... that said it is not really fixed before the drivers is open to the public and not on 3rd party sites

[Scimon]

I've run into the same issue and I wonder if maybe killing the APB catcher process on startup of APB would fix this? From what I understand it is the error reporting process for APB and may be what is querying the video card bios.

[3DPreview]

Scimon, on 05 June 2012 - 04:45 AM, said:

I've run into the same issue and I wonder if maybe killing the APB catcher process on startup of APB would fix this? From what I understand it is the error reporting process for APB and may be what is querying the video card bios.

Could be, However this still issn't a perm. fix. APB should fix this then, because it seems I'm only having red screens after quiting APB.. (Cannot remember I still had any after uninstalling all monitoring programs and doing a clean install on drivers.

Anyhow are you having red screens like I do after playing for a while and then quiting? (I could reproduce it 100% after playing for couple of hours > quiting )

So.. could you try and kill that process and try and reproduce your red screens and report back here and see what happens? (if this would fix my red screen issue for APB then I would be more then happy, since I don't think I'm getting any RSOD's anymore besides when quiting APB)

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: You are using a GTX-680 aswell right??

This post has been edited by 3DPreview: 05 June 2012 - 05:49 AM

[Blaz3]

It is not an APB problem.

http://forums.nvidia...howtopic=229976

Have a browse at http://forums.nvidia...p?showforum=256

The 600 series is generally quite buggy.

[Shini]

It's a shame really, it's an awesome card but they really got some monkeys making their drivers

[Scimon]

Yes, I have a 680 and I only get the red screen after playing for a couple of hours. I also have never had it happen with any other game.

[aivadarker]

yesterday i played for many hours 10 hour+ with no red screen of death (or any other grafic bugs.. like crashing drivers)... so to me it looks like it got fixed with the new dev drivers

but could just be me being lucky

This post has been edited by aivadarker: 05 June 2012 - 08:50 AM

[3DPreview]

That's a good thing I guess, this should mean that hopefully with the next real drivers from Nvidia (Probably end June) this might be fixed perm. Thanks for all the info guys!

[3DPreview]

Any1 can give me a link to the 302.52 drivers? Might aswell give those a try already see how that goes. BTW did you simply do a clean install for these 302.52? or is there something specific I need to do to get them to work?

[Shini]

302.59 Drivers

http://downloads.gur...nload-2912.html

I just installed them over the old ones.

This post has been edited by Shini: 06 June 2012 - 01:00 AM

[aivadarker]

hmmm looks like i have just been lucky (or it somwhat helped).....
just got the red screen of death after closing again.

hope there will be a fix soon

This post has been edited by aivadarker: 06 June 2012 - 10:54 AM

[Scimon]

I tried the 302.59 drivers and still get red screens occasionally on exit as well as occasional black screen freezes in game.

[3DPreview]

Scimon, you were talking about killing a process upon laucnhing the game, have you tried this and see what happens / wether you still get RSOD when playing / quiting after a few hours?

Anyway Just got my PC back, Just going to stop playing APB for a while untill I get news about new drivers perm fixing this issue. Like other I haven't experienced this issue (yet) in other games. So aslong as I am not getting them in other games I can live with it. Played Diablo 3 yesterday for hours, no problems and no RSOD when quiting. Also played few hours league of legends, also no problems at all..

To be continued..

[Caution811]

I get the RSOD too after closing APB after playing for a few hours, but its not really a death screen. If you wait a few minutes or turn off your display and turn it back on it goes back to normal, then you see the little Nvidia Driver crashed error. In case you didn't know that, just wait a bit or restart your display and it should go back to the desktop without having to do a hard reboot.

[atterdag]

I've got the same issue, but I've noticed that it mostly happens when PB starts scanning. Not sure others have the same experience?

[aivadarker]

hmmm interesting find caution811
i have tried waiting a min or 2 but not more then that
i always thought it crashed for real as it sounds like all audio dies aswell (skype calles end as soon as the red screen shows itself (the people i talk to cant hear me aswell)

will have to test powering down the monitor next time....

when i see the red screen i usually restart right away as i have my windows installed on a ssd so getting back takes less then 2 min ( :
still pisses me off thought.... this really should be fixed asap!