Could BIOS setting cause BSOD?
Ever since I had Best Buy do some upgrading of my Vista Ultimate computer,
it has crashed almost daily, sometimes twice a day. The crashes occur regardless of whether the computer is in use or not. The result is a blue screen with the message Power State Driver Failure. That is the only part of the text I am able to read before the computer shuts down and restarts. One of the things Best Buy did was install a new graphics card. My power supply isn't the problem, by the way. I have a 600 watt supply. The new card is a PCIe nVidia. A couple of days ago, I installed nVidia's latest driver for their GeForce cards. I also decided to look at my BIOS settings for no particular reason. In the BIOS, there was a option to set the video from Onboard or PCI or PCIe. Mine was set on PCI, even though the card is PCIe. I made the correct selection in the BIOS and restarted. I have my fingers crossed here, but there hasn't been a crash since. Could this incorrect BIOS setting have been the source of my problems? Or was it the new nVidia driver? Or both? Or have a just been lucky? Any info would be appreciated. |
Could BIOS setting cause BSOD?
The correct BIOS setting should be PCIe.
Incorrect settings would definitely cause a crash. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User --------------------------------------------------------------- "rll" wrote in message ... Ever since I had Best Buy do some upgrading of my Vista Ultimate computer, it has crashed almost daily, sometimes twice a day. The crashes occur regardless of whether the computer is in use or not. The result is a blue screen with the message Power State Driver Failure. That is the only part of the text I am able to read before the computer shuts down and restarts. One of the things Best Buy did was install a new graphics card. My power supply isn't the problem, by the way. I have a 600 watt supply. The new card is a PCIe nVidia. A couple of days ago, I installed nVidia's latest driver for their GeForce cards. I also decided to look at my BIOS settings for no particular reason. In the BIOS, there was a option to set the video from Onboard or PCI or PCIe. Mine was set on PCI, even though the card is PCIe. I made the correct selection in the BIOS and restarted. I have my fingers crossed here, but there hasn't been a crash since. Could this incorrect BIOS setting have been the source of my problems? Or was it the new nVidia driver? Or both? Or have a just been lucky? Any info would be appreciated. |
Could BIOS setting cause BSOD?
Also go in to system advanced settings and uncheck the option for automatic
restart on a BSOD so that you can read the BSOD screen. "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote in message ... The correct BIOS setting should be PCIe. Incorrect settings would definitely cause a crash. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User --------------------------------------------------------------- "rll" wrote in message ... Ever since I had Best Buy do some upgrading of my Vista Ultimate computer, it has crashed almost daily, sometimes twice a day. The crashes occur regardless of whether the computer is in use or not. The result is a blue screen with the message Power State Driver Failure. That is the only part of the text I am able to read before the computer shuts down and restarts. One of the things Best Buy did was install a new graphics card. My power supply isn't the problem, by the way. I have a 600 watt supply. The new card is a PCIe nVidia. A couple of days ago, I installed nVidia's latest driver for their GeForce cards. I also decided to look at my BIOS settings for no particular reason. In the BIOS, there was a option to set the video from Onboard or PCI or PCIe. Mine was set on PCI, even though the card is PCIe. I made the correct selection in the BIOS and restarted. I have my fingers crossed here, but there hasn't been a crash since. Could this incorrect BIOS setting have been the source of my problems? Or was it the new nVidia driver? Or both? Or have a just been lucky? Any info would be appreciated. |
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