Quote Originally Posted by Pokerjo View Post
I think i have a driver problem , my systems is

P5KD
E6600
2x1 Gb OCZ reaper pc9200
8800gts 640mb
creative xfi extreme music

It will run orthos over night 8hrs + no problem but if i leave it on say downloading ( i.e idleing) when i get up vista has crashed, i have to turn the psu off/on reboot and start window normally. Im running the latest 8 series drivers form the Nvidia web site (158.24) also when i uninstall the driver i can not get into control panel untill i reinstall it

Has anyone had this problem ? i would be greatful for some help
Passing 8hrs orthos isn't the ultimate answer. I have had 2 systems that did similar things as yours. My first one was a DFI RD600 mobo with a Xeon3060 and crucial 10th anniversary memory, BFG 7950Gt OC gpu, and a Corsair HX620 PSU, all with the latest drives and windows updates. It passed orthos for 9hrs and all 3D tests/benchmarks that were available. CPU was running at 3.7GHz with memory at 1:1 on the 9x multi. I was quite happy with it until I loaded up UT2004 and began playing. 10 minutes in and CRASH...the system locked up. Had to up the vcore a little and all was well. Similarly, the system in my sig did the same thing. Running along fine at 3.72GHz, passed all previously mentioned benchmarks and I started to do some video editing and again, CRASH...had to up the vocre a little again. But the good news was, both times a small bump in vcore made everything alright.