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Random crashes on i5 17" running Windows 7
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Yeah, it's still crashing. Only when I am watching flash videos though. How is no one else having this problem?
Are you guys sure about that? If anything I'd expect exactly the opposite-without Nvidia's Optimus stuff on there it wouldn't be able to use the Geforce chip.
Check out the notes for the driver-this release doesn't support hybrid graphics. There's also a chance that even if the next one does, Apple might prevent Nvidia from supporting their hardware, as Sony and several other companies do.
Sonit looks like this only happens when I am watching a flash video with headphones plugged in. Could it be the sound drivers? I noticed that I have four nvidia sound drivers installed. Is that right?
That sounds weird to me. I'd think the only sound thing dealing with Nvidia hardware would be I guess the displayport connector.
On my (none Apple, Core 2) laptop in Windows 7, all I have listed are "speakers", "digital audio (s/pdif)", and "Nvidia HDMI Output"...though of course I have HDMI and not displayport, so I don't know for sure that 4 entries might not be right for some reason.
Shouldn't be using it regardless though if you're using headphones :-/
On my (none Apple, Core 2) laptop in Windows 7, all I have listed are "speakers", "digital audio (s/pdif)", and "Nvidia HDMI Output"...though of course I have HDMI and not displayport, so I don't know for sure that 4 entries might not be right for some reason.
Shouldn't be using it regardless though if you're using headphones :-/
There is also a fifth audio driver. I can't remember what brand it is off the top of my head. Realtek maybe? It's non-nvidia though. Is there a way to uninstall all the bootcamp drivers? I tried from the CD, but it didn't uninstall everything.
Yeah, Realtek's one of the big audio brands. I THINK that's what my laptop uses.
On Windows 7 I'm just using Microsoft's audio drivers, and it detected and installed everything fine. You might try uninstalling Realtek's drivers (or uninstalling and replacing it with newer ones from their site), and maybe even deleting the displayport entries, and just let Windows detect and install drivers for all that stuff.
On Windows 7 I'm just using Microsoft's audio drivers, and it detected and installed everything fine. You might try uninstalling Realtek's drivers (or uninstalling and replacing it with newer ones from their site), and maybe even deleting the displayport entries, and just let Windows detect and install drivers for all that stuff.
It seems that some people are having trouble with the audio drivers on the i5 iMac using bootcamp with Windows 7. I assume that the drivers are pretty similar for the i5 MacBook Pro, so maybe this could be the issue? I will test this when i get home.
So I played a few games of Audiosurf at full-res with no problems. This leads me to believe that this is strictly a flash problem.
Yes, I have the newest version. I know there is a beta version that I haven't tried, however. Could turning off hardware acceleration fix it? I'll give that a shot.
Yeah, that sounds like it's worth a shot-looks like it's the first option under Flash's settings.
Sorry, I can't remember now, were you thinking this could be audio related? Or just video? Could be the drivers Apple installs are outdated, and Nvidia's current drivers don't support Optimus systems, but supposedly the next (?) ones should. Hopefully Apple's not opting out of allowing Nvidia to support their hardware.
Sorry, I can't remember now, were you thinking this could be audio related? Or just video? Could be the drivers Apple installs are outdated, and Nvidia's current drivers don't support Optimus systems, but supposedly the next (?) ones should. Hopefully Apple's not opting out of allowing Nvidia to support their hardware.
No, I don't belive it's an audio problem now due to the fact that I played about 15 mins of Audiosurf with no problems.