Video driver quit responding (and has recovered), sometimes bluescreen, Windows 7

Hi, I've recently been having a problem with my display driver failing.

Sometimes it recovers, sometimes it does not and gives me the blue screen.

I was using Vista, and while playing a game (Infantry from SOE), it started crashing (while only playing the game). Then, it started crashing even when do stuff in Powerpoint. When on Vista, the system would never recover and would not even give me a blue screen.

Initially, I thought crappy game code did something to my window so I went and got the Windows 7, reformatted and thought I would be good.

Wrong. So then I went and got a beefed up video card (ATI HD 4670) hoping it would solve the problem. Wrong again. Now, it will either give me the blue screen or will recover from not responding and show the error.

This is very frustrating and I have no clue as to what else to do. Windows 7 hasn't been installed for 2 whole days yet, the video card is brand new. Could it be the PCIe slot on the motherboard?

 

Sorry, I have 64-bit Windows 7.

Here is the BSOD error msg:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 3b
BCP1: 00000000C0000005
BCP2: FFFFF80002AD5839
BCP3: FFFFF88005F7AF40
BCP4: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6_1_7600
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 256_1








The Everest report is attached.

I have no yellow marks in device manager.

And the RAM test said my RAM is fine.

Thanks for the help, sir, I really do appreciate it.

 

Yeah, I am really starting to think it's the motherboard... Even though it's fairly new.

Now, I can't even get the computer to boot windows... The BIOS boot screen appears but freezes when starting windows. I am on my MacBook right now trying to get the damned desktop to startup. It is giving me the Windows error recovery screen and giving me the options to "Launch Startup Repair" or "Start Windows Normally." I am scared to do the startup repair b/c it likes to erase data.

Is it possible that the motherboard is going out? I mean it seems that the motherboard is having problems communicating with the peripherals because it's giving me display driver errors AND not starting Windows (i.e. not communicating with hard drive properly?).


Ok so while typing this post it sent me to another bluescreen after refusing to repair windows by system restore.

Here's all the codes that appeared:

UGCODE_USB_DRIVER

Technical Information:

STOP: 0x000000FE, 0x0000000000000008, 0x0000000000000006, 0x000000000000000A, 0xFFFFFFA800223F000

BAH!

 

could it be too much drawing from your power supply?

 

I don't think so as this is a new issue and I've played all types of videos and games and haven't had an issue.

Also, I used the Windows repair just so my computer would start up and Windows started this time so I now I'm thinking this not a hardware concern. Luckily, Windows didn't write over too many programs...

 

Surprisingly, Windows is behaving itself. I haven't had a BSOD since it performed the startup repair.

I do have USB printer, mouse, and keyboard. I also have things like digital cameras I hook up every so often, but they do not stay connected all the time.

 

Yeah, it's been doing great, so far. I've done everything but play the game that started all this.

I'm almost scared to load the game and play it, for I fear the game is poorly written...

Anyways, thanks for the help... You never know, though, I may be back on here in a few hours...

 

OK, so the bastard is at it again... Any other ideas? Hopefully the same people are still subscribed to this thread...