Could not start driver

[Flea]

I'm trying to use GPU-Z but everytime I try to start It, it gives me that error and then crashes, the first time i tried to run it just froze at the splash screen and the explorer and task manager stopped responding, forcing me to reboot. I just bought this 9600GT but I was having the same errors with the 8600GT Fatal1ty altough it did worked with previous versions.

config:
9600GT XFX(latest WHQL drivers 174.74)
AMD X2 3800
2gb ram Kingston
seagate 250gb

[dwax]

Been having the same problem Flea. Try an older version like 0.1.7 it worked for me. Or try this version that W1zzard posted then submit the crash log.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=778972&postcount=19

[W1zzard]

http://www.techpowerup.com/wizzard/GPU-Z.exe
does this work?
does it still work if you rename the .exe to something else?

[dwax]

http://www.techpowerup.com/wizzard/GPU-Z.exe
does this work?
does it still work if you rename the .exe to something else?

Not for me. This one did a hard freeze. Had to hard shut down. Then on re-start I couldn't get booted back up. Had to do a system restore. :(

[W1zzard]

wow .. thats weird .. do you have some weird antivirus/antispyware or anything else running?

[dwax]

That gave me an idea W1zzard. I have BoClean running in the background. (Anti Trojan) I shut that down and that version works. :)

[dwax]

Second time I opened it, it froze up the system again. And had to do another system restore. I would be up a creek if I didn't have system restore. :( Version 0.2.1 is in the trash can.

[W1zzard]

are you opening multiple instances of gpuz at the same time?

[W1zzard]

redownload same link and try to start it. it should show a box "starting gpuz" before it hangs. does it?

[dwax]

Nope, I closed the program and a few min I tried it again and it locked up my system. Couldn't even close it with the Task Manager.

[W1zzard]

can you please check with the newly uploaded version if you see the messagebox "gpuz starting" before or after your system starts to hang?

[dwax]

I tried the version you put up in the post #3 and it froze my machine. I tried the one in this post. http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=778972&postcount=19 and posted the results here. http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=779055&postcount=21

[W1zzard]

REDOWNLOAD the file. i put up a new version, same link

[dwax]

The same problem. It loads fine the first time, you shut it down, wait awhile and open it up and it locks up the system. Will wait for a more stable version. It wont take long to not be able to recover from these hard shut downs. :(

[W1zzard]

are you using raid?

[dwax]

are you using raid?

Nope, no raid here. Can't figure out why it locks up the system the second time I open it. Runs fine the first time. It asks if I want to run it, select yes then locks up on the splash screen.

[W1zzard]

so the first time always works? do you have an instant messenger so we can debug this some more?

[Flea]

So, I tested the 3 versions, the one from the site, the one W1zzard posted on this topic and the one he posted on the other topic (http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=778972&postcount=19)

The one from the site I'm having the same issue, Could not start driver and then crash, the others one just freeze at the splash screen and I have to reboot.

Maybe this is a issue with the new drivers ? Am using 175.16.

[dwax]

I had to stop testing them, it was getting harder and harder to start up windows. The last one I tested I could not do a system restore. Had to put in my old drive that was a mirror to it.

[Arctucas]

Having the same problem; I had the GPU-Z (with no version number in the file name) linked in this post working just about a half hour ago, now it gives the "could not start driver" error.


Fracking Weird!

EDIT:

OK, I just shut down (not restart) the machine and when I start back up, the GPU-Z works!

What is going on? Some weird TSR bug?

[dwax]

Having the same problem; I had the GPU-Z (with no version number in the file name) linked in this post working just about a half hour ago, now it gives the "could not start driver" error.


Fracking Weird!

EDIT:

OK, I just shut down (not restart) the machine and when I start back up, the GPU-Z works!

What is going on? Some weird TSR bug?

Shut it down, then restart the program, what dose it do?

[Flea]

With the last GPU-Z 0.22 I was able to use it for some time but after a reboot(not because of it) it started again.