mcdreamer Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Hi all, I've got a problem which no one else on the web seems to be talking about... I've got Vista Ultimate (but the same problem occured in beta 2), and after about 5 minutes of use I get a message informing me that "Desktop Window Manager has stopped working and will be closed." Before this I have no problems whatsoever (apart from Windows Media Player not working at all). After DWM has been closed my theme reverts to Windows Aero Basic and I can't switch back until I reboot. I have the latest nvidia drivers, my motherboard drivers installed etc but no joy. A friend has suggested I could be having problems because my motherboard (the Asus a8r32-mvp deluxe) uses the ATI Crossfire chipset, but I have an nvidia graphics card (BFG 7900GTX). His suggestion is to try and update the BIOS (as there's a recent fix which mentions amd cool and quiet fixes for Vista). Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preppy Veteran Posted May 7, 2007 Veteran Share Posted May 7, 2007 What's the information about that crash in the Problem Reports and Solutions Center? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccuk Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 I would flash the BIOS and slowly work from there... which nvidia driver are you using for that graphics card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdreamer Posted May 8, 2007 Author Share Posted May 8, 2007 I was using the current Nvidia drivers (as of Saturday), but I've also tried the latest beta drivers too. I've never flashed a BIOS before, what are the chances of toasting my motherboard? zachdms: I'm not at my PC right now but I'll post info from the "Problem Reports and Solutions Center" later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdreamer Posted May 8, 2007 Author Share Posted May 8, 2007 This is the information on the latest DWM crash in the Problem Reports and Solution Center: Product Desktop Window Manager Problem Stopped working Date 05/05/2007 10:38 Status Report Sent Problem signature Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: Dwm.exe Application Version: 6.0.6000.16386 Application Timestamp: 4549aed1 Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.16386 Fault Module Timestamp: 4549bdc9 Exception Code: 80000003 Exception Offset: 00042ea8 OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID: 2057 Additional Information 1: 8d13 Additional Information 2: cdca9b1d21d12b77d84f02df48e34311 Additional Information 3: 8d13 Additional Information 4: cdca9b1d21d12b77d84f02df48e34311 Extra information about the problem Bucket ID: 343277649 I've just upgraded my BIOS, yet to see any problems but it's not been long enough yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdreamer Posted May 8, 2007 Author Share Posted May 8, 2007 The BIOS upgrade seems to have done it, nearly 40 minutes of trouble free Vista computing - this would have been unheard of before! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preppy Veteran Posted May 8, 2007 Veteran Share Posted May 8, 2007 I just got back from lunch, but yeah - you beat me to it. That bucket indicates that you have a bad BIOS. Great work on already solving the problem. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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