Comments for Zuki.org.uk http://zuki.org.uk/blog Zuki - A Blog of Life, Love, Photos, Tech, Nerdiness and Geekery Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:26:52 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Random freezing / stuttering / sound loops in Windows Vista or 7? by gyaku_zuki http://zuki.org.uk/blog/2009/11/random-freezing-stuttering-sound-loops-in-windows-vista-or-7/comment-page-1/#comment-785 gyaku_zuki Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:26:52 +0000 http://zuki.org.uk/blog/?p=31#comment-785 You're very welcome :) glad I helped! Tell a friend! I do other articles ;) You’re very welcome :) glad I helped! Tell a friend! I do other articles ;)

]]> Comment on Random freezing / stuttering / sound loops in Windows Vista or 7? by Dare978Devil http://zuki.org.uk/blog/2009/11/random-freezing-stuttering-sound-loops-in-windows-vista-or-7/comment-page-1/#comment-784 Dare978Devil Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:26:55 +0000 http://zuki.org.uk/blog/?p=31#comment-784 First, thanks for sharing. I had the precise problem described above where my system would simply hang while the Event Viewer was filling up with the nvstor64 error message. Sometimes it would come back, sometimes it would crash. I am running Win7-64 with an Intel SSD as my boot drive. After reading through the explanation above and all the comments, I implemented Empathy's solution of disabling Command Queuing for each port. That worked, I no longer had nvstor64 error messages. However, it came at a cost. As pointed out by gyaku_zuki, with Native Command Queuing disabled on my SSD, I was not getting the full speed it was capable of. I ran the Win7 speed test, and found that the Sustained Speed came in at 60 (millions of bytes per second). I tested and retested in subsequent days, and it was always very close to 60. Then I bought a new video card, and needed to run Driver Sweeper anyway, so I thought I may as well try out gyaku_zuki's full solution. I removed all Nvidia drivers, including the Storage Drivers. Then I installed only the chipset drivers from that package, and the latest GeForce drivers for my new card. Rebooted, and went to Device Manager. I did one last test before enabling Command Queuing, it once again came in at 60. Enabled Command Queuing, rebooted, and retested. The Sustained Speed jumped to 205! I have retested it many times after subsequent reboots, and it is always at or very close to 205. Conclusion? Gyaku_zuki is correct. The best solution is to remove entirely the Nvidia storage drivers via his method above, and keep Command Queuing enabled. Thanks!! First, thanks for sharing. I had the precise problem described above where my system would simply hang while the Event Viewer was filling up with the nvstor64 error message. Sometimes it would come back, sometimes it would crash. I am running Win7-64 with an Intel SSD as my boot drive. After reading through the explanation above and all the comments, I implemented Empathy’s solution of disabling Command Queuing for each port. That worked, I no longer had nvstor64 error messages. However, it came at a cost.

As pointed out by gyaku_zuki, with Native Command Queuing disabled on my SSD, I was not getting the full speed it was capable of. I ran the Win7 speed test, and found that the Sustained Speed came in at 60 (millions of bytes per second). I tested and retested in subsequent days, and it was always very close to 60. Then I bought a new video card, and needed to run Driver Sweeper anyway, so I thought I may as well try out gyaku_zuki’s full solution. I removed all Nvidia drivers, including the Storage Drivers. Then I installed only the chipset drivers from that package, and the latest GeForce drivers for my new card. Rebooted, and went to Device Manager. I did one last test before enabling Command Queuing, it once again came in at 60.

Enabled Command Queuing, rebooted, and retested. The Sustained Speed jumped to 205! I have retested it many times after subsequent reboots, and it is always at or very close to 205.

Conclusion? Gyaku_zuki is correct. The best solution is to remove entirely the Nvidia storage drivers via his method above, and keep Command Queuing enabled.

Thanks!!

]]> Comment on Random freezing / stuttering / sound loops in Windows Vista or 7? by Jeremy http://zuki.org.uk/blog/2009/11/random-freezing-stuttering-sound-loops-in-windows-vista-or-7/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Jeremy Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:30:51 +0000 http://zuki.org.uk/blog/?p=31#comment-776 Driver Sweeper is managed by Phyxion now: http://phyxion.net/Checksum-Verify/checksum-verify-changelog.html Driver Sweeper is managed by Phyxion now:

http://phyxion.net/Checksum-Verify/checksum-verify-changelog.html

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]]> Comment on Random freezing / stuttering / sound loops in Windows Vista or 7? by MC http://zuki.org.uk/blog/2009/11/random-freezing-stuttering-sound-loops-in-windows-vista-or-7/comment-page-1/#comment-736 MC Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:34:35 +0000 http://zuki.org.uk/blog/?p=31#comment-736 I get freezes randomly when using Skype with webcam video and watching online videostreams. After a couple minutes, 30 minutes or hours after starting.Sometimes repeating a couple minutes after restart. The rest of the time the pc works perfectly. Any suggestions? No nvstor found. I get freezes randomly when using Skype with webcam video and watching online videostreams. After a couple minutes, 30 minutes or hours after starting.Sometimes repeating a couple minutes after restart. The rest of the time the pc works perfectly. Any suggestions? No nvstor found.

]]> Comment on Random freezing / stuttering / sound loops in Windows Vista or 7? by raffy http://zuki.org.uk/blog/2009/11/random-freezing-stuttering-sound-loops-in-windows-vista-or-7/comment-page-1/#comment-733 raffy Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:36:09 +0000 http://zuki.org.uk/blog/?p=31#comment-733 Tried this one with my XP machine, and its a CONFIRMED SOLUTION, try disabling all chipset, display, ethernet, related drivers from starting up in safe mode. boot to normal windows, then follow the above instructions, hope the freezes wont come back. thanks man! Tried this one with my XP machine, and its a CONFIRMED SOLUTION, try disabling all chipset, display, ethernet, related drivers from starting up in safe mode. boot to normal windows, then follow the above instructions, hope the freezes wont come back. thanks man!

]]> Comment on Random freezing / stuttering / sound loops in Windows Vista or 7? by BlueKnight http://zuki.org.uk/blog/2009/11/random-freezing-stuttering-sound-loops-in-windows-vista-or-7/comment-page-1/#comment-725 BlueKnight Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:56:33 +0000 http://zuki.org.uk/blog/?p=31#comment-725 Thank you for this post! This problem has been driving me nutz for a couple weeks. I did not put it together that the nVidia drivers were the cause because I installed an SSD drive at the same time and thought I was having drive problems. My installation is likely unique but I am using an Intel x25 SSD ONLY for swap and temp files. My Windows install drive is a notmal 500G SATA2 drive. I bring this up because the only drive getting the nvstor32 warning is the SSD drive. I get the warnings about every 4 hours and when it does the system hangs, crashes my games, etc and I have to hard reset. I do not know if this is a drive issue or a driver issue and it seems to be caused by the swap file not being able to be writen. At the moment I am trying turning off the the command queuing option on only the controller and port that my SSD drive is connected to. I will let you know if it works. BK Thank you for this post! This problem has been driving me nutz for a couple weeks. I did not put it together that the nVidia drivers were the cause because I installed an SSD drive at the same time and thought I was having drive problems.

My installation is likely unique but I am using an Intel x25 SSD ONLY for swap and temp files. My Windows install drive is a notmal 500G SATA2 drive. I bring this up because the only drive getting the nvstor32 warning is the SSD drive. I get the warnings about every 4 hours and when it does the system hangs, crashes my games, etc and I have to hard reset. I do not know if this is a drive issue or a driver issue and it seems to be caused by the swap file not being able to be writen.

At the moment I am trying turning off the the command queuing option on only the controller and port that my SSD drive is connected to. I will let you know if it works.

BK

]]> Comment on Random freezing / stuttering / sound loops in Windows Vista or 7? by gyaku_zuki http://zuki.org.uk/blog/2009/11/random-freezing-stuttering-sound-loops-in-windows-vista-or-7/comment-page-1/#comment-717 gyaku_zuki Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:02:09 +0000 http://zuki.org.uk/blog/?p=31#comment-717 I'm not too sure why that is... This is the chipset drivers you are downloading rather than the graphics ones yeah? I’m not too sure why that is… This is the chipset drivers you are downloading rather than the graphics ones yeah?

]]> Comment on Random freezing / stuttering / sound loops in Windows Vista or 7? by cvixvi http://zuki.org.uk/blog/2009/11/random-freezing-stuttering-sound-loops-in-windows-vista-or-7/comment-page-1/#comment-716 cvixvi Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:31:58 +0000 http://zuki.org.uk/blog/?p=31#comment-716 yea but when i dll drivers i dont have no option to chose storage drivers its just a normal instalation of the drivers yea but when i dll drivers i dont have no option to chose storage drivers its just a normal instalation of the drivers

]]> Comment on Random freezing / stuttering / sound loops in Windows Vista or 7? by gyaku_zuki http://zuki.org.uk/blog/2009/11/random-freezing-stuttering-sound-loops-in-windows-vista-or-7/comment-page-1/#comment-715 gyaku_zuki Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:54:14 +0000 http://zuki.org.uk/blog/?p=31#comment-715 I would, but nvidia update their drivers so frequently that I think its better if you get them straight from nvidia! That way you can be sure you have the most recent ones! I would, but nvidia update their drivers so frequently that I think its better if you get them straight from nvidia! That way you can be sure you have the most recent ones!

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