wow DS crash disconnected my Graphics Card

ibr_remote aka infinity10

Am running DS 4.10.0.123 on a 64-bit Windows Home machine.

Had a big crash during which my graphics driver was disconnected, the OS reverted to native screen resolution. When I rebooted the PC the next morning, no cure.  I had to uninstall the graphics Driver, then let OS re-install on next boot.

 

Here's a snippet of my log file from DS:

2018-03-28 22:58:33.552 Loaded file: a01.dsf

2018-03-29 14:02:45.460 +++++++++++++++ DAZ Studio 4.10.0.123 starting +++++++++++++++++

2018-03-29 14:02:45.460 Platform bits: 64

2018-03-29 14:02:45.460 Qt Version: 4.8.7

2018-03-29 14:02:45.460 OpenSubdiv Version: 3.0.0

2018-03-29 14:02:45.460 Running on Windows 10, Build 9200, No Service Pack Installed

2018-03-29 14:02:45.460 CPU Information:

2018-03-29 14:02:45.460 CPU String: GenuineIntel

2018-03-29 14:02:45.460 CPU Brand String: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz

2018-03-29 14:02:45.460 Cache Line Size = 64

2018-03-29 14:02:45.464 L2 Associativity = 6

2018-03-29 14:02:45.464 Cache Size = 256

2018-03-29 14:02:45.464 Stepping ID = 3

2018-03-29 14:02:45.464 Model = 12

2018-03-29 14:02:45.464 Family = 6

2018-03-29 14:02:45.464 Extended model = 3

2018-03-29 14:02:45.464 CLFLUSH cache line size = 64

2018-03-29 14:02:45.464 APIC Physical ID = 2

 

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n.drju_6d88cb4c15

Damn, what is happening with this build?? It looks terribly (and dangerously) buggy!

Richard Haseltine

That sounds like a driver fault, not a DS fault per se - the drivers do sometimes stop responding and have to be restrted, not just in DS but in anything that stresses them, though it's unusual for a restart not to fix it.

n.drju_6d88cb4c15

Richard Haseltine said:

...the drivers do sometimes stop responding and have to be restrted, not just in DS but in anything that stresses them...

Maybe you should provide a "Prozac plugin" for these poor drivers.

Just kidding. But seriously, when you think about it, it indeed seems unlikely that a program like DS would cause such carnage on an (I assume) otherwise perfectly healthy machine. Why, I use some programs that are even heavier on the GPU...

@ ibr_remote - One question that comes to my mind... how was the temperature of your machine doing before the crash? Ineffective cooling system or temperature surge may cause GPU to slow down or, in extreme cases, turn it off completely. Any overheating issues?

fastbike1

@n.drju_6d88cb4c15

It isn't a Studio related issue. It's a video driver issue and way more likely to be exacerbated by Windows 10. Studio 4.10.0.123 is plenty stable on my Win 7 machine.