Video Card Issue

[Coiatheking]

Hello, I am the user of an NVidia 8500GT.
Here's my issue:

I was playing Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway. The game ran smoothly. Nearing the end of the game, it froze, so I restarted my computer. When I restarted, my widescreen was projecting the lowest possible resolution as well as 4 bit colours. I can not change this resolution, I'll adjust the resolution but nothing happens. I've opened the device manager and determined it was indeed my video card.

I have attempted to open the NVidia Desktop application, with no luck. I'll clickthe icon and nothing happens.

I've tried rolling back my driver (which only works in safe mode, after I update the driver which works fine until restart).

Please help me, this resolution is killing me.

[Steve R Jones]

Does anything change if you turn the pc off for 15 minutes and let it cool down?

[zulquar]

is ur 8500 gt passive cooled , if so than its a heat related problem if u have a mid tower or a small casing without case fan , i had the same prob a long time ago

[Coiatheking]

Yes I have left the computer off for about 30 hours now, and still produces the same result. My computer was custom made at a Computer store, so the fan could be a problem. I`ve never had this problem in the past with any other game.
Just to confirm, it probably has nothing to do with the game, correct?

[Big_Daddy]

Reload your video drivers. Make sure you are not booting into Safe Mode.