Hi -
The age of the laptop is helpful because it should still be under warranty. I strongly urge you to contact the system manufacturer.
MSI USA - Technical Support
I was really asking about the BisonCam device, which I assume is a webcam.
I saw the 2006 driver date; hence the reason I asked its age.
However, checking my own laptops found the same drivers for my HP webcam -
http://www.sysnative.com/drivers/driver.php?id=usbvideo.sys
http://www.sysnative.com/drivers/driver.php?id=ksthunk.sys
I usually don't link to Google searches, but your BisonCam device returned 1,000s of hits for device drivers - so I was unsure if MSI had a driver for it or if default Microsoft drivers were supposed to be used -
https://www.google.com/search?num=1...7.1.1.0....0...1c.1.30.hp..0.1.96.zatZWaykJPk
Code:
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Video Capture Devices
Number of Devices: 1
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FriendlyName: BisonCam, NB Pro
Location: Front
SymbolicLink: \\?\usb#vid_5986&pid_030c&mi_00#7&104e6cf0&0&0000#{e5323777-f976-4f5b-9b55-b94699c46e44}\global
Manufacturer: Microsoft
HardwareID: USB\VID_5986&PID_030C&REV_0301&MI_00,USB\VID_5986&PID_030C&MI_00
DriverDesc: USB Video Device
DriverProvider: Microsoft
DriverVersion: 6.3.9600.16384
DriverDateEnglish: 6/21/2006 00:00:00
DriverDateLocalized: 6/21/2006 12:00:00 AM
- You can see that the driver provider is in fact Microsoft
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6/21/2006 is a Microsoft default timestamp going back to Vista
- 6.3.9600.16384 is Windows 8.1 RTM version number
I have found over the years that BSODs involving well written drivers like NVIDIA can in fact be caused by other 3rd party video-related drivers, but not necessarily naming the actual offending driver.
I am at loss. Do you mean how old the laptop is? I don't know, but I bought this laptop 5-6 months ago. Also, because the latest driver caused me bsod, I tried rolling back to the 314.22 driver which was released March 25, 2013, if that could of any help.
Regards,
D
Is this your system? -->
MSI Notebook Official Website | G Series - GT70 0ND-444US Gaming Notebook / Laptop
If I click on the Windows 8.1 upgrade, it takes me to -->
Windows Holiday BOM
However, I am unable to find your specific model listed.
When you mention rolling back drivers, where did you obtain the various NVIDIA drivers from? From MSI or directly from NVIDIA?
If from NVIDIA, that
may be the issue here, especially if MSI modified the NVIDIA driver (or NVIDIA modified it for MSI).
Regards. . .
jcgriff2