GPU Tweak III not starting

[zl1_ghost]

Just installed my 5080 Astral, did a fresh install of the Nvidia software and a fresh install of GPU Tweak III.  Done all the reboots and even a second round of uninstall and install of GPU Tweak following all the reboot prompts and it still won't open.  Anyone found a way to get it working when having these issues?  

[Silent_Scone]

Hi @zl1_ghost 

Make sure no other tools are running that are polling the system.

Is the process running in the background? 

Have you checked Windows Event Viewer for errors?

[zl1_ghost]

Don't know why I didn't check the event viewer, but basically the error is:  

Faulting application name: GPU Tweak III.exe, version: 1.8.8.0, time stamp: 0x67aafe92
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.26100.3323, time stamp: 0x22ecef5b
Exception code: 0xc0000374
Fault offset: 0x000f9dbf
Faulting process id: 0x5A30
Faulting application start time: 0x1DB92D669010097
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\GPUTweakIII\GPU Tweak III.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: af6acad2-9af0-4f83-9f81-26c4ebf961a2
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

I will do some digging and see if I can resolve this and report back. Thanks!

[MrAgapiGC]

downlaod the beta. and try again . TIP:

1. select clean install

2. at the end before hit finish wait 1 minute then select finish. and restart the pc. I check with other users for the last 4 days and all works perfect.

3. If you have afterburner UNINSTALL, including the other app that comes with.

I will asume you are on windows 11 or 10 public last version. also make sure you are on the last drivers bios and last nvdia drivers

[smoketh]

I'm having this issue as well the application tries to load then crashes. Windows event log points to a faulty module nvapi.dll

[aniv]

Same issue here. Tried both stable and beta. Both crash on different dll files

Faulting application name: GPU Tweak III.exe, version: 1.9.0.3, time stamp: 0x67c023e3
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.26100.3323, time stamp: 0x22ecef5b
Exception code: 0xc0000374
Fault offset: 0x000f9dbf
Faulting process id: 0x6EC
Faulting application start time: 0x1DB92F7ED47ECD0
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\GPUTweakIII\GPU Tweak III.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 5de98b56-298c-44ad-888c-0c2a2f38534e
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID: .

Stable version

Faulting application name: GPU Tweak III.exe, version: 1.8.8.0, time stamp: 0x67aafe92
Faulting module name: nvapi.dll, version: 32.0.15.7270, time stamp: 0x67c62072
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000f7c2
Faulting process id: 0x40DC
Faulting application start time: 0x1DB92F3EFB46CA8
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\GPUTweakIII\GPU Tweak III.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\nvapi.dll
Report Id: b23eb530-f7ef-4767-981d-100897a4fa2d
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

[Silent_Scone]

If NVAPI is crashing, it could potentially indicate a conflict. Do you have anything else installed that would poll the GPU? Rivatuner, MSI Afterburner, HWMonitor, etc.

Be sure when installing GPTIII to select Clean installl

[aniv]

Yes did clean install! even formatted Windows (11 24H2) and only thing installed was L-Connect 3, battlenet agent and GPU tweak and drivers for hardware (AMD Chipset Driver, Intel Thunderbolt Driver, AMD IPU driver. Results are the same. I see on reddit some other folks posting the same issue since the last 3 days, seems like its not compatible with the latest Nvidia WHQL driver?

[Silent_Scone]

I haven't tried the latest driver, it's flooded with quite a number of issues including stuttering. Does the application work if you rollback the driver?

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/559105/geforce-grd-57270-feedback-...

[aniv]

I havent tried rolling back the driver but can confirm it works fine with the hotfix driver!

GeForce Hotfix Display Driver version 572.75 | NVIDIA

Thanks so much for your patience and assistance.