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nvlddmkm.sys crash
I've been getting this crash for about a year, but it only happened to one game that I played. I started playing another game, Day Z, and its happening again. I don't know why it only happens for certain games, but it really starts to annoy me because I don't wanna waste my $30 I spent for this game. I downloaded a program called, WhoCrashed, and this is what it got..
On Thu 7/19/2012 11:54:27 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\071912-19656-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: nvlddmkm.sys (nvlddmkm+0xD431A4)
Bugcheck code: 0x116 (0xFFFFFA8004CD0010, 0xFFFFF8800FD591A4, 0xFFFFFFFFC000009A, 0x4)
Error: VIDEO_TDR_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys
product: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 301.42
company: NVIDIA Corporation
description: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 301.42
Bug check description: This indicates that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 301.42 , NVIDIA Corporation).
Google query: nvlddmkm.sys NVIDIA Corporation VIDEO_TDR_ERROR
(Those link to some sites that don't really help)
Now, I've seriously tried everything to fix this. From reinstalling my drivers in safe mode, re-formatting my computer, downloading a new nvlddmkm.sys file and replacing it, and hundreds of other things, though of course nothing worked. I am asking anybody for help and I'd appreciate it greatly if you could. I don't understand why I can't run certain games when I can run games such as L4D2 and GTA IV perfectly fine on max without crashing. When I do crash, my sound will loop on whatever sound it was currently on and will freeze. Sometimes I get a BSOD, sometimes I don't. If I do, I get the nvlddmkm.dll error. Yea, its .dll on the BSOD not a .sys
Current system specs:
Asus P5PKL-CM Motherboard
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit SP1
Nvidia Geforce 9800 GT
4GB of ram.(Or MB, whichever one is more than I have that one lol)
VIA High Definition Audio(I guess)
I posted this on another site about a year ago, and somebody told it me it might have been because of my audio, and thats what people have said on other sides when I researched it. Supposedly RealTek audio or some shit causes crashes like this and I do believe i have drivers with RealTek, which I probably am going to uninstall to test it.
The weird thing is, sometimes my computer will randomly freeze when I'm just on it and loop the audio thats currently going on, but it won't crash and goes back to normal within 1-2 seconds. I sometimes feel like it is my audio causing the crash because maybe multiple drivers are being used or some shit I don't know and they are causing it to crash. Just a guess, I'm no expert.
So ANYBODY, if you can PLEASE help me, I would be ever grateful to you! Thanks so much for reading my long post.
Last edited by TehBrandon; 22 Jul 2012 at 18:42.