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Random BSODs: ntoskrnl, dxgkrnl, dxgmms1, nvlddmkm, BCCode 116
Hi Guys. I'd appreciate some help here.
I've been getting BSODs for quite a while now and would like some help in finding a solution.
Attached is my SF zip.
Looking at the dmp files, it seems it's either ntoskrnl or (dxgkrnl, dxgmms1, nvlddmkm). I have no idea what this means.
Some other info that may be relevant (maybe?):
Just yesterday, using SlimDrivers, I updated all drivers. This did not help.
I recently did a memtest and found a faulty stick, which is why I'm down to 3 sticks (I previously had 4). After taking out that stick, I ran memtest several more times and all came back with zero errors. That seemed to reduce (but not eliminate completely) some BSODs.
Before the onslaught of BSODs occurred, I did have some video card crashes where my screen would black out for a second or two before coming back with a notice saying my video card (or driver?) failed and then recovered (no system shut down or reset, just video). This was completely fixed after I opened up my case and dusted everything.
Most (if not all BSODs) are followed by BCCode 116 which google tells me is a video card/driver failure? Also, with most BSODs, the monitor turns black (no signal) and the audio loops for a second or so before the system shuts down or restarts. I'm assuming the screen is black and not blue because the video not working.
I was previously using the newest NVIDIA drivers for my card, but saw some suggestions (through googling) that I could try previous versions to see if they were more stable. Unfortunately, it didn't help. I did the NVIDIA "Clean Install" option every time I installed new drivers. (I did not, however, do the safe-mode remove since I read that "clean install" was essentially the same thing).
Most BSODs occur when I'm playing games. The games I play do not really require heavy graphics. BSODs happen quite often when playing Civ5, both DX9 and DX11. Sometimes, it crashes when I'm just browsing the web. A more recent BSOD occurred just a few minutes after starting up my computer.
I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I was able to run 2 3DMark tests without any BSOD, so I'm not sure if the crash really has to do with GPU load.
I did monitor the CPU and GPU temperatures before some of the BSODs and it did not look like anything was overheating.
Also, I recently set my BIOS to XMP overclocking (not sure if that's how you say it). Occasionally, I'll get a message on boot that says "overclocking failed". I suspect you guys will tell me to turn it off and see if it still BSOD. BSODs happened with and without overclocking.
If I need to provide more info, please let me know. Thanks in advance for the help!