BSOD with error 0x00000116 accompanied by display driver crashes

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For the past few days I have been plagued by frequent display driver crashes, These crashes usually recover immediately, but sometimes they cause complete system crashes with BSODs (although I cannot see the BSODs because the screen goes to black). Crashes happen for seemingly no reason. Sometimes it takes hours, sometime seconds. Sometimes it crashes on the login screen. Nothing in particular makes it crash more or less.

I have attempted to diagnose and/or fix the issue with a friend who works in tech support, but we haven't come up with anything so far. Last resort is obviously Windows 7 Upgrade to replace all windows files and then complete re-install after that, but obviously I wish to avoid this.

I have scanned the machine with multiple virus/spyware/malware scans with nothing coming up. I've changed the system's TDR Delay to 10 seconds via regedit. I've turned off all services and start-up programs. I've re-installed, clean re-installed, and updated my graphics driver to the newest version. Nothing works. Various explorations through out the Event Viewer hasn't lead to anything we can see might be causing the issue.

The strangest thing is that I have even had the screen crash to black in safe-mode twice today. Safe mode was the only way the machine is usable at this point, but apparently even that isn't safe.
 

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The video drivers you've been using are causing the problem. Try rolling back to this WHQL version.
 

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Built 2/11/2011
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Windows 7 Pro-x64
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i7-2600 3.4GHz - 3.8GHz Turbo
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Intel DH67BL-B3
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Integrated Intel HD 2000
Sound Card
Integrated Intel 10.1 HD, RealTek ALC892
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus LCD VH222H, Haier HL24XSL2a
Screen Resolution
1920x1080, 1920x1080
Hard Drives
Crucial SSD C300-128Gb,
Western Digital WD5002AALX - 500Gb,
Western Digital WD7501AALS - 750Gb
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Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold Modular
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Rosewill Defender
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Logitech EX100 Y-RBH94 Wireless
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Logitech EX100 M-RCE95 Wireless
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Microsoft Security Essentials
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Other Info
Antec Veris Premier-Multimedia IR Station,
Cyber Accoustics-3602 Speakers,
AFT XM-5U Card Reader,
Hauppauge TV-HVR-2250,
Sony LX300 USB Turntable
The driver you provided will not install since it does not detect compatible hardware. It doesn't look like it supports mobile graphics devices, which mine is (GeForce GTX 580M)
 

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Windows 7 Professional x64Intel Core i7-2820QM @ GHz12.0 GBnVidia GeForce GTX580M
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Alienware M17x R3
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64
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Intel Core i7-2820QM @ GHz
Memory
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Intel 520 Series 120GB SSD
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My Computer My Computer

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Windows 7 Pro-x64i7-2600 3.4GHz - 3.8GHz Turbo8Gb - 2x4GB, Muskin 991770 PC3-1333Integrated Intel HD 2000
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built 2/11/2011
OS
Windows 7 Pro-x64
CPU
i7-2600 3.4GHz - 3.8GHz Turbo
Motherboard
Intel DH67BL-B3
Memory
8Gb - 2x4GB, Muskin 991770 PC3-1333
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated Intel HD 2000
Sound Card
Integrated Intel 10.1 HD, RealTek ALC892
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus LCD VH222H, Haier HL24XSL2a
Screen Resolution
1920x1080, 1920x1080
Hard Drives
Crucial SSD C300-128Gb,
Western Digital WD5002AALX - 500Gb,
Western Digital WD7501AALS - 750Gb
PSU
Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold Modular
Case
Rosewill Defender
Cooling
Stock CPU, Four 120mm case fans, PCH fan added
Keyboard
Logitech EX100 Y-RBH94 Wireless
Mouse
Logitech EX100 M-RCE95 Wireless
Internet Speed
3.0/1.5 Mbs
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Other Info
Antec Veris Premier-Multimedia IR Station,
Cyber Accoustics-3602 Speakers,
AFT XM-5U Card Reader,
Hauppauge TV-HVR-2250,
Sony LX300 USB Turntable
Problems still persist. Screen crashed to black and would not recover, and did the same thing immediately after reboot, although no BSOD.

That is a very old driver on Dell's website, and I'm sure I had it in the past with no issues, but it is now the 3rd driver I've tried with no success.
 

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Windows 7 Professional x64Intel Core i7-2820QM @ GHz12.0 GBnVidia GeForce GTX580M
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware M17x R3
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU
Intel Core i7-2820QM @ GHz
Memory
12.0 GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce GTX580M
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Intel 520 Series 120GB SSD
HGST Travelstar 5K1500 1.5TB
Antivirus
McAfee
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Did you update the BIOS?

The errors are TDR timeouts. This occurs when the driver or video card doesn't respond and Windows attempts to reset the driver. If the driver fails to respond within a period of time (the time you changed), the 0x116 occurs. This is normally a bad driver but it can also be a failing video card since the card must respond to the driver before the driver can respond to Windows.

Every dump I checked indicated the driver(s) were not matched to the system so we usually start there. There's also some updates on the Dell site you should look into. The BIOS and the Control Center (If you're using it and Aero).

If the PC is stable, the video card can be tested. We need to get there first.
 

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Windows 7 Pro-x64i7-2600 3.4GHz - 3.8GHz Turbo8Gb - 2x4GB, Muskin 991770 PC3-1333Integrated Intel HD 2000
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built 2/11/2011
OS
Windows 7 Pro-x64
CPU
i7-2600 3.4GHz - 3.8GHz Turbo
Motherboard
Intel DH67BL-B3
Memory
8Gb - 2x4GB, Muskin 991770 PC3-1333
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated Intel HD 2000
Sound Card
Integrated Intel 10.1 HD, RealTek ALC892
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus LCD VH222H, Haier HL24XSL2a
Screen Resolution
1920x1080, 1920x1080
Hard Drives
Crucial SSD C300-128Gb,
Western Digital WD5002AALX - 500Gb,
Western Digital WD7501AALS - 750Gb
PSU
Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold Modular
Case
Rosewill Defender
Cooling
Stock CPU, Four 120mm case fans, PCH fan added
Keyboard
Logitech EX100 Y-RBH94 Wireless
Mouse
Logitech EX100 M-RCE95 Wireless
Internet Speed
3.0/1.5 Mbs
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Other Info
Antec Veris Premier-Multimedia IR Station,
Cyber Accoustics-3602 Speakers,
AFT XM-5U Card Reader,
Hauppauge TV-HVR-2250,
Sony LX300 USB Turntable
Sorry, I thought I had updated the VBIOS before, but I recalled that it was for a different machine I had before this one.

I have now update the VBIOS and I just received a display driver crash and recovery again, but no crash to BSOD after the update yet.

Edit: 6 or 7 rapid display driver crashes and recoveries immediately after initial response, followed by an additional crash to BSOD. Rebooted to safe mode, which then crashed when I walked away. Error was 0x000000f4. I have included a new zip from the SF Diagnostic Tool after the new BSODs.
 

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Windows 7 Professional x64Intel Core i7-2820QM @ GHz12.0 GBnVidia GeForce GTX580M
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware M17x R3
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU
Intel Core i7-2820QM @ GHz
Memory
12.0 GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce GTX580M
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Intel 520 Series 120GB SSD
HGST Travelstar 5K1500 1.5TB
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McAfee
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Code: 
BugCheck 116, {fffffa80124954e0, fffff8800f3f9e20, ffffffffc00000b5, a}
[COLOR=red][U]*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for nvlddmkm.sys
[/U][/COLOR]Probably caused by : nvlddmkm.sys ( nvlddmkm+153e20 )
 
6: kd> lmvm nvlddmkm
start             end                 module name
fffff880`0f2a6000 fffff880`0fefe000   nvlddmkm T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: nvlddmkm.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys
    Image name: nvlddmkm.sys
    [COLOR=red][U]Timestamp:        Tue Mar 04 05:07:52 2014[/U][/COLOR] (5315B408)

BIOS Version/Date Alienware A08, 7/29/2011

The Nvidia driver is still not correct. The most recent is not always the best driver. Also, this still shows the old BIOS. Did you rerun the diagnostic utility to capture the current system state? You might try forcing a driver update from MS through the device manager. It should download the WHQL version for your system.

If you are overclocking the video card, Stop. Check and verify your display resolution. This line doesn't look right
Resolution 1920 x 1080 x 119 hertz
 

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Windows 7 Pro-x64i7-2600 3.4GHz - 3.8GHz Turbo8Gb - 2x4GB, Muskin 991770 PC3-1333Integrated Intel HD 2000
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built 2/11/2011
OS
Windows 7 Pro-x64
CPU
i7-2600 3.4GHz - 3.8GHz Turbo
Motherboard
Intel DH67BL-B3
Memory
8Gb - 2x4GB, Muskin 991770 PC3-1333
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated Intel HD 2000
Sound Card
Integrated Intel 10.1 HD, RealTek ALC892
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus LCD VH222H, Haier HL24XSL2a
Screen Resolution
1920x1080, 1920x1080
Hard Drives
Crucial SSD C300-128Gb,
Western Digital WD5002AALX - 500Gb,
Western Digital WD7501AALS - 750Gb
PSU
Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold Modular
Case
Rosewill Defender
Cooling
Stock CPU, Four 120mm case fans, PCH fan added
Keyboard
Logitech EX100 Y-RBH94 Wireless
Mouse
Logitech EX100 M-RCE95 Wireless
Internet Speed
3.0/1.5 Mbs
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Other Info
Antec Veris Premier-Multimedia IR Station,
Cyber Accoustics-3602 Speakers,
AFT XM-5U Card Reader,
Hauppauge TV-HVR-2250,
Sony LX300 USB Turntable
Nothing happened for the past 2 days, until just now when I experience a display driver crash and recovery, shortly followed by a display driver crash and BSOD.

I realized I did the wrong BIOS update and updated to version A12. Then un-installed my driver and installed the version provided by Dell, and then let Windows update my driver to version 331.65. Again, no problems since that until just now.

I have attached yet another zip from the SF Diagnostic Tool after today's BSOD.
 

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Windows 7 Professional x64Intel Core i7-2820QM @ GHz12.0 GBnVidia GeForce GTX580M
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware M17x R3
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU
Intel Core i7-2820QM @ GHz
Memory
12.0 GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce GTX580M
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Intel 520 Series 120GB SSD
HGST Travelstar 5K1500 1.5TB
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McAfee
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It's pretty much saying the same thing. :confused: The previous dump indicated a possible disk error.

Killer-2 is considered a Trojan. I don't remember seeing that last time. You also have a hidden path in your startups.
Perform a Clean Boot then download and run AdwCleaner. Post the report from it.

Code: 
BugCheck 116, {fffffa80110f14e0, fffff8800fc3f074, ffffffffc000009a, 4}
Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys, Win32 error 0n2
[COLOR=red]*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for nvlddmkm.sys
[/COLOR]Probably caused by : nvlddmkm.sys ( nvlddmkm+994074 )
Followup: MachineOwner
---------
7: kd> !analyze -v
*******************************************************************************
*                                                                             *
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
*                                                                             *
*******************************************************************************
VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (116)
Attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed.
Arguments:
Arg1: fffffa80110f14e0, Optional pointer to internal TDR recovery context (TDR_RECOVERY_CONTEXT).
Arg2: fffff8800fc3f074, The pointer into responsible device driver module (e.g. owner tag).
Arg3: ffffffffc000009a, Optional error code (NTSTATUS) of the last failed operation.
Arg4: 0000000000000004, Optional internal context dependent data.
Debugging Details:
------------------

FAULTING_IP: 
nvlddmkm+994074
fffff880`0fc3f074 803dae0aefff00  cmp     byte ptr [nvlddmkm+0x884b29 (fffff880`0fb2fb29)],0
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  GRAPHICS_DRIVER_TDR_FAULT
CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1
BUGCHECK_STR:  0x116
PROCESS_NAME:  System
CURRENT_IRQL:  0
STACK_TEXT:  
fffff880`077fea48 fffff880`0ff41140 : 00000000`00000116 fffffa80`110f14e0 fffff880`0fc3f074 ffffffff`c000009a : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff880`077fea50 fffff880`0ff14867 : fffff880`0fc3f074 fffffa80`0d916000 00000000`00000000 ffffffff`c000009a : dxgkrnl!TdrBugcheckOnTimeout+0xec
fffff880`077fea90 fffff880`0ff40f4f : fffffa80`ffffd84d ffffffff`fffe7960 fffffa80`110f14e0 fffff880`0f237f3c : dxgkrnl!DXGADAPTER::Reset+0x2a3
fffff880`077feb40 fffff880`0f23803d : fffffa80`10d877d0 00000000`00000080 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`0d915410 : dxgkrnl!TdrResetFromTimeout+0x23
fffff880`077febc0 fffff800`03b722ea : 00000000`fffffc32 fffffa80`0d933b50 fffffa80`09cc5890 fffffa80`0d933b50 : dxgmms1!VidSchiWorkerThread+0x101
fffff880`077fec00 fffff800`038c68e6 : fffff800`03a50e80 fffffa80`0d933b50 fffff800`03a5ecc0 00000000`00000000 : nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x5a
fffff880`077fec40 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiStartSystemThread+0x16

STACK_COMMAND:  .bugcheck ; kb
FOLLOWUP_IP: 
nvlddmkm+994074
fffff880`0fc3f074 803dae0aefff00  cmp     byte ptr [nvlddmkm+0x884b29 (fffff880`0fb2fb29)],0
SYMBOL_NAME:  nvlddmkm+994074
FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner
MODULE_NAME: nvlddmkm
IMAGE_NAME:  nvlddmkm.sys
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  52676afe
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x116_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys
BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x116_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys
Followup: MachineOwner
---------
7: kd> lmvm nvlddmkm
start             end                 module name
fffff880`0f2ab000 fffff880`0fee2000   nvlddmkm T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: nvlddmkm.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys
    Image name: nvlddmkm.sys
    Timestamp:        Wed Oct 23 01:21:50 2013 (52676AFE)
    CheckSum:         00C0CF0F
    ImageSize:        00C37000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Pro-x64i7-2600 3.4GHz - 3.8GHz Turbo8Gb - 2x4GB, Muskin 991770 PC3-1333Integrated Intel HD 2000
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built 2/11/2011
OS
Windows 7 Pro-x64
CPU
i7-2600 3.4GHz - 3.8GHz Turbo
Motherboard
Intel DH67BL-B3
Memory
8Gb - 2x4GB, Muskin 991770 PC3-1333
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated Intel HD 2000
Sound Card
Integrated Intel 10.1 HD, RealTek ALC892
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus LCD VH222H, Haier HL24XSL2a
Screen Resolution
1920x1080, 1920x1080
Hard Drives
Crucial SSD C300-128Gb,
Western Digital WD5002AALX - 500Gb,
Western Digital WD7501AALS - 750Gb
PSU
Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold Modular
Case
Rosewill Defender
Cooling
Stock CPU, Four 120mm case fans, PCH fan added
Keyboard
Logitech EX100 Y-RBH94 Wireless
Mouse
Logitech EX100 M-RCE95 Wireless
Internet Speed
3.0/1.5 Mbs
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Other Info
Antec Veris Premier-Multimedia IR Station,
Cyber Accoustics-3602 Speakers,
AFT XM-5U Card Reader,
Hauppauge TV-HVR-2250,
Sony LX300 USB Turntable
Here is the report from AdwCleaner
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Professional x64Intel Core i7-2820QM @ GHz12.0 GBnVidia GeForce GTX580M
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware M17x R3
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU
Intel Core i7-2820QM @ GHz
Memory
12.0 GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce GTX580M
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Intel 520 Series 120GB SSD
HGST Travelstar 5K1500 1.5TB
Antivirus
McAfee
Browser
Google Chrome
A small note/hint for this issue, it is very clear that for some reason it happens in "bursts."

For example: I had no issues for 2 days until my previous 2 posts when I experience several display driver crashes and 1 BSOD within minutes. From those last posts, nothing wrong again until just now when I experience 4 or 5 straight display driver crashes and recoveries in about 2 minutes, ultimately having my display driver crash and not recover at all until I manually rebooted the computer.

Maybe that can serve as a hint as to the cause of the issue. Maybe it means nothing. Hopefully it helps.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Professional x64Intel Core i7-2820QM @ GHz12.0 GBnVidia GeForce GTX580M
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware M17x R3
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU
Intel Core i7-2820QM @ GHz
Memory
12.0 GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce GTX580M
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Intel 520 Series 120GB SSD
HGST Travelstar 5K1500 1.5TB
Antivirus
McAfee
Browser
Google Chrome
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