BSOD while GPU stressed/unstressed, errors 10000007e/00000124/00000116

essenbe said:

I really don't know, but seriously doubt, that is a problem with all 760s.When you uninstalled the Nvidia drivers, did you uninstall all of the 'other' NVidia drivers first before you uninstalled the display driver? Please go to Device manager and expand display Adapters and tell me what you show there. Also, did you set the Windows update to download and let me what to install' first?

Please attach the newest dump file from C:/Windows/Minidump You will have to provide admin permissions. Copy/paste them on your desktop and right click them and select send to > Compressed zip folder. Upload the zip folder with your next post.

I don't think 4 GPUs could all cause problems either, but every issue indicates a GPU-related source. I don't know what you mean about the Windows update, but I did delete all other drivers and tried installing new ones, but whenever it starts, my screens turn black, turn back on, and then back to black, so I just restart. I don't have access to Nvidia control panel or anything, yet I can still play games and whatnot. I'm including screens of my control panel, minidump, and adapters; I didn't get a new minidump from the previous BSODs, only from July 11th.

essenbe said:

Your 760 is shown in the Device manager, and would not if no drivers were installed for it. If there were ni drivers it would say standard VGA graphics adapter. If you don't set Windows Update to let me decide what to install, it will install a graphics adapter, which is OK, bit it will install a graphics driver for the card. The purpose of that tutorial is to get as clean an install as possible, so, you wouldn't want Windows to install a graphics driver and you install one too. Having said that, it is done all the time and some people have trouble and some don't. That tutorial was written for those who do. If you prefer, just leave it like it is unless it is causing you problems. My philosophy is, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. If it runs well like that, just go with it.

I don't think 4 GPUs could possible be bad unless you were the most unlucky person in the world. And even then I would doubt it. So, if we assume the GPU is not the problem, that leaves the Motherboard or the PSU as the problem. If drivers are properly installed, That would be the only 2 other things that could affect it. And, there are no tests for them. You just have to guess and have a 50/50 chance of being right.

Is this what it should be like? How do I remove the drivers that the updates installed?

essenbe said:

Yes, That's what it should look like but you have no drivers in uninstall programs to uninstall.

You can use this, but check Only Nvidia display drivers and Nvidia PhysX driver. Nothing else. I hope it works for you.
Drivers - Clean Left over Files after Uninstalling
Also, when installing, chose custom install and uncheck everything except display driver and PhysX driver and make sure the 'clean install' box is checked. Use this tutorial NVIDIA Drivers - Avoid Problems

I cleaned the drivers with driversweeper and installed 337.88 with Physx and a clean installation; I'll report back if I have any problems.

this is the only new dumpfile I've gotten since July 11, but I'm still getting these freezes and driver failures

essenbe said:

Well it looks like the same thing

Code:

lmvm nvlddmkm
start             end                 module name
fffff880`0f04c000 fffff880`0fcb0000   nvlddmkm T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: nvlddmkm.sys
    Image path: nvlddmkm.sys
    Image name: nvlddmkm.sys
    Timestamp:        Mon May 19 18:08:44 2014 (537A8EFC)
    CheckSum:         00C1EA41
    ImageSize:        00C64000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
Mini Kernel Dump does not contain unloaded driver list

This is the error code

Code:

BugCheck 117, {fffffa8008eff4e0, fffff8800f19b530, 0, 0}
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for nvlddmkm.sys
Probably caused by : nvlddmkm.sys ( nvlddmkm+14f530 )

This is what it says about your TDR error and there is a Microsoft 'fix it' there. See if there is anything here that may help you. "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" error in Windows 7 or Windows Vista

did the fix it thing, no avail. getting massive amounts of freezes and driver failures, just got a bsod by playing hearthstone and watching a twitch stream

since I can't get a refund on the 760, should I try and buy a 770 or something else?