gfx 0x116 on startup

whenever I have graphics drivers enabled, the screen simply goes black when Windows starts. It's been occurring since yesterday, when my computer crashed with the same 116 while playing a game. The screen went completely black and the last audio segment looped. It probably doesn't show since I have it disabled, but I have a NVIDIA GTX 760 card. I have never overclocked or generally tampered with it, nor have I changed any settings or drivers immediately prior to this behavior.

Given that I've tried multiple different driver versions with clean installs, is this an indication that the card is dead? I can't imagine that it's a result of overheating or too low power, given that it has worked wonderfully without modification for the past 2 years and it crashes on what is presumably the very first usage of the GPU rather than any intensive usage.

I used to get graphics-related BSODs some months ago with varying error codes that could've presumably been related to overheating, if that's relevant.

Hello and welcome to SevenForums!

Your BSOD is, in fact, caused by your NVidia Drivers:

Code:

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VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (116)
Attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed.
Arguments:
Arg1: fffffa800ec2f010, Optional pointer to internal TDR recovery context (TDR_RECOVERY_CONTEXT).
Arg2: fffff880033b9e20, The pointer into responsible device driver module (e.g. owner tag).
Arg3: 0000000000000000, Optional error code (NTSTATUS) of the last failed operation.
Arg4: 0000000000000002, Optional internal context dependent data.

Debugging Details:
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TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : e:\dump_analysis\program\triage\modclass.ini, error 2

FAULTING_IP: 
nvlddmkm+153e20
fffff880`033b9e20 803dc20a750000  cmp     byte ptr [nvlddmkm+0x8a48e9 (fffff880`03b0a8e9)],0

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  GRAPHICS_DRIVER_TDR_FAULT

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

BUGCHECK_STR:  0x116

PROCESS_NAME:  System

CURRENT_IRQL:  0

STACK_TEXT:  
fffff880`02526988 fffff880`03f1acbc : 00000000`00000116 fffffa80`0ec2f010 fffff880`033b9e20 00000000`00000000 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff880`02526990 fffff880`03f1a9c6 : fffff880`033b9e20 fffffa80`0ec2f010 fffffa80`0ea92d50 fffffa80`0eabb410 : dxgkrnl!TdrBugcheckOnTimeout+0xec
fffff880`025269d0 fffff880`03fc1f07 : fffffa80`0ec2f010 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`0ea92d50 fffffa80`0eabb410 : dxgkrnl!TdrIsRecoveryRequired+0x1a2
fffff880`02526a00 fffff880`03febb75 : 00000000`ffffffff 00000000`000006d8 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000002 : dxgmms1!VidSchiReportHwHang+0x40b
fffff880`02526ae0 fffff880`03fea2bb : 00000000`00000102 00000000`00000006 00000000`000006d8 00000000`00000000 : dxgmms1!VidSchiCheckHwProgress+0x71
fffff880`02526b10 fffff880`03fbd2c6 : ffffffff`ff676980 fffffa80`0eabb410 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : dxgmms1!VidSchiWaitForSchedulerEvents+0x1fb
fffff880`02526bb0 fffff880`03fe9e7a : 00000000`00000000 00000000`0000000f 00000000`00000080 fffffa80`0df52768 : dxgmms1!VidSchiScheduleCommandToRun+0x1da
fffff880`02526cc0 fffff800`02134166 : 00000000`05520feb fffffa80`0eab7060 fffffa80`0c11fb30 fffffa80`0eab7060 : dxgmms1!VidSchiWorkerThread+0xba
fffff880`02526d00 fffff800`01e6f486 : fffff800`02009e80 fffffa80`0eab7060 fffff800`02017c40 fffff880`0125e534 : nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x5a
fffff880`02526d40 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiStartSystemThread+0x16


STACK_COMMAND:  .bugcheck ; kb

FOLLOWUP_IP: 
nvlddmkm+153e20
fffff880`033b9e20 803dc20a750000  cmp     byte ptr [nvlddmkm+0x8a48e9 (fffff880`03b0a8e9)],0

SYMBOL_NAME:  nvlddmkm+153e20

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: nvlddmkm

IMAGE_NAME:  nvlddmkm.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  5315b408

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x116_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys

BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x116_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys

Followup: MachineOwner
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Please follow this tutorial in order to ensure the cleanest driver reinstallation possible.

Best of luck,

PeregrineX

I'm aware. None of multiple reinstallations have helped. I tried reinstalling by the tutorial anyway: the same thing happens.

17b29a said:

I'm aware. None of multiple reinstallations have helped. I tried reinstalling by the tutorial anyway: the same thing happens.

Then, unfortunately, it may be a hardware problem.

I've also noticed that the computer does not recognize whatever video card you have at all:

Code:

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Display Devices
---------------
Card name: 
Manufacturer: 
Chip type: 
DAC type: 
Device Key: Enum\
Display Memory: n/a
Dedicated Memory: n/a 
Shared Memory: n/a
Current Mode: 800 x 600 (32 bit) (1Hz)
Driver Name: 
Driver File Version:  ()
Driver Version: 
DDI Version: unknown
Driver Model: unknown
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: , 0 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B70EE0-4340-11CF-B123-B03DAEC2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x0000
Device ID: 0x0000
SubSys ID: 0x00000000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: Unknown
Rank Of Driver: Unknown
Video Accel: 
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
D3D9 Overlay: n/a
DXVA-HD: n/a
DDraw Status: Not Available
D3D Status: Not Available
AGP Status: Not Available

This indicates that your GPU is failing. Try reseating your GPU and blowing off any dust that's in the slot. If that doesn't work, then I very highly doubt that it can be able to work at all, and you would need a replacement.

Best of luck,

PeregrineX