I keep getting BSODs frequently (atleast twice a week) and was hoping someone could help me with this. Sadly I dont have the minidump files,but I do know the names of the files that caused it.. The reason I dont have the minidump files is - the minidump folder gets cleared after I reboot, I didnt manually remove them..
But I got a copy of the file when I got it last week and I sent it to an admin in another forum, this is what he sent me
and yesterday after the bsod I ran blue screen view and it showed that 2 files were involved -
1. dxgmms1.sys
2. dxgkrnl.sys
I'm assuming it has something to do with the VGA, I also get these weird coloured boxes on my screen at times and when I move around the window thats open at the time, it disappears.. Please note that I have the latest VGA drivers installed..
The VGA is Nvidia GTS 360M - since this is a laptop vga card I dont think I can replace it..
Another problem that really annoys me is once the display gets turned off automatically, I cant get it back on, I have to restart the laptop! After the screen saver, I have set it to turn off the display in 15 minutes, so when it gets turned off, cant get the screen up.. but I hear the fans working so I know the pc is working.. even the USB devices are working.. but what ever I do, the display is just blank.. It wasnt always like this, it happened after updating the drivers a in feb( I think) and I have kept the drivers up-to-date since then but this issue persists..
Really hope this can be solved without any hardware repair! I purchased this laptop from the US and currently living in Australia, not sure if the warranty is valid.. but then again I think the warranty period is over..
But I got a copy of the file when I got it last week and I sent it to an admin in another forum, this is what he sent me
caused by:
2: kd> lmvm nvlddmkm
start end module name
fffff880`0f4ec000 fffff880`10147300 nvlddmkm T (no symbols)
Loaded symbol image file: nvlddmkm.sys
Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys
Image name: nvlddmkm.sys
Timestamp: Thu Mar 17 09:08:59 2011 (4D81C19B)
CheckSum: 00C6915C
ImageSize: 00C5B300
Translations: 0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
and yesterday after the bsod I ran blue screen view and it showed that 2 files were involved -
1. dxgmms1.sys
2. dxgkrnl.sys
I'm assuming it has something to do with the VGA, I also get these weird coloured boxes on my screen at times and when I move around the window thats open at the time, it disappears.. Please note that I have the latest VGA drivers installed..
The VGA is Nvidia GTS 360M - since this is a laptop vga card I dont think I can replace it..
Another problem that really annoys me is once the display gets turned off automatically, I cant get it back on, I have to restart the laptop! After the screen saver, I have set it to turn off the display in 15 minutes, so when it gets turned off, cant get the screen up.. but I hear the fans working so I know the pc is working.. even the USB devices are working.. but what ever I do, the display is just blank.. It wasnt always like this, it happened after updating the drivers a in feb( I think) and I have kept the drivers up-to-date since then but this issue persists..
Really hope this can be solved without any hardware repair! I purchased this laptop from the US and currently living in Australia, not sure if the warranty is valid.. but then again I think the warranty period is over..
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My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium x64Core i7 1.60ghz4.0GB DDR3Nvidia Geforece GTS 360M
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Toshiba Qosmio X505 Q870
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium x64
- CPU
- Core i7 1.60ghz
- Memory
- 4.0GB DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia Geforece GTS 360M