BSoD from nvdldmkm.sys

[angelfreeze]

Hi.
any help will be appreciated. somehow nvdldmkm.sys keeps poping up on my crashes along wif some win32k.sys on windows 7. So i thought maybe somehow i installed the 32bit vision of my nvidia driver(my gfx card is gtx 275). Then i uninstalled that and redownload and made sure it was the 64bit verison(197.45). With no luck it kept on crashing . The crashes generally occur when i'm gaming but it does sometime crashes when i'm in idle just running a video file.

Thank you in advance

 

[zigzag3143]

Hi.
any help will be appreciated. somehow nvdldmkm.sys keeps poping up on my crashes along wif some win32k.sys on windows 7. So i thought maybe somehow i installed the 32bit vision of my nvidia driver(my gfx card is gtx 275). Then i uninstalled that and redownload and made sure it was the 64bit verison(197.45). With no luck it kept on crashing . The crashes generally occur when i'm gaming but it does sometime crashes when i'm in idle just running a video file.

Thank you in advance

Nine dumps doing them now back in a bit

 

[Jonathan_King]

It may be bad RAM or other hardware. Several different bugchecks.

Download a copy of Memtest86 and burn the ISO to a CD using Iso Recorder. Boot from the CD, and leave it running for at least 5 passes.

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BugCheck 50, {fffffa7ff67556c9, 1, fffff96000276e57, 7}
Probably caused by : win32k.sys ( win32k!SelectPaletteWorker+17 )
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BugCheck 50, {fffff960185acd49, 1, fffff960000c4144, 2}
Probably caused by : win32k.sys ( win32k!SURFMEM::bCreateDIB+530 )
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BugCheck D1, {1, 2, 1, fffff88010188b4d}
Probably caused by : nvlddmkm.sys ( nvlddmkm+380b4d )
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BugCheck 3B, {c0000005, fffff9600013aa3a, fffff88008fd21d0, 0}
Probably caused by : win32k.sys ( win32k!ValidateHwnd+7a )
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BugCheck D1, {ffffffffffffff83, 2, 1, fffff8801045b25e}
Probably caused by : nvlddmkm.sys ( nvlddmkm+5f025e )
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BugCheck 3B, {c0000005, fffff96000135847, fffff8800951fe40, 0}
Probably caused by : win32k.sys ( win32k!HMAssignmentLock+8b )
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BugCheck 1E, {ffffffffc000001d, fffff88005236c47, 2, 0}
Probably caused by : mouhid.sys ( mouhid!MouHid_ReadComplete+66b )
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BugCheck 3D, {fffff8800824d0b0, 0, 0, fffff88010065640}
Probably caused by : nvlddmkm.sys ( nvlddmkm+19c640 )
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BugCheck D1, {0, 2, 0, fffff880100f90cd}
Probably caused by : nvlddmkm.sys ( nvlddmkm+2d50cd )
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[angelfreeze]

thanks for the quick response.
i'm burning the disc now be back soon

 

[angelfreeze]

Currently on my 3rd pass and I already have 112 errors, first one had 80. I'll run to 5 but is there a report thing i need to save?

 

[Jonathan_King]

No, no report is created.

Just remember, any time Memtest reports errors, it can be either bad RAM or a bad motherboard slot. Test the sticks individually, and if you find a good one, test it in all slots.

 

[angelfreeze]

my errors sums up to around 280ish and thanks for the solution but just to clarify am i suppose to pull out my rams and test 2 of them each time ? i have 4x1gb rams on a p5k MB

 

[Jonathan_King]

Test them one at a time. Test stick #1 in slot #1. If it passes, you know both the slot and stick are good. Then test stick #2 in slot #1, stick #1 in slot #2, etc.

 

[angelfreeze]

tried pulling all the rams out and testing each ram on memtest. i did it by pulling all the rams out, tested everyone on slot 1 and use 1 passed ram to test all 4 slots. it all passed for some reason. so that means there no problem with my rams or mb ?

 

[Jonathan_King]

It probably means that your RAM is not compatible with each other. I will send a message to a couple of our RAM experts, but as they live in another time zone, please be patient.

 

[Dave76]

Welcome to Seven Forums angelfreeze.

Good job testing the RAM and slots.

There are several possibilities at this point.

Can you fill in your specs, always helps to know a little bit about your system.

How long have you had this computer?
Have you added any hardware or software before you noticed this problem?
Has this problem just started or is getting worse?

Also, brand and specs of your RAM. Did you get it all at the same time?
Have you done any overclocking of the RAM, CPU or Graphics card?

Age, brand and specs on your graphics card.
Do you have another graphics card or on board graphics you can use, to rule out a graphics card issue?

With some background we can start ruling out some of the possibilities.

 

[angelfreeze]

ok thanks alot jonathan king <3

 

[angelfreeze]

I have a asus p5k motherboard - wif 4x1gb rams thats corsair - 5-5-5-12 (400 mhz i think), with a cpu of Q6600 overclocked to 3.0(with a freeze pro7 ac heatsink), graphics card is a evga gtx275. it has been at least 3 years for this computer from what i remember could be more =.=. I don't have any other graphics card at the moment. There was one time where the screen blinked and there was blinking pixel everywhere on the screen, but after a restart everything was normal again; only happened once recently though.i burnt out my 9800gtx some time back as the screen blink, bluescreen and the coloring was wrong no matter how i restart.
From what i remembered the bluescreening started to happen only when i switch to windows 7, didn't have so much on Vista 32bit. i installed two times for windows 7(64bit)(student upgrade verison) clean install with all the format. i'll say the problem is at random, because sometime it is more frequently and some time it doesn't bluescreen more for a few days.

hope this helps
and thank you for the help

 

[Dave76]

How long have you had the GTX275?
Is it OC'ed?
Did the blue screens start soon after you installed it?

First check should be the capacitors on the MOBO and graphics card.
It would be better to take the graphics card out for the inspection, be sure it's re-seated correctly.

These are links to pictures of bad capacitors, for reference:
Capacitor plague
Motherboard Capacitor Problem

If you think you find a questionable or bad capacitor, post a pic.

Recommend that you test the graphics card by these means.
Can you test your graphics card in another computer?
Borrow a graphics card to run in yours for a while?
Do you have on-board graphics?

Could also be a problem with the RAM on the graphics card.
It will help to get the graphics card ruled out.

 

[angelfreeze]

bought my 275 gtx around close to a year not yet - july 09
and nope haven't OC'ed the graphics card.
Didn't notice any visible rusty/bad capacitor on mb. i'll try to ask around and see if i can find borrow one because this motherboard doesn't come with an on-board one
But how do i remove the heatsink on the graphics cards to check for bad capacitors, it is one of those bulky ones.

 

[Lee K]

I have the same random BSODs that give same error message. My problems began just recently and I don't feel it is the RAM. No I haven't tested it yet, but everything was excellent till recently and then it mysteriously started. I also started having graphical glitches in one game I play, NWN2 and it points to recent nVidia updates. I have uninstalled all the nVidia drivers and let the OS install its own.

At this point not sure what to do next. This is a real pain and seems that just recently there are a lot of people with similar problems. There seems like a big issue that has cropped up with older graphics cards, and mine is not really that old. But I can see my card was designed for XP and now I'm trying to run W7 64 bit. Is there any graphics cards that people have found work well in the W7 64 bit environment?

 

[Dave76]

angelfreeze, Lee K,

From reading the dump files from angelfreeze, earlier in this thread, this can be graphics card, RAM or motherboard.
One possibility is broken capacitors, which may be on the MOBO or graphics card.

You will have to narrow down the possibilities, you will need to run another graphics card, or run your graphics card in another computer to confirm or rule out the graphics card. If this proves difficult, and your computer is still under warranty, you may need to try to RMA the parts. This is not the best option, but to trouble shoot this issue you will need to find a way.

Lee K,
Ram can fail, new or old. Graphic cards can fail, new or old. Motherboard....
You can run the RAM tests as described in the first page of this thread. Be thorough.
If that comes back with everything OK, then start a new thread and attach your dump files.

This is the only way to confirm what your errors are coming from. It may come back with completely different results.

 

[Lee K]

Thanks angelfreeze for the feedback. To update further on my issues, I have solved the graphics glitches in NWN2. I had a gut feeling on this that at some point one of the Nforce driver updates had an adverse effect on my system. I went into device manager, went to the display adapters, update software, browse computer for driver software, let me pick from a list, then I chose probably the oldest driver from that list, the release date was about one year old. I figured I would start there and if I want I can move it forward.

I had a gut feeling about this and after all these years of troubleshooting and building my own computers, testing ram, and so on, working as a computer help desk agent, something was suspicious about this.

Well I can say all the game issues are solved things are back to way they should be, actually seems better now than it has for quite awhile. The graphics are flowing beautifully at cranked settings, no glitches, and so far, crossing my fingers, no BSODs since rolling back!

It makes me wonder about the current status of Nforce drivers? I don't think it is possible to make a driver backwards compatible forever, or is there something else going on here? I'm no programmer, software developer or engineer.

 

[Dave76]

Lee K, thanks for the info.

Glad you got it working.


angelfreeze, Try rolling back your graphics driver as Lee mentioned.

Let us know if this helps, so other people can benefit from the results.

 

[angelfreeze]

just tried Lee k's method but meanwhile here are my recent dumps