BSOD - GTX 660M - nvlddmkm.sys - Windows 7 - Clevo Laptop -

[essenbe]

Yes, that will be OK.

 

[Nemecys]

Uninstalling this way has caused a few more problems so i'm trying to resolve them.

After removing NVIDIA and stopping updates, upon restart it began installing a VGA adapter that was Nvidia drivers, this didn't work so i unsinstall told it NEVER to update instead of just asking. It then installed Standard VGA adapter, it now won't let me install Nvidia drivers saying i must install intel first, trying to install intel just fails, so i will have to uninstall them as well and go again.

 

[essenbe]

Installing a VGA adaptor is OK, that isn't a driver. The only reason it should tell you to install Intel Graphics Driver is if it does not detect your Nvidia card. By default, the BIOS disables the Intel GPU if it detects an X16 graphics card, unless you have something like LucidLogix installed.. Go to device manager and expand display adaptors and tell me what it shows.

 

[Nemecys]

I think it does that because I have an Optimus laptop,
However what has happened, I fear i made it worse...

I removed the intel drivers to install them again, but now it wont install them at all anyway. not even in safe mode.

I fear i will have to reinstall windows and start all over again.

 

[Nemecys]

Now it see's Nvidia but doesn't have the control panel installed, and my resolution is VERY low still.

 

[essenbe]

Uninstall and reinstall. I would think you wouldn't have that problem again. But why would it not detect it sometimes and detect it other times.

 

[Nemecys]

If i uninstall, it reinstall automatically,

I then get this new error i've never seen in my life

 

[Nemecys]

If we just call this install a failure, and reinstall windows and convene tomorrow.

I will reinstall another copy of windows, but do you recommend that I let windows install the drivers?
Or do you think I should get them from the Clevo (3 year old drivers)?
Or download them individually from the OEMs?

I can almost guarantee I will return with BSOD's

I will even format this partition of my HDD entirely just to give it its best chance.

 

[essenbe]

I have an Laptop, much older than yours. I let Windows install the drivers for it. After doing all the updates I went to Device Manager and just looked up the drivers it didn't provide. Pretty much, I think I would at least try that. The biggest problem I think you will have is the Graphics driver. It seems to me that your computer is not recognizing the graphics card. But, if it were me, and it's not, I would try it that way. You may want to have the LAN/Wireless driver n hand and any USB 3.0 drivers. I know Windows 7 will not have 3.0 drivers. The Lan/wireless because you will need that to get on the net.

Most OEM laptops with switchable graphics, the manufacturer's will alter the graphics drivers to work with the way they implemented it. Therefore no other drivers will work. The end result is, when they stop producing drivers, you have few choices. If their old driver will not work, you have to disable at least one of the graphics adapters in order to keep it from trying to switch. That is usually where the problems arise.

 

[Nemecys]

The same BSOD error,
I had to install my OEM drivers cause Windows wouldn't recognize them, I had to use DRP.SU to get my PCI drivers though they were just nowhere to be found.

Hopefully this can shed some light on the situation...

 

[essenbe]

Nemecys, Sorry for the late reply, I have been having issues this morning. I tried to read your dump file and I can't read it for some reason. I have tried it on 2 computers and it crashes the debugger. What I could tell was that it was an error code of 116 and named the Nvidia driver. Do you have NVidia driver installed? If you do, please right click on the desktop, select the Nvidia control panel, go to global settings and select the Intel on board driver as the default graphics adapter. We may end up having to disable it in device manager before we are through, but for now, let's not do that.

Next, please open an elevated command prompt ( click start, type cmd in the search box, right click on the cmd entry and select run as administrator) in the black box that opens, copy/paste sfc /scannow. If you decide to type it, notice the space between the sfc and the /. It is a system file checker which will scan your system files and attempt to correct any missing or corrupt files. What we want are the results to say windows found no integrity violations. If it says files were found but could not be repaired, close the box, reboot and run it again, after opening the administrative command prompt. You may have to reboot and run it three times for it to repair all system files. If it can't repair them after 3 reboots, let us know.

 

[Nemecys]

I honestly have no idea why you cant read any of them I even set the Small Memory Dump option the moment I installed the new copy of Windows.

The Drivers are installed and I have no enabled Integrated only, this never crashes or blue screens just so you know, but it just never can load games usually. (For obvious reasons)

There were no integrity violations.

Anything else for me to try?

Attached another set of BSOD's from earlier today, doubt the story is any different though.

 

[essenbe]

I'm getting the same crashes on 2 computers. I am going to ask someone else to try to read them.

 

[Nemecys]

What do you use to read them?

I will try incase the files are being corrupted on upload or something or in the zipping process.

Looks like Disabling the Integrated is all thats left, but i fear the GPU is just scrap metal at this rate

 

[essenbe]

It could be the GPU. I use WinDBG to read them. It may take a while, but I have asked someone else to try to read them in case it's my debugger. I really don't think so. I have tried them on 2 computers and Windows 7 and 2 versions of Windows 10 with the same results with each one.

 

[Nemecys]

Ill try and read them if i can, but is there anything else you can think of worth my trying?

Id hate to turn this into a really heavy notebook, but it looks that way,

Thanks for all your help though

 

[essenbe]

unless you have some experience with WinDBG, I wouldn't try it.

 

[essenbe]

The bottom line seems to be you are getting Graphics card errors from Nvidia blamed in the dumps, but in your error reports it is showing your game crashing because of the on chip Intel graphics. But I can keep the debugger running any longer to read that.

Try this, but don't disable it in Device manager right now. If selecting the Nvidia card does not work, try selecting the Intel on board graphics. But again, don't disable it in Device manager until you find out which one will work.

First set the integrated graphics as preferred .....

1. Open Nvidia control panel.
2. Click on "Manage 3D settings".
3. Click on the button below "Preferred Graphics Processor"
4. Change it to "Integrated graphics"from the drop down menu.
   
   
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5. Apply it.

Now restart the computer.

Now, disable nvidia graphics card in the device manager.

1. Click on the start button.
2. Type Device Manager in the search bar.
3. Click on the resulting link. The Device Manager window will open.
4. The third one should be "Display Adapter". Expand it by clicking on the "►" in front of it. Your nvidia card name will be shown.
5. Right click on it. Choose "Disable" in the context menu.
6. A dialog will appear with some scary words. Dont be afraid. Click on "Yes" .
7. Restart the computer.

Hopefully the nvidia display is out of use now, and so there will not be any further chance of graphics switching.

Let us know how the computer is running after doing it.

 

[Nemecys]

I have done as you recommended, the PC seems to be running like normal, unphased by the lack of GPU.

I will try playing some demanding games just to see if they force the GPU on but the NVidia Control Panel is now gone so im guessing it won't

Whats the next step?

P.S.

I managed to play the new MGSV: TPP on the Integrated Graphics, on lowest 720p at 24 FPS which i was sincerely impressed with.....

P.P.S

I re-enabled the GPU and I have downloaded TThrottle, if I use this to limit my Temperatures to 70 and throttle when it hits that, If i do this, I can play games BUT the Throttle causes the FPS to drop to practically 1FPS which is annoying, I want it to throttle a bit more... gradually, to make it playable.

So i'm guessing its a temperature problem?

I have used Nvidia System Tools (Ntune) or whatever its called to lower the GPU settings to as LOW as they possibly go, but that doesn't stop the game hitting 70 degrees, With this revelation in progress.

Another thing I noticed, When i do run the game sometimes instead of BSODing it will just freeze the entire PC, no mouse movement nothing, closing the lid won't turn off the display and the HDD light will stop flashing, Is this what the Chipset problem may be? or Possible HDD issue?


Can you offer me any advice?

 

[essenbe]

Anything is possible, but I think you found that disabling the Nvidia card solved your problems other than you cannot play demanding games. There is no resolution for that as far as I know. Either your card is malfunctioning or the lack of new drivers from your Manufacturer is the problem. That is the way it seems to me, anyway.