BSOD's 0x116 and 0x9F when doing anything now.

[Lenka]

Okay well, where to start, i got my laptop about 6 months+ ago, and when i started to use photoshop was when all my BSOD problems occurred, they are 95% of the time an error code of either 0x116 or 0x9F, for month. i tried updating my NVIDIA driver but to no avail during that time, the problem disappeared for a while and i was able to continue my work.
Then shortly afterward i was having constant Registry Error BSOD's, and i could even get past 5 seconds of being on the desk top each time i booted so i wiped my computer and everything. Even after wiping when i played Skyrim it BSOD'd on me. Once while Assassins Creed II was on and again about 7 or so times while photoshop was running about a fortnight ago.
This morning i have had about 6 or so crashes 1 while watching a movie on windows media player, 2 or 3 while on mozilla and 2 while photoshopping. I also managed to finally find an update for my graphics card i installed it and it BSOD'd on me shortly afterward.
Please help, this has been an on going battle for me for months now , ive attached the file with everything grabbed by the diagnostic tool from your forum, also if this is any of help;

[FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]On Sun 9/09/2012 1:29:56 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\090912-31278-01.dmp
uptime: 00:02:20
This was probably caused by the following module: [FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]nvlddmkm.sys[/FONT] (nvlddmkm+0xC41AE4)
Bugcheck code: 0x116 (0xFFFFFA800B2A64E0, 0xFFFFF88010102AE4, 0xFFFFFFFFC000009A, 0x4)
Error: [FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]VIDEO_TDR_ERROR[/FONT]
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys
product: [FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 306.23 [/FONT]
company: [FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]NVIDIA Corporation[/FONT]
description: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 306.23
Bug check description: This indicates that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 306.23 , NVIDIA Corporation).
Google query: [FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]nvlddmkm.sys NVIDIA Corporation VIDEO_TDR_ERROR[/FONT]


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[FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]On Sun 19/08/2012 1:29:34 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\081912-27690-01.dmp
uptime: 00:35:44
This was probably caused by the following module: [FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]ntoskrnl.exe[/FONT] (nt+0x7F1C0)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFFA80071E4A10, 0xFFFFF80000BA2748, 0xFFFFFA800459E790)
Error: [FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE[/FONT]
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: [FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]Microsoft® Windows® Operating System[/FONT]
company: [FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]Microsoft Corporation[/FONT]
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver which cannot be identified at this time. [/FONT]

 

[koolkat77]

Welcome

0: kd> !irp fffffa8008fe2010
Irp is active with 4 stacks 3 is current (= 0xfffffa8008fe2170)
 No Mdl: No System Buffer: Thread 00000000:  Irp stack trace.  
     cmd  flg cl Device   File     Completion-Context
 [  0, 0]   0  0 00000000 00000000 00000000-00000000    

			Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
 [  0, 0]   0  0 00000000 00000000 00000000-00000000    

			Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
>[COLOR="Red"][ 16, 2]   0 e1 fffffa8005209480 00000000 fffff80003084ce0-fffffa80089e3520 Success Error Cancel pending
	      Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys, Win32 [/COLOR]error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for nvlddmkm.sys
 \Driver\nvlddmkm	nt!IopUnloadSafeCompletion
			Args: 00000000 00000001 00000004 00000000
 [  0, 0]   0  0 00000000 00000000 00000000-fffffa8008fc0c90    

			Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0: kd> lmvm nvlddmkm
start             end                 module name
fffff880`0f4a2000 fffff880`1018a000   nvlddmkm T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: nvlddmkm.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys
    Image name: [COLOR="red"]nvlddmkm.sys[/COLOR]
    Timestamp:        [COLOR="red"]Thu Aug 30 21:50:16 2012[/COLOR] (503F8BB8)
    CheckSum:         00CCA304
    ImageSize:        00CE8000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

Follow the method below and reinstall your graphic card drivers:

1. Download and install Driver Sweeper:
   → |MG| Driver Fusion (Driver Sweeper) 1.2.0 Download
2. Select option 2 for NVIDIA.
   → Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers
3. Boot into Safe Mode from Advanced Boot Options:
   → http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/666-advanced-boot-options.html
4. Type in Driver Fusion in Search
5. Remove all components of your NVIDIA drivers
6. Boot normally now, and install the latest drivers from the
   auto-detect program you downloaded.
   (Requires Java)

Go through this thread for more information:
http://www.sevenforums.com/crash-lo...op-0x116-video_tdr_error-troubleshooting.html

 

[Lenka]

It didnt work... BSOD'd on me again

 

[koolkat77]

Did you do the furmark test?
Your graphic card might be a defective one.
Is your lappy under warranty?

 

[Lenka]

Yes i did the furmark... i didnt really understand what i was doing... well i kind of did with the furry doughnut toggled on my maximum fps was 7, but when i toggled it off the fps meter was going through the roof (as in numbers increasing quickly) and my fps i dont remember but it was no where near a single digit. Also the background behind the furry doughnut was laggy but without it was running smoother. I can do the test again and you tell me what options to change whether to put AA on or go full screen and for how long and ill tell you the details again? Also yes the lappy is still under warranty

 

[koolkat77]

Yup.

Does your laptop have an onboard VGA? Do the BSoDs occur if it's connected there?

 

[Lenka]

yes it has one, but nothings plugged into it

 

[koolkat77]

okay
let us know the results from the furmark test again

 

[Lenka]

Okay i did 4 tests each with a different variant;

Test 1: 1280 x 720 12:00 mins
Frames:3500
FPS: 5 (min:4 max:6 avg:5)
Current: 72 C
Max: 72 C
Min: 54 C
(at 18:00 mins the GPU temp dropped to 68C and was at about 5620 frames)

Test 2: 1366 x 768 (8X MSAA) 15:00 mins
Frames:2145
FPS: 3 (min:3 max:4 avg:3)
Current: 59 C
Max: 61 C
Min: 53 C
mem usage: 7%
GPU: 99%

Test 3: 1366 x 768 15:00 mins with no fury doughnut
Frames:2998??? (numbers going to fast basically by the time i wrote it said 300000)
FPS: 332 (min:187 max:336 avg:332)
Current: 67 C
Max: 67 C
Min: 40 C
mem usage: 4%
GPU: 89/90%

Test 4: 1366 x 768 15:00 mins
Frames:4100
FPS: 5 (min:5 max:6 avg:5)
Current: 65C
Max: 67 C
Min: 52 C
mem usage: 4%
GPU: 99%

 

[koolkat77]

Okay.

Check for an update on your BIOS Version:

BIOS Version/Date	American Megatrends Inc. K53SD.202, [COLOR="Red"]2/11/2011[/COLOR]

How does your computer perform in safe mode

 

[Lenka]

Uhhhh it wont let me istall winflash, because i suppose of another problem ive been experiencing.. Ever since i wiped my lappy, now i watched the whole damn process everything ran smoothly until AFTER the Asus update finished updating everything, it decided to cease to exist. Now ever since then ive been getting error messages requesting acpi atk0100 kernal mode driver and getting a P4G error claiming this is not an Asus lapop. Now when i try to install this, a message pops up telling me a similar thing. Oh and my computer runs fine in safe mode, is there something specific you want me to do?

 

[Lenka]

by the way before i posted that one i was casually reading up on bios updating and trying to reply to you when it BSOD'd on me again... its like it senses me trying to fix the issue hahahha

 

[Britton30]

When you run Furmark do you see any artifacts, that is color splotches or anything abnormal in the animation?
The high frame count is showing the total frames displayed, FPS is frames per second. It will run faster without the furry donut.

I would try a graphics driver from you laptop's makers's site as laptops often have one modded specific to each model.

 

[Lenka]

no artifacts at all, i made sure to keep an eye out for em, and i already updated my graphics card couple of days ago

 

[Britton30]

Some hardware tests to run.



Hard drive(s), pick one for your HDD brand or use Seatools.
7 Free Hard Drive Testing Software Tools


For RAM, this will require memtest on a bootable CD or USB stick.
Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool this should run for a minimum of 7 passes.

 

[Lenka]

Thank you, but i really want to try and update my BIOS is there another method?

 

[Lenka]

I have no idea what motherboard i have, tried looking cant find any info

 

[Britton30]

I tried Googling the model number from your specs, used it on the ASUS site and got no results either. Do you have any supporting documents, manuals or disk with this laptop?
Download http://www.piriform.com/speccy it will give you, among many other things, you hardware info.

 

[Lenka]

good news, updated my BIOS, got that ATPI or whatever asus thing, and i finally got the asus live update utility. Im now going to try and do those tests.

Unfortunately something tells me it will still be BSODing on me, but we shall see after these changes if it happens, ill keep you posted. Also do you think using a can of compressed air would help?

 

[Britton30]

Blowing dust and dead mice out is always useful and can't hurt anything.
Let us know how it goes.