Display driver stops responding, Following Bsod.

[SinisterousJoke]

Bsod caused by display driver. -nvlddmkm.sys-

-This only happens when i have a game open-
So i noticed that starting this month i have problems with my Nvidia drivers.
When i am playing the screen freezes, screen goes blank and it returns later. Then it says it has recovered.
Problem is, sometimes when this happens the computer just bluescreens and restarts. This happens once a day.
I tried my best solving this, i installed all updates of windows and did a clean install on Nvidia drivers.
-The computer does not generate crash dumps when this happens, Which i said it should-

 

[Laith]

Hiya and welcome to SevenForums!rb:

Run Display Driver Uninstaller(DDU)
Make sure you tick the Uninstall C:/AMD and C:/NIVIDA folders while you are in DDU when you are done running DDU install your graphics driver again. This is the guide for DDU: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/367109-display-driver-uninstaller-how-use.html

Next time a BSOD occurs snap a picture of it.

 

[SinisterousJoke]

Im so sorry for this uber late response, but i didn't had access to internet for some time thanks to some other issues.

But i did your fix, it worked for 1 week. Atleast i thought, But now it crashed playing Killing Floor 2, no Bsod either, not at all.
Instead, after like 4 attempts of recovery of the driver, windows just froze. Pretty much a Bsod without showing a Bsod, no response from the keyboard, as none of the lights worked i pretty much figured it just totally gave up and forced a restart. Next time there might be a Bsod, ill try to make a picture.

 

[Laith]

Okay, also post the new dumps.

 

[SinisterousJoke]

Okay, also post the new dumps.

Windows finally decided it would make dumps, but only once. One which was before the driver uninstall process. So i don't have anything usefull sorry.

 

[Laith]

Okay then, but can you snap a picture of the BSOD?

 

[SinisterousJoke]

I'll try to snap one if it happens again.

 

[Laith]

Okay.

 

[SinisterousJoke]

Well right now the driver does fail once more, and crashes whatever i have open with it. But it seems to recover nicely atleast, so thats a improvement i guess. (The driver fails atleast 1-2 times a day).

 

[SinisterousJoke]

Another not so bsod:

Driver crashed, failed to recover in the first 5 seconds of killing floor. No bsod, system freeze again.

 

[Laith]

I think this might be a failing GPU. Can you borrow a friends GPU and check?

 

[SinisterousJoke]

I think this might be a failing GPU. Can you borrow a friends GPU and check?

Small problem, at this point i am the only one of my friends who plays on a good PC. One friend only has Intel HD graphics and the other one has a laptop. So i can't really burrow..

Then comes the problem that it only crashes on (somewhat) big games, so i need a normal-decent gpu to run it. So if i can replace it i need 90 euros or something like that, which might take a while right now. Sorry.

 

[Laith]

Take your time.

 

[torchwood]

You could try this MS fix it KB2665946, it worked for me with the first part of your prob, fails/recovers.
Did not have BSOD thou.

Does seem to increase boot time, and i see 6/7 blue very small blue boxes top left as it boots...

Roy

 

[SinisterousJoke]

Another Bsod, this time it flashed incredibly quickly before restarting because windows resetted the option regarding auto-restart on system failure.

Well, i got the error!. No dumps have been made oddly again :/.

irql not less or equal.

So everything points at (what you said before) faulty hardware.

So heres what im planning to do:

Buy another GTX 750Ti, replace current one and see if issues keep happening.
If it fixes them, send old GTX to the shop and using warranty ask for a new one.
If i get it send back ill probably turn it into SLI.

 

[Laith]

Yup do that.

 

[SinisterousJoke]

Guess im just gonna pop in once more, I have nearly gotten enough money for the card.

But: Windows just froze on me, randomly froze completely. But music from games and i could still talk through skype. screen froze, keyboard froze, mouse froze. Windows also made a bzzz sound in my headset for a second.

This is what eventviewer of windows has to say about it:

Gebeurtenisfilter met query SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99 kan niet opnieuw worden geactiveerd in naamruimte //./root/CIMV2 vanwege fout 0x80041003. Mogelijk worden er geen gebeurtenissen via dit filter doorgegeven totdat het probleem is verholpen.

Short translation:
99 can't be reactivated in room //./root/CIMV2 because error ******. There is a chance of no further reports after this issue till its resolved.

 

[Laith]

Hmm, wait until you get the new card.