kind of BSOD - BD116 playing witcher 2 after PC major upgrade

[Lucas Reis]

Hi guys!

I'm very desperate at this point... I just don't know what to do!

So saturday I bought a new MoBo and Processor for my Geforce GTX 560 to use CAD softwares and gaming. But as I played witcher 2 or darksouls (both on stupid steam) I got this weird crash:
After 1 minute or so of gamplay (note that the game plays flawlessy and in high configuration) the display goes black ( that's why the "kind of BSOD" ) and the system restarts. Attached you can find the minidumps and other infos..

PS1: I did manage to play yesterday after reinstalling everything possible, drivers, windows update, CCleaner, you name it!.. but when I tested witcher 2, stupid steam installed directx 11 and there goes hours of work gone! I tried to restore to a previous restore point but no avail. The max temperature I got for the GPU while playing Darksouls yesterday was 60ºc.

PS2: I had no problem playing darksouls on my crappy previous system. I played 44 hours of witcher 2, but not on high settings of course.

PS3: I'm aware that this problem could be hardware, so I took it to a local PC shop and the guy did all the memory, GPU, PSU(wattage, voltage) test, so that basically narrows it down to drivers conflict.. I think.



Please... what shall I do!?!??!


Sorry for the "Bible" lol

 

[Arc]

Welcome aboard. It is stop 0x116, a graphics/display related crash.

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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 116, {fffffa8007bb1010, fffff8800fd9b630, ffffffffc000009a, 4}

Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for nvlddmkm.sys
Probably caused by : nvlddmkm.sys ( nvlddmkm+ade630 )

Followup: MachineOwner
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Follow the guide http://www.sevenforums.com/crash-lo...op-0x116-video_tdr_error-troubleshooting.html step by step. If there is any question about it, let us know.

BTW, the "october 2" version of nvidia driver is problematic as I have experienced personally, and in debugging. You, as the starting point,

• Download and install Driver Fusion.
• Reboot the computer in Advanced Boot Options, safe mode. Search Driver Fusion in your start menu, and remove all components of your nVidia display driver.
• Boot normally now. Go to Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers, Drivers > Beta and Legacy; search there with your cards particulars for GeForce 310.54 BETA driver, dated 12. 11.2012 and install it.

Let us know the results.

 

[Lucas Reis]

Hi Archi! Thank you for your response..

I did what you told, but know it's kind of random, still error BD 116!
Funny thing, I tested Crysis 2 (on steam too) and it ran flawlessy, and super beautifuly. What can I still do? If my problem was hardware, I couldn't even play Crysis right?

I've reinstall windows too, Darksouls worked nice yesterday, now today the crash is happening all over again...

What can I do!?

 

[Lucas Reis]

Oh, and many thanks for your help and reply!

 

[Arc]

Hello Lucas, have you followed all the steps there?

 

[Lucas Reis]

Hi Arc, I tested the sfc.exe on the cmd prompt command and everything is okay, I'll run Furmark now and let you know.
Also, I'm attaching the latest restore points on my computer, I think it's the damn DirectX not compatible with my card, I don't know...

 

[Lucas Reis]

Arc, I noticed a fast temp buildup and the GPU fan seems to let the card's temperature go 80c and still be in its 50% speed. I've used the Msi afterburner to maintain the fan 75% to lessen the heating as you can see in the printscreen.

Other than that, no stutter, no shutdown... at least not until now. What should I do next!?

 

[Arc]

DirectX in included in the display driver, I guess. So dont worry.

EDIT: As this setting is stable there, use it for the next time, and see what happens there.

 

[Lucas Reis]

Thanks for your help Arc, here is another pic of the test.
So, how do I solve this problem with steam games (excluding Crysis 2)?

 

[Lucas Reis]

Hi Arc. I decided to rearrange my internal PC components ( GPU, Drives..)
And I still have the bloody problem.

Please, what can I do then?

 

[Lucas Reis]

Also, when the computer restarts, I can hear a fan going crazy before it turns on again.

 

[Arc]

If possible, swap the card with another one as a test. Probably it is failing to deal with a few games.

Also, you may reduce the priority settings of the games .

If any part of the hardware is visibly corrupt, you know what to do