Multiple BSOD's caused by everything from Youtube to BF3

[RedHawke]

I am getting a Blue Screen that says "A device driver attempting to corrupt the system has been caught. The faulty driver currently on the kernel stack must be replaced" Then it dumps my memory and reboots the computer. I have been getting these BSOD's daily at random intervals for about two weeks now. They tend to occur a lot more frequently when I am in a game, but have also happened a few times while I was watching a DVD or streaming youtube etc online. The ones that occur while I am gaming are completely random, some happen while I am playing newer games that require more gpu and cpu usage, but I also get BSOD's even when I am playing much older games. I just reinstalled my OS and all my drivers a day ago hoping that it would solve the issue, but I am still getting them just as often if not more frequently now.

I have attached the SF Diagnostic Tool Report below with my Mini Dump file in it.

 

[Arc]

RedHawke, it appears to be a driver bug. The computer thinks it is Driver Verifier enabled.

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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

[COLOR=Red]BugCheck C4[/COLOR], {91, 2, fffffa800d961b50, 0}

Probably caused by : Unknown_Image ( ANALYSIS_INCONCLUSIVE )

Followup: MachineOwner
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0: kd> !analyze -v
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[COLOR=Red]
DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION (c4)[/COLOR]
A device driver attempting to corrupt the system has been caught.  This is
because the driver was specified in the registry as being suspect (by the
administrator) and the kernel has enabled substantial checking of this driver.
If the driver attempts to corrupt the system, bugchecks 0xC4, 0xC1 and 0xA will
be among the most commonly seen crashes.

Whereas it is actually not.

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  [COLOR=Red]WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT[/COLOR]

Had it been a driver verifier enabled bugcheck, the ID would have been something different.

In the present situation, with the limited data you supplied, it seems to be the display driver is buggy. And it is not the latest one.

fffff880`0487b000 fffff880`05322000   nvlddmkm   (deferred)             
    Image path: nvlddmkm.sys
[COLOR=Red]    Image name: nvlddmkm.sys
    Timestamp:        Fri Jan 18 18:52:15 2013[/COLOR] (50F94C87)
    CheckSum:         00A92B69
    ImageSize:        00AA7000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

Install the latest WHQL only.

• Uninstall All nvidia items in Control Panel > Programs and features
  • 3D Vision Control Driver
  • 3D Vision Driver
  • Graphics Driver
  • HD Audio Driver
  • PhysX
  • nvidia Update
  (Are you using nvidia chipset drivers? If so, dont uninstall anything other than those are listed).
• Now follow Drivers - Clean Left over Files after Uninstalling
• Boot normally now. Go to Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers, Download 314.22 WHQL. While installing, Select Custom (Advanced) install. In the next page, follow this settings:
  
  

Let us know the results. If it crashes more, post it following the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Posting Instructions.

 

[RedHawke]

Thanks, I will do that, and let you know if it helps.

 

[RedHawke]

Ok, so I removed the old drivers exactly as you said and installed the new one after unchecking all the extra boxes and checking clean install. Since doing that I haven't gotten a BSOD, however, I have a new problem which is even worse. Every time I try to play any game or watch youtube etc, within thirty seconds of starting the program my computer freezes then I get a message that says "A Display Driver Has Stopped Working and has Recovered - Display Driver Nvidia Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 314.22 stopped responding and has succesfully recovered." This had never happened with my old driver, though I did get the BSOD's every few hours.

Anyways here is the crash report from the last one game crash just now:

Description:
A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: AppHangB1
Application Name: bf3.exe
Application Version: 1.6.0.0
Application Timestamp: 511c9356
Hang Signature: 87a0
Hang Type: 6144
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Hang Signature 1: 87a01dc1692263893acda11463c7cea8
Additional Hang Signature 2: 738a
Additional Hang Signature 3: 738a4e5f7ffd221aa4bfebf788948618
Additional Hang Signature 4: 87a0
Additional Hang Signature 5: 87a01dc1692263893acda11463c7cea8
Additional Hang Signature 6: 738a
Additional Hang Signature 7: 738a4e5f7ffd221aa4bfebf788948618

 

[Arc]

Yes, thats the worst. Are you sure that you haven't faced that issue ever earlier with any other driver version?

Going slow here .... will do things step by step before deciding anything. First try "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" error in Windows 7 or Windows Vista

Then try to play those games or watch youtube ... observe if the problem is re-occurring or not. Let us know.

 

[RedHawke]

Ok I will follow that now and let you know.

 

[RedHawke]

Oh in reply to your first question, I think I may have encountered that issue once about 6 months back, but it was not reoccurring.

 

[RedHawke]

Alright I followed those methods. The first method did help a little as I was able to get into a game for about 12 minutes before I got that error message and it crashed, and then for about 9 minutes the second time. The second and third methods didn't really do anything.

Here is the error message I got on the second game crash after using the first fix if it will help at all.

Description:
A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: AppHangB1
Application Name: bf3.exe
Application Version: 1.6.0.0
Application Timestamp: 511c9356
Hang Signature: f7a7
Hang Type: 6144
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Hang Signature 1: f7a73dda8f968154dd5e01962f1ba0e7
Additional Hang Signature 2: 1540
Additional Hang Signature 3: 1540de35678e19dde73593bc55bbec22
Additional Hang Signature 4: f7a7
Additional Hang Signature 5: f7a73dda8f968154dd5e01962f1ba0e7
Additional Hang Signature 6: 1540
Additional Hang Signature 7: 1540de35678e19dde73593bc55bbec22

 

[Arc]

Got this thing again?

 

[RedHawke]

Yes that thing, then the other window pops up saying the program stopped responding which is what I posted.

 

[Arc]

Try another version of display driver. The last version worked best for me is NVIDIA DRIVERS 310.90WHQL

Uninstall 314.22 as I mentioned earlier and try this one.

BTW, how old the GPU is?

 

[RedHawke]

Actually my old version of the driver was that 310.90, before I updated to this 314.22 one, when I was getting the BSOD but no crashes from a driver has stopped responding and has recovered. I will try going back to that one to see if that gets rid of these new issues.

And my GPU is a GTX 580

 

[Arc]

In that case, try GeForce 306.23 Driver

Its the most stable one. But its kinda old nowadays.

 

[RedHawke]

OK so after installing that driver, I have not had any more BSOD's or driver has stopped responding and has recovered errors, so far.. I have had one game crash where it froze completely and I had to restart my pc, but I am assuming and hoping that it was an isolated event and had nothing to do with my original problems.
Thank you so much for all your help

 

[Arc]

That is the best driver I used in the recent time. I check every one, all the betas and whqls, but every time I roll back to that one .... The only problem is, it is going outdated.

Observe the situation for a couple of more days ..... then report us back.

For teh game crash, you may start a new thread in Gaming - Windows 7 Help Forums

 

[RedHawke]

So I have one other issue, which isn't a big deal but hopefully I'm just stupid and it has an easy solution heh. My Nvidia driver keeps getting automatically updated to the newest one by windows causing the driver to stop responding again, then I have to manually uninstall, sweep, and reinstall that old one. Do you know how to stop windows from updating it?

 

[Arc]

Follow it: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/82137-drivers-turn-off-automatic-driver-installation.html

 

[RedHawke]

Thanks again arc

 

[Arc]

You are welcome mate

Now observe the situation for a few days, run the most crash prone games, see what happens there. Inform us about it.

 

[RedHawke]

Well everything was going great, then I just got 4 BSOD's today about an hour apart each all in the same game.
I did set my pc to do a Kernel Dump though after I posted the first time, so maybe that will be enough information to figure out what is going on?