Computer continually restarts after plugging in hdmi cord

It seems like my pc is restarting the moment I connect it to a monitor via hdmi. This has happened on multiple monitors and multiple cables.

I say it's restarting, but I'm really not even sure of that. I plug an old-fashioned PC-inupt cable (the old fashioned one with all the prongs) into a monitor and everything appears just fine. the moment I connect the pc to something (either the same monitor or a different one) with an hdmi cable, the screen blacks out until I remove the hdmi connection, and via the pc input cord, I'll see the pc booting up after a few minutes.

I've looked it up, and all answers say to update the graphics driver, which I did, but I had some troubles. I was able to download the newest driver, but I kept getting a "Cannot install message" when I tried installing it. After selecting the "do not allow" button when asked if nvidia could make changes to my pc, then allowing it on a subsequent attempt, it finally worked. Not sure if that's related in any way. Either way, my problem was not solved by installing it.

Windows is able to see that a problem is arising, and says it has solutions, but when I ask to see the solutions, it says to try again later.

I managed to get this out of it (it`s all gibberish to me):

Source

Windows

Summary

Shut down unexpectedly

Date

‎21/‎09/‎2013 7:39 PM

Status

Report sent

Problem signature

Problem Event Name: BlueScreen

OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3

Locale ID: 4105

Extra information about the problem

BCCode: 116

BCP1: FFFFFA8009F384E0

BCP2: FFFFF8800DF48F50

BCP3: FFFFFFFFC000009A

BCP4: 0000000000000004

OS Version: 6_1_7601

Service Pack: 1_0

Product: 768_1

Bucket ID: X64_0x116_TdrBCR:4:C000009A_Tdr:2_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys

Server information: c30e46b7-7d6a-4b76-bf29-6d3a89dc3406

If anyone has any ideas, I`d be very grateful. If you need any more info, just let me know!

Thanks in advance!

Devin

*Edit: To give some more background as to how this happened, my wife had been looking at sinks on the Home Depot website, and just left the pc to go to bed (nothing out of the ordinary). The next morning, the computer wouldn`t respond, and the monitor remained black, until I plugged it into a different monitor with the old fashioned outlet and plug