nVidia Driver Kernel Error Bluscreen Crashes

Question

Over the last couple days my computer has been constantly crashing after displaying a "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" message.  I have never had this problem before and it only started to happen after I installed a new update for my graphics card from Nvidia called "nVidia Graphics adapter WDDM1.1 Graphics adapter WDDM1.2 Graphics adapter WDDM1.3 other hardware - NVIDIA Geforce GTS 450".  I have looked at all sorts of forums for help on the issue but so far have had no luck.  So far I have tried:

1. System restoring to 3 weeks before the new driver update.
2. Clean uninstalling my graphics card drivers and reinstalling from the original factory disc.  I even kept the internet off for this so it would not update the drivers at all and I would end up with the oldest drivers possible.

3.  I even took my graphics card out and cleaned it to make sure it was ok, it was pretty dusty but cleaning it didn't solve the problem either.

Finally I gave up today and changed my PC to run off its crappy integrated graphics card that I have not used in years.  I don't think I will be crashing any more but I will have to see.

For the record:  I have NEVER overclocked anything in my computer and I have never had any problems using my graphics card to play games.  The card is a Geforce GTS 450 and is about 2.5 years old now.

Below are links to the last bluescreen crash I had today, including a picture of the report and the dump file.

Picture:

http://postimg.org/image/ol8afsikr/

Minidump file:

http://www73.zippyshare.com/v/89503873/file.html

If it helps at all the specs of my computer are:

nVidia Geforce GTS 450 graphics card

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

6 GB RAM

Quad Core AMD processor @ 2.9 GHz

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

If you are running on integrated graphics without issues, and when running on the GPU + various different driver versions you get crashes, the video card itself sounds like it's faulty.

Regards,

Patrick

Answer 2

Hi,

If that driver version is the issue try reverting back to a known stable version.

Update BIOS, chipset, and other major drivers.

Rob - SpiritX

Answer 3

Thanks for taking a look at the cause of the problem.  I am going to see if I can update my BIOS drivers. 

Like I said before, I have already tried clean reinstalling to other driver versions, multiple of which are supposed to be stable, with no luck.

I have already been all over the nVidia forums and the problem is well known but with no standard solution.  I may have to contact nVidia for support directly.

Thanks again for the help.

Answer 4

Hi,

Your answer lies with Nvidia Support, their on-line documentation and drivers, and ask

in their forums about any known issues. If the latest drivers do not work then you may

need to revert back to an older stable version.

Nvidia - Drivers - Use OPTION 1 to manually enter your driver info to get most current drivers. 

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

Nvidia Support - check with Support as it could be a known issue

http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html

Nvidia Forums - also check for forums as it could be a known issue and/or others likely to have it

http://forums.nvidia.com/

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BugCheck 116, {fffffa800882e390, fffff880078eee08, ffffffffc000009a, 4}

Probably caused by : nvlddmkm.sys ( nvlddmkm+6ece08 ) <-- NVidia Video drivers.

Also check with HP Support, their on-line documentation and drivers, diagnostics and ask

in their forums about any known issues. Update the BIOS, low level chipset drivers, and the

major on-board and separate device drivers.

BiosVersion = 6.05

BiosReleaseDate = 01/18/2011 <-- check for updates to the BIOS, low level chipset drivers,

and the major on-board and separate device drivers.

SystemManufacturer = Hewlett-Packard

SystemProductName = p6720f

SystemFamily = 103C_53316J G=D      

SystemSKU = BV532AA#ABA

BaseBoardManufacturer = FOXCONN

BaseBoardProduct = 2AB1

BaseBoardVersion = 1.00

HP Support & Drivers

http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html

Contact HP

http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact\_us.html

HP Forums

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/psg/

Although there is no indication either is involved be sure to check the memory and hard drive

as they can be involved is such issues.

Hope this helps.

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Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP <- profile - Windows Expert - Consumer : Bicycle <- Mark Twain said it right!

Answer 5

Hi,

If you don't crash on integrated graphics, and this is only happening after a driver update, it's more than likely an issue with the driver version you updated to. If you have already experimented with the latest video card driver and many previous versions, please give the beta driver for your card a try.

Regards,

Patrick