BSOD whenever GT660M is activated on Lenovo Y580

jolleebindo

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Hey Guys,

Really bashing my brains out against the wall on this one. I've had my Lenovo Y580 IdeaPad for a year now, and have had no problems up to this point. Unfortunately, as of two days ago, whenever the dedicated graphics (Nvidia gt660m) kicks in, it brings about a BSOD with the error read out as 0x0000116, which I found to be GPU driver related.

Now I've rolled back and updated the drivers for the card to literally every available driver for the card. I outsourced it to a Geek Squad like company to diagnose the issue and they said that it was software related, surprising me as I thought the only thing left would be a hardware problem. Anyhow, I'm desperate for a DIY solution as I'd rather not fork over a heap of cash for a quick fix.

My system specs are as follows:

Lenovo IdeaPad Y580
Display: Nvidia GT660M
Processor: i7 3610QM
DirectX: 11
RAM: 8 Gigs

Any feedback and/or potential solutions would be much appreciated.
 
Solution
The error in question relates to the video driver, windows tried to reset the driver and recover from the error but the recovery/ reset of the driver timed out.
Causing a crash of windows.

Your right, but the problem of the driver crashing can also be the result of the Gpu on the graphics card becoming to hot and not responding.

It`s only a year old, so it should still be under warranty by Lenovo.
And should not cost you anything if you send it back to them for a test or repair.
The error in question relates to the video driver, windows tried to reset the driver and recover from the error but the recovery/ reset of the driver timed out.
Causing a crash of windows.

Your right, but the problem of the driver crashing can also be the result of the Gpu on the graphics card becoming to hot and not responding.

It`s only a year old, so it should still be under warranty by Lenovo.
And should not cost you anything if you send it back to them for a test or repair.
 
Solution

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FrankConnie

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File : NVIDIA Drivers Utility Installer
Platform : Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP
Est. Download Time : 512K < 1m ; 56K < 7m
Release Date : Oct 8 2015
This should work, I just install it and my Y-580 is working great. Both Video Cards, No Errors. FRANKIE