Constant crashes of games and desktop manager

cjacobson22

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geforce gtx 660
amd fx-4170
psu 750w
gigabyte GA-970A-D3 AM3+ AMD 970
windows 7 64bit

Can't seem to play a game for longer than 10 minutes without crashing anymore. Using event viewer I have figured out that nvidia drivers seem to be behind the issue but I can't figure out how to resolve it. I have tried re installing the drivers but that did nothing.

Here are a few example crashes:
Faulting application name: LolClient.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x515663e0
Faulting module name: Adobe AIR.dll, version: 3.7.0.1530, time stamp: 0x5156646c
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0056ba8c
Faulting process id: 0xfc4
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf0a96e2fa3ce3
Faulting application path: C:\Riot Games\League of Legends\RADS\projects\lol_air_client\releases\0.0.1.65\deploy\LolClient.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Riot Games\League of Legends\RADS\projects\lol_air_client\releases\0.0.1.65\deploy\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0\Adobe AIR.dll
Report Id: 3a92a2bc-7691-11e3-ba60-902b34691912

Faulting application name: svchost.exe_SysMain, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc3c1
Faulting module name: sysmain.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17514, time stamp: 0x4ce7c9db
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000017ef1
Faulting process id: 0x708
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf0a8f72053b62
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
Faulting module path: c:\windows\system32\sysmain.dll
Report Id: 3138da44-7684-11e3-94f7-902b34691912

Faulting application name: LolClient.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x515663e0
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.18247, time stamp: 0x521ea8e7
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000342d3
Faulting process id: 0xdfc
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf0a8f9cff65c3
Faulting application path: C:\Riot Games\League of Legends\RADS\projects\lol_air_client\releases\0.0.1.65\deploy\LolClient.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 5dd2c459-7683-11e3-94f7-902b34691912

Faulting application name: Dwm.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc541
Faulting module name: nvwgf2umx.dll, version: 9.18.13.3182, time stamp: 0x5280d79f
Exception code: 0xc0000409
Fault offset: 0x00000000009999cf
Faulting process id: 0xa3c
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf0a8ffea4b518
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\nvwgf2umx.dll
Report Id: 4a69ea78-7683-11e3-94f7-902b34691912

Faulting application name: Dwm.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc541
Faulting module name: nvwgf2umx.dll, version: 9.18.13.3182, time stamp: 0x5280d79f
Exception code: 0xc0000409
Fault offset: 0x00000000009999cf
Faulting process id: 0x860
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf0a8f74b2b037
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\nvwgf2umx.dll
Report Id: 3bc51324-7683-11e3-94f7-902b34691912

The program Wow-64.exe version 5.4.2.17688 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Action Center control panel.
Process ID: eb4
Start Time: 01cf0a4d5b79ad8b
Termination Time: 212
Application Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Wow-64.exe
Report Id: f02a7d12-7640-11e3-b312-902b34691912


Faulting application name: NvBackend.exe, version: 10.11.15.0, time stamp: 0x52a6776c
Faulting module name: NvBackend.exe, version: 10.11.15.0, time stamp: 0x52a6776c
Exception code: 0xc0000417
Fault offset: 0x0013191b
Faulting process id: 0x998
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf09ed41a2cfdc
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\Update Core\NvBackend.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\Update Core\NvBackend.exe
Report Id: 991f46af-75e0-11e3-aa5d-902b34691912

Faulting application name: Dwm.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc541
Faulting module name: nvwgf2umx.dll, version: 9.18.13.3182, time stamp: 0x5280d79f
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000338770
Faulting process id: 0x980
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf096c18c2d1c4
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\nvwgf2umx.dll
Report Id: b9df2495-7560-11e3-a709-902b34691912

Thanks!
 
Well if you have downloaded the current version and uninstalled the old one then rebooted then installed the new ones and it still crashes maybe it's a bad version for your card. Try an earlier version or a beta version.

Before you said you traced the problem to your VGA drivers it sounded like a bad power supply to me.
 

cjacobson22

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Well I don't have any evidence of the drivers being the issue other than the crash reports I posted, and others, which point to .dll files that are connected to (I believe) the video drivers.

I have replaced my power supply already and the problem has persisted, however I do have a friend who has a power supply that has had no problems, so far. It is still new though so I'm not positive that it works. In the mean time, I will try reverting to older drivers and see if that fixes the problem.
 

cjacobson22

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I updated to the new drivers that were released last week. I have yet to test them, but on my first attempt to install them, the installer crashed. Second time went fine. I'll post the report for the crash and test the new drivers with both WoW and LoL. I'll post in a few days with either a success or a fresh batch of crash data.

Faulting application name: setup.exe_NVIDIA Install Application, version: 2.1002.142.992, time stamp: 0x52851fe0
Faulting module name: nvspcap.dll_unloaded, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x52a67618
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x100be510
Faulting process id: 0xa34
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf0c10782d4036
Faulting application path: C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\332.21\Win8_WinVista_Win7_64\English\setup.exe
Faulting module path: nvspcap.dll
Report Id: e0fc5aa4-7803-11e3-9cdc-902b34691912

also a few crashes of something called system main, which sounds important

Faulting application name: svchost.exe_SysMain, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc3c1
Faulting module name: sysmain.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17514, time stamp: 0x4ce7c9db
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000000170c2
Faulting process id: 0x700
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf0f41995de55f
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
Faulting module path: c:\windows\system32\sysmain.dll
Report Id: ce0d64b9-7b35-11e3-b1c9-902b34691912

Faulting application name: svchost.exe_SysMain, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc3c1
Faulting module name: sysmain.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17514, time stamp: 0x4ce7c9db
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000017ef1
Faulting process id: 0x6bc
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf0dba1d21e4a4
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
Faulting module path: c:\windows\system32\sysmain.dll
Report Id: 7479e0f3-79b4-11e3-832b-902b34691912

Faulting application name: svchost.exe_SysMain, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc3c1
Faulting module name: sysmain.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17514, time stamp: 0x4ce7c9db
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000001a6ba
Faulting process id: 0x714
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf0c113b43f45e
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
Faulting module path: c:\windows\system32\sysmain.dll
Report Id: 9a90e412-7820-11e3-853e-902b34691912