PLEASE HELP! Nvidia display/kernel mode driver has stopped working and recovered succesfully.

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Hi everyone. I'll try to keep it short and sweet.

I bought components for a new rig, built it, worked great for first two days.
Nvidia GTX 760 (GFX)
Asus B85M-G (MOBO)
Cooler Master B700 (PSU)
Intel i5 4460 (CPU)
Windows 8.1, 64 bit

However, late on second day, my games (shogun II and rome II, later League of Legends as well) just started crashing. First I thought it was related to the game but later I saw the message ''Nvidia display/kernel mode driver has stopped working and recovered succesfully'' when I alt tabbed quickly. It only happens when starting or playing games.

I have been having problems since. Sometimes the game just minimizes and won't open, sometimes it crashes in the loading screen, sometimes it crashes while playing a few minutes, sometimes my PC just shuts down, or it makes a loud EHHHHHHHH noise.

I've tried a LOT, including:
Regedit (D/Q-word fixes)
Uninstalling driver completely, sweeping remainders, reinstalling from disc (worked for like 2 hours the first time, now it doesn't even work anymore)
MSI Afterburner (tuning down core clock and memory clock)
Changing preference in power supply to performance rather than adaptive (in both windows and nvidia control panel)
Some beta/previous drivers
Could an old monitor be an issue? Because I am using a fairly old monitor.

Still any kind of feedback (even further explaination or correction of above fixes) are extremely welcome. I am about to send my card back and get an AMD Radeon 280, but I am putting my faith in the internet community for a last desperate attempt,
 

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Game setting? If you mean graphics, maximum. It worked the first two days.

The cable I'm using is a VGA. However I have an DVI adapter on it to plug it into the graphic card.
 
Hello... What is your Screen resolution you are trying to use with your monitor? I would first suggest getting a good DVI monitor ( 1080P or better )... your computer is Digital Data and using the VGA is a analog signal, Thus your graphic card is first processing the digital data, and then processing it agian into Analog data for your monitor... it is not the fastest or best means in any situation.
 

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Thank you, that is something I will try but I do not have a different monitor at my disposal atm.

PLEASE ANY MORE HELP/SUGGESTIONS?

I am honestly about to swap it.
 
Hello... I am currently running a GTX 760 in one of my machines... dual monitor 1080P DVI, I am using an older 337.88 driver...It is STABLE sweet running gaming machine.
My other suggestion is to get all the free Downloads/APPS off your Windows OS and KICK them OFF, From running in the Background. And make sure they are not taking over your CPU cycles and internet connection, in the Preference settings, of the APPs you are using...
Everything you download these days are taking over your machine little by little, too collect data from you, AND change the way your machine was, when running Good... TAKE a Stance and Say to ones self... " IF it Ain't broken, Then Don''t try to FIX IT!!! " "NO I Don't want to INSTALL the update!!!" ~Diairy of a Mad Computer geek~
 
Hello... 1) What Voltage are you plugging your PS into? or what country are you in? Is your PS is not providing the needed +12VdcVoltage or Current? check your Power Connectors to your Video card.
2) Can you try you card in a friends working computer to verify the Card itself and not your Hardware/Software? up to 30 days of use is When electronics will fail... Your card could be dying... OR your PS is not providing the needed +12Vdc Voltage or Current.
3) Have you monitored your new computer temperatures CPU/GPU for proper operating temperatures? is your CPU thermal grease working as it should? do you have good air flow in your case to let out all that GPU heat?
4) Have you shut off CPU Core parking in your Windows version?
 

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Hi Ironsounds,

Thanks for all your reactions. I am going to try to reinstall OS completely + remove the graphic card for a minute and place it back to get it detected as new hardware, aswell as making sure it isnt placed badly.

If it does turn out to work I will not install any windows updates or any driver updates. I heard some people say in Windows 8.1 update there is something with ''kernel'' which messes with it. Let's see if that fixes it.

To answer your questions:
1. I have absolutely no idea about the voltage, but I am in the Netherlands. As said I will reconnect and rewire my video card after work and see if that does any good. I have no idea about the +12 voltage thing though, I am total noob.
2. Unfortunately I do not have the option to test it in a different PC. However the card is one week old and it shouldn't quite be dying yet.
3. My PC doesn't get hot. It gets a bit warm but it's very touchable. The temperature feels about the same as someone with a fever (the case) so I really doubt its overheating. I can hold my hand on it without any problem. The air flow seems good, I feel pretty cool air coming out of it at all times.
4. I'm sorry but I have absolutely no idea what CPU core parking is. :( Can you explain this maybe? If I dont know what it is, I doubt I shut it off.

Please do reply if you find the chance. I will let you know how it went after reinstall of OS and graphic card.
 
Maybe a bad card, maybe a bad power supply. You got one of the cheaper power supplies which may be causing issues.

If a clean Windows setup did not help, you need to rule out hardware issues, test the video card in another system that can run it, test anothe video card with same power use in yours and try another power supply. Swap out one hardware at a time, don't do a bunch of chances all at once or you won't find out which was the bad part.
 

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Okay guys, it seems to be fixed.
I just reinstalled my whole operation system, let Windows clean my whole harddrive beforehand. I then opened my case, took the graphic card out (after unplugging power supply from electricity) and put it back in, rewired the cables of my harddrive and the graphic card.

Then I just reinstalled Windows with my internet OFF (so it wouldnt download updates), then went to options for windows updates and put updates to ''ask me for permission to download AND install all updates''. Then I installed my drivers with internet still off from the installation cd's. Restarted pc, internet on and it all seems to work. I have no idea if it is safe for me to install further updates but at least it all works flawless again, for now.
 


Did you install the video card drivers also? Run the card through a few benchmaks like 3DMark to make sure it's stable.
 

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I reinstalled the drivers from the cd that was supplied to me with the GTX 760. I did not update the drivers (yet). Not sure if I will anyway, why change what's already working?

I'll make sure to run it through something like 3DMark thanks for pointing that out :)