Strange case of "nivida graphics driver kernel mode stopped responding and has successfully recovered."

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I've researched this on tom's but doesn't seem to fit my issue specifically. I have a brand new build that is calc. to use maximum 290watts. I have a GTX 950 with the latest geforce experience drivers. I am on windows 10. My PSU is a brand new Cooler Master V550S 550w unit. So, completely randomly it seems, my screen freezes for a split second, barely enough that I would notice it sometimes, and sometimes this is just due to lag in a game. sometimes however the notification flashes up for the kernel mode driver. this could be completely random. I usually play games on it fine, and has only done it during a game, for kerbal space program. sometimes it might do it when starting a game E.G skyrim or world of tanks, but it's not really specific at all as to what or when. it happened a couple times during KSP and then I went half a week without a whisper from it, then it happened once while opening skyrim and once while opening world of tanks. Temp wise, my max recorded temp while under heavy gaming is ~65 degrees celcius.
It's not really a nuisance, Just curious as to what it could be.
 
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I made the change manually to Windows 10, but I think the 'fix it for me' tool would apply the same changes and work for Windows 10. You could backup your registry prior to a change. I have a daily drive backup to fall back to.
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The same error started happening to me. I googled and found the 'universal fix to all problems' was to increase the GPU voltage. I didn't believe that. Then I found this fix which has so far worked for me: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2665946. This increases GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) processing time by adjusting the Timeout Detection and Recovery registry value. It has worked OK since the change. Strange problem to suddenly occur!

 
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Is there one for windows 10? I would like to use the "fix it for me" tool because I'm not comfortable editing the registry myself. but that one is for 7 or vista.

Another thing, in my case, is it anything to worry about? It's not a nuisance so could I just leave it?
 
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I made the change manually to Windows 10, but I think the 'fix it for me' tool would apply the same changes and work for Windows 10. You could backup your registry prior to a change. I have a daily drive backup to fall back to.
 
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I'd be interested if this works for you. Not all solutions are universal. I had this 'stopped responding' error develop only in the last week while browsing the internet, and only applied the time delay solution two days ago. They used to call desktop computers 'personal computers' and have quirky personalities.

 
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it didn't work. is there a way to turn the notifications off? I hardly even notice anything happening in fact if it were not for the alerts I would be none the wiser.
 
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I don't know how to turn the message off. I see Microsoft didn't provide an undo fix. It would have to be done manually, unfortunately.

I am going to try the reversing registry change and keep my eye out for a real fix. This error seems to been hitting a lot of users for a long time with Windows 7, 8, &10. I hope either Nvidia or Microsoft will figure this one out! I saw where one user changed his memory and it cleared the problem. That is so strange. Another hard to believe fix; it seems so unrelated. I updated my old AMD 5850 with a Nvidia 970 just two months ago and to have to solve this is a real pain!

So keep Googling it and I will too. Sorry for the false hope. Keep posting.
 
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this sound like what exactly and I mean Exactly is happing to me, I got a 970 2 months ago and now nothing is working, did you ever find a fix?
 
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Could try to either do a fresh windows install or use something like DDU to completely remove all traces of previous drivers then do a fresh install of the drivers and when prompted select custom install and then fresh installation. This may or may not work........Also attempt to update your motherboard drivers AND bios. Alot of motherboards have to have a bios update for the new gpu's to work properly.
 
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