Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and was recovered.

theshalashaskamgs

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Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and was recovered. (Hardware in the end)

That is the issue im dealing with. I got a second hand pc and Not in a position to argue or cry about it but I seem to have this issue. At first I thought it was the cpu heating up because the crashes wouldnt tell me what they were, so i added thermal paste. Temps dropped but it still kept happening where my pc would just simply crash and and id have to keep installing drivers. Second I thought it must be the HDD so I changed that too. Still didnt help.

Now Im left with just the gpu and I opened that up and applied thermal paste on there as well but didnt help. Still crashes. Yesterday it crashed after an hour, now it crashes in 3 seconds on any graphics. Even MsI Kombustor test.

Here is where it gets tricky, When I tried putting my gpu in my friend's pc, it ran ALLL well for HOURS.

Put his AMD GPU in my PC, still ran perfectly fine.

So what us the issue ? Is it my GPU or what ? Could it be the PSU but if it was how could it be that his gpu which is an AMD 4gb one (forgot which exactly) ran fine ?

Could it be because Im using My TV as My monitor with HDMI ?

Anyways, my hardware;

MOBO: Asus Z87 Sabretooth

CPU: Intel I7 4thGen 3.50ghz

Ram: HyperX 8gb ram. + 1 more kingston 8gb ram (forgot the name)

Gpu: Evga geforce gtx780 3Gb

PSU: Coolermaster 1050W Gold rated.

SSD: Kingston 120gb

HDD: Barracuda 2tb 7200rpm

Os: Windows 10

Also, I know some people have fixed this by reducing memory and core clock; Ive tried that and it didnt work.
 
Solution
Ok i have a tested working fix for this now, although some drivers (legacy) may be more stable than the latest driver

1. Download Nvidia Driver for card, if the latest driver is not stable try a driver from - http://www.nvidia.com/drivers/beta
2. Install just the base driver and PhysX driver (audio HD can be installed later if all working)
2. Install MSI afterburner (latest version seems to have a windows 10 issue, the latest beta works well - http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/msi-afterburner-beta-download.html)

3. Launch MSI afterburner, now reduce the core clock on the main page by 20mhz
4. launch an affected game/visual app

This has resolved the issue for me on 2 machines after trying lots of fixes

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SlashingBison

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Ok i have a tested working fix for this now, although some drivers (legacy) may be more stable than the latest driver

1. Download Nvidia Driver for card, if the latest driver is not stable try a driver from - http://www.nvidia.com/drivers/beta
2. Install just the base driver and PhysX driver (audio HD can be installed later if all working)
2. Install MSI afterburner (latest version seems to have a windows 10 issue, the latest beta works well - http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/msi-afterburner-beta-download.html)

3. Launch MSI afterburner, now reduce the core clock on the main page by 20mhz
4. launch an affected game/visual app

This has resolved the issue for me on 2 machines after trying lots of fixes

Report back

 
Solution