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HELP! Windows display driver nvlddmkm has stopped working

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September 14, 2014 9:23:20 AM

Hey guys, I've been trying to figure out this issue for awhile now. After gaming for 30 minutes or so my game crashes only when playing graphically intensive games (CoD Ghosts for example). I've set all the fans on 100% and monitored temps and it still crashed with CPU around 40c and GPU around 65C. I've downclocked the 760 using MSI Afterburner and set the CPU clocks to factory settings. I've reinstalled windows, reinstalled drivers cleanly a few times. It certainly seems hardware to me, but I'm not positive.

When the GPU isn't at full load, it doesn't seem to crash, or at least hasn't while playing a few hours on other games.

I can also hear the fan on the GPU turn off right when the crash happens, along with Steam Big Picture shutting down and MSI Afterburner exiting. The PC stays on though.

My set up:
Silverstone Raven RZ01
Silverstone 450W SFX PSU 80+ Gold
EVGA 760 GTX SC
i5-4790K
Noctua NH-L9i
EVO SSD 120GB
WD 3TB
8GB RAM 1600 DDR3
Blu-ray slot load drive

EDIT:
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition
Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI

The last thing I can think of is the PSU, since it's only 450W and the 760 requires 500W, but it would nice to test this before dropping any more money.

Any thoughts?

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September 14, 2014 9:57:05 AM

This sounds like a Power Supply problem.

"The last thing I can think of is the PSU, since it's only 450W and the 760 requires 500W, but it would nice to test this before dropping any more money."

Oops missed this. Yes you need a bigger one. If you have a friend that has a bigger one test your card in his/her rig.
September 14, 2014 5:27:24 PM

I took a 660 out of another system and tried it and it's still failing. The 660 only requires 450W, which is what my PSU is (and is 80+ gold). Do you still think it's the PSU?
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September 15, 2014 6:17:16 AM

Maybe or it could be the motherboard. Do you have another power supply you can test with?
September 15, 2014 4:47:37 PM

Okay I tested a 600W Corsair power supply from my main desktop and it crashed at about an hour and a half in. This card ran fine in my main desktop for hours, so it doesn't seem to be a power supply issue. It's also crashed while using a GTX 660 from the main desktop as well. I'm not even sure how I would test the motherboard.

Also the temps were all fine, after 90 minutes the GPU only got to 61C. CPU cores got to max of 53C.

What other ideas do you have? I'm getting a bit stuck here.

EDIT: This was while playing CoD Ghosts. Also updated up top:
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition
Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI
September 15, 2014 6:48:29 PM

Fhrost0213 said:
Okay I tested a 600W Corsair power supply from my main desktop and it crashed at about an hour and a half in. This card ran fine in my main desktop for hours, so it doesn't seem to be a power supply issue. It's also crashed while using a GTX 660 from the main desktop as well. I'm not even sure how I would test the motherboard.

Also the temps were all fine, after 90 minutes the GPU only got to 61C. CPU cores got to max of 53C.

What other ideas do you have? I'm getting a bit stuck here.

EDIT: This was while playing CoD Ghosts. Also updated up top:
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition
Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI


Sound like a motherboard problem then. :( 

Have you tried the other PCIe slots in the board? Either way you may want to take the board back for RMA.
September 15, 2014 6:49:36 PM

Another question. HAve you tried flashing the BIOS on your motherboard?
September 16, 2014 5:50:06 AM

Yes, I've updated the BIOS to version 4. It's a mini ITX mobo, so there's not another PCI-E slot to test the card in. Is there a way to test to make sure it's the motherboard before RMA? Thanks for the help so far.
September 16, 2014 8:00:54 AM

Ok I'll run that when I get home tonight. I had ran OCCT tests and it ran for about 16 minutes and then CPU temps got hot. I plan to run all the hardware tests on this page when I get home tonight and will update. http://www.carrona.org/hwdiag.html
September 16, 2014 5:15:20 PM

Ok I ran the tests for about 10 minutes and temps got hot fast. I was up to 85C, but a quick google search shows this cpu architecture gets burned by prime95 bad (i5-4790k). I'm just not convinced this is tempature related though, as I just played CoD Ghosts for about 20 minutes and it crashed. CPU and GPU temps never got above 55C.

It happens on other games as well, CoD Ghosts just seems like a for sure test now.

I also tried hooking it up using DVI instead of HDMI, different power supply, ran memtest, ran 3D Mark 11. I'm not even sure if it's hardware related at this point, but I've done a complete reinstall of windows 7 ultimate.

Any ideas?
September 19, 2014 7:00:17 PM

Turns out this was actually a RAM issue. Took an 8GB stick out of another computer and haven't crashed for hours.
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