display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered

prophed · Apr 5, 2013

Hi everyone

Like the title says, I got the "display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered" error every 5 minutes or so. My screen freezes, turns black and is fine again and there's a little yellow warning triangle in the bottom right of my screen.
I allready tried the Nvidia automatic computer scan to find the most up to date drivers and installed them, this helped nothing.
I also tried Windows Fix it. This gave a slight improvement and brought me to the current situation (before that my screen crashed every minute)

I hope one of you guys knows the magic answer so my computer functions properly again..

Thanks in advance !
Sven

wither 3 · Apr 5, 2013

It's possible that the GPU is overheating. Is the fan running and the speed changing under load? Is the fan clean?

prophed · Apr 7, 2013

I think it is... It's kinda hard to hear. I'll try to check it in detail. I know the fan's clean because I've recently checked it...

wither 3 · Apr 7, 2013

If you download HMonitor, you can monitor the temperature of your card and the cpu.

Patonb · Apr 7, 2013

/Overheating usually shuts down, but it's possible.

It may also be the card itself crapping out.

wither 3 · Apr 7, 2013

I agree with you in regards to a overheating CPU. However, a overheating GPU normally gives a BSOD.

Patonb · Apr 7, 2013

Nope, mine have shut right off. Then again it was hitting 110C!

But usually overheating starts as lag as the gpu throttles, then kurplunk... Shuts off just like a cpu does.

prophed · Apr 10, 2013

I guess it's possible, but I doubt it's due to overheating. Because it starts happening the moment I power on my pc... So how hot can he get in 5 minutes ?

Patonb · Apr 10, 2013

Very actually...

It's a good thing to check thnough.

prophed · Apr 10, 2013

Ok, I followed your advice and the temperatures range from min 32°C (89°F) to max 53°C (127°F) This includes the motherboard, 4 cores, harddrives and graphics card.

The graphics card sits at 43°C (109°F). And this is after running my pc for some time and while playing a game. What do you think ?

Patonb · Apr 10, 2013

You need to tax the card to 100% be for sure, but those are all fine.

wither 3 · Apr 10, 2013

I'm suspicious if the temperature isn't changing at all. There should be some variation.

I had an overheating problem with my GPU in my work station. The BSOD mentioned the same .dll that you mentioned). The pros at Dell recommended I reinstall Windows. I did that and have had only one BSOD since then and I know it was from overheating. I have no idea why reinstalling Windows reduced the problem.

prophed · Apr 11, 2013

The actual value does change a couple of degrees, I just summed up the Minimum and maximum values listed...
And I don't like to reinstall windows if it isn't an absolute necessity... I'm not to good with pc's and I'm not looking forward to the trouble involved with that... :/

richc46 · Apr 11, 2013

Welcome
Go to the website of your card and update driver.

prophed · Apr 11, 2013

richc46 said:
Welcome
Go to the website of your card and update driver.

Done that already, my GPU has the latest nvidia drivers. I also tried windows fix it which seemed to have helped a lot of other people...

wither 3 · Apr 11, 2013

Is your driver 314.22?

prophed · Apr 11, 2013

wither 3 said:
Is your driver 314.22?

Yes it's 314.22... Like I said, I updated it right before starting this thread

wither 3 · Apr 12, 2013

Let's do it the old fashioned way. Shut down. Pull the graphics card and then reseat it. In the really old days, we would clean the contacts on the graphics card with a pencil eraser.

prophed · Apr 12, 2013

wither 3 said:
Let's do it the old fashioned way. Shut down. Pull the graphics card and then reseat it. In the really old days, we would clean the contacts on the graphics card with a pencil eraser.

I'll try that and see if it helps !

wither 3 · Apr 14, 2013

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