I keep getting the BSOD with message 'Attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed'. 'Nvlddkm.sys stopped responding'. What do I do,I have replaced 12GB RAM twice, (2) EVGA GTX295s (1)Palit GTS 250, MSI x58 platinum with Asus P6x58D-Premium (at my cost), just replaced Asus board with MSI Big Bang X-power (at my cost) yesterday, also replaced HDD (at my cost) so the only original things in my system are cpu and psu. CPU is i7 920 and PSU is 1100w PSU from cyberpowerpc. What do I do now to trouble shoot. Tech support at cyberpower wants me to send them my system, again, (they have had it for 2 months and 1 week since september 9th). They want to look at it to see if maybe another video card was bad. Also my warranty is set to expire on the 5th of January so basically what ever is wrong with I will need to pay for... I'm in over $1000 on replacement parts so far with the same problem I've had since May. Does anyone know what causes this BSOD and what a fix is? Is it hardware or software? I have reformatted my system 9 times since July as per their requests for fresh drivers and the new MBs and crap. So I think I'm good there. I just reformatted yesterday when I put the MSI board in and got all the latest drivers from their site. I have the 260.99 driver from Nvidia tho even back in May with older drivers I got this problem. AHHHH someone send me some advice
Troubleshoot BSOD EMERGENCY
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driverdj2000
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It looks to me like a video card driver problem.
i recently updated the sound driver for my mobo and got bsod's. they were not regular just out of the blue.(pardon the pun)
i rolled back driver and its fine now.
Have u tried using an old driver for ur card, like one of the first ones released?
How regularly are they happening?
Are your cards temps ok in all scenarios?
Even if a driver works on other systems it may cause issues in yours due to different hardware etc.
The fact you've changed ur hardware so much suggest its a driver.
How regularly are they happening?
read this:
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista/837500-nvlddmkm-sys-blue-screen.html
i recently updated the sound driver for my mobo and got bsod's. they were not regular just out of the blue.(pardon the pun)
i rolled back driver and its fine now.
Have u tried using an old driver for ur card, like one of the first ones released?
How regularly are they happening?
Are your cards temps ok in all scenarios?
Even if a driver works on other systems it may cause issues in yours due to different hardware etc.
The fact you've changed ur hardware so much suggest its a driver.
How regularly are they happening?
read this:
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista/837500-nvlddmkm-sys-blue-screen.html
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The 260 driver is the most recent?
Thanks for the replies, yes the 260.99 is the newest. I will find the oldest and use it for a bit. They happen FREQUENTLY like I have been using SC2 alot and I maybe get 2-3 games in before a crash but never more than 4. I have used HW monitor, and I keep it running while I play checking after each match. The highest I have seen is 72*c, interestingly it tends to crash on loading a lot so I don't think its temps because they are usually idle for several minutes before a new match. Let me know what else you think. I'm getting the drivers now and will post back in a few.