[Resolved] Why does my computer crash every time I play a game for more than 5 minutes?
Two likely situations come to mind: One likely answer is that you have an issue with heat. A GPU at idle doesn't produce a great deal of heat, and GPUs run very close to idle doing normal computing tasks (email, web browsing, playing videos.) When you start to play a game, you put more load on your GPU and it produces more heat. Heat leads to instability and crashes. Check your system for airflow issues, make sure the fans on your GPU are spinning, clear any dust with canned air. If it isn't heat, the next likely cause that springs to mind is electrical. If you are putting more load on your GPU than your Power Supply can provide in a stable way, it can become a cause of system instability. Make sure your PSU is rated for the load your GPU are putting on the system. Finally, the stock answer: Double check that you're using the most up to date drivers for your GPU. You'd be amazed what a driver update can resolve. If none of those things work, let me know and I'm happy to probe further.
Nvidia GTX 260 blue screen help?
I have a Nvidia GTX 260 216core and it has the latest driver on it. I downloaded Ntune and Nvidia monitor but whenever I select Nvidia monitor it will blue screen! and tehn restart. "A problem has been detected and windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer" Also... "STOP: 0x0000003B (0x000000000C0000096,0xFFFFFA6007A3DAB7,... nvoclk64.sys-Adress FFFFFA6007A3DAB7 base at FFFFFA6007A3C000, Datestamp 46de13d9 ............................. I have a coolermaster 600W modular Pro Power supply... http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160256 And I also have, Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit on a MSI P43 NEO motherboard I played on Farcry2 for a bit and it worked fine...
Graphics drivers crashing, x116 BSOD?
This happens after I install the drivers for my video card. I recently purchased a MSi Radeon R7 265, and it was working flawlessly for the past three days. Yesterday, however, during the middle of a game, my screen froze and went black during the middle of a game. I restarted, and ever since then, whenever I go to open any program, whether it's Firefox, Chrome or some game, my screen will freeze, go black, then reappear with the notification that "AMD driver has failed and been restarted successfully". This will happen three or four times, but sometimes afterward it will give me a BSOD, citing the x116 error, "attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed." Upon reading my BSOD dumpfile, the offending file seems to be atikmpag.sys, dxgkrnl.sys, and dxgmms1.sys. I've tried installing several different drivers -- the ones from my CD, latest available to AMD, the beta drivers, and even some previous drivers, all to the same effect.
Why do I get a specific BSOD on Windows 10 on only ONE game?
That one’s either a hardware or driver error.Troubleshooting steps (stop when fixed):Remove your GPU overclock (if overclocked)If the problem is fixed, do not continue.Restore GPU overclock and remove RAM overclock (if overclocked)If the problem is fixed, do not continue.Restore RAM overclock and remove CPU overclock (if overclocked)If the problem is fixed, do not continue.Remove the GPU and RAM overclocks.If the problem is fixed, do not continue.Restore overclocks and update driversIf the problem is fixed, do not continue.Repeat steps 1–4.If the problem is fixed, do not continue.Run memtest86+ for 24 hours. If an error occurs, your RAM is faulty and needs to be replaced.If the problem is fixed, do not continue.Run Prime95 for 24 hours. If an error occurs, your CPU is faulty and needs to be replaced.If the problem is fixed, do not continue.Try using a different GPU compatible with the same drivers (same brand, models within a few years of each other). If the problem is fixed, your GPU is faulty and needs to be replaced.If the problem is fixed, do not continue.The issue cannot be easily found, contact EA for further support.
How to fix my BSOD dilemma?
I'm Running a Qosmio x775 with an nvidia gtx 560m 8gig Ram. I was tabbed out from playing dishonored when I got the first BSOD. Now everytime I try to play a game I get a Blue screen. I have tried clean installs of many versions of the nvidia drivers including doing driver sweeps everytime, tried a system restore and nothing seems to work. Any help would be much appreciated. here is a who crashed log of the last occurance they all read exactly the same so no point in posting more than one. On Sat 10/27/2012 6:45:27 PM GMT your computer crashed crash dump file: C:\windows\Minidump\102712-20498-01.dmp This was probably caused by the following module: nvlddmkm.sys (nvlddmkm+0x149AC4) Bugcheck code: 0x116 (0xFFFFFA800DFB24E0, 0xFFFFF8800FD60AC4, 0x0, 0x2) Error: VIDEO_TDR_ERROR file path: C:\windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys product: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 304.79 company: NVIDIA Corporation description: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 304.79 Bug check description: This indicates that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed. A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 304.79 , NVIDIA Corporation). Google query: NVIDIA Corporation VIDEO_TDR_ERROR