Display driver error

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Ty07allstar

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For whatever reason I keep getting the, "Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered." It does it randomly. Sometimes it does it when I am playing games and other times it does it when I'm on the internet. I am currently using the 275.50 driver but I have tried new drivers and it did the same thing. One time I got this error,

"The description for Event ID 14 from source nvlddmkm cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

\Device\Video5

CMDre 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000001"

I have looked all over the internet and cannot seem to find a way to fix it. Does anyone have any advice for me?
 
I had a bunch of experience with this whilst using Vista.

I'm surprised to see it raise it's head again, but I have a feeling it still happens but hides itself from the user a bit more. Last time I saw this was playing Witcher 2 and Crysis 2 on a pc sporting a b1tchingly oc'd GTX480.

Thing here is the ingaming I'd notice the cpu went to 100% briefly (I can see cpu use whilst ingame), the game paused, then a very high percentage of the time it let you back to the game as if nothing happened. (this is where I *think* on Vista it would have popped up with the notification bubble we all hate.

3 things to note. The overclock. The game and it's patching. And the drivers.

Crysis 2 seemed to behave itself after a patch came out. (red herring maybe)

Toned down the oc, and Witcher 2 presented no further issues. Infact allowed more settings to be upped without complaining.

Drivers I think are still stuck on 26x.xx, but being as the 2 above succeded, I saw no sense in changing them.

However, I would say this much about drivers. 26x.xx doesn't really have any business being installed on a pc with a 480. Only thing that it would benefit from is if those crazy nVidia people had done some optimizing or bug squishing for a specific game the user is playing.

Any driver above 26x.xx I'd seriously consider as having an emphasis on GTX5xx cards. The rest will be *compatible* (what a lovely word).

Rule of thumb for me is to take the version of the driver that comes with the gfxcard. For example 218.xx on the CD, anything above 225.xx will be beta'ing for the next generation, with little care taken other than compatibily for this card. So the very bestest driver for this example card would be the highest available under 225.00. 215.xx -> 219.99 beta'ing, 220.00 -> 224.99 for the bettering.

Seeing as this is an old complaint, I'd take a look at your nVidia preferences, check the system info (bottom left corner) and be sure that the driver component versions contain 277550 (for the drivers you have). With the newer nVidia installer it should auto magically do this with the "clean install" option it has. But still. If these are correct, down you oc a bit, particularly memory. Memory oc tends to work for a while, then degrade til you can bearly oc it at all.

If the drivers are an issue, either go back a step or get the best ones for your card. (not necessarily the newest available)
 
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It is reccomended to 'clean up' between forceware updates, with driver sweeper from Guru3D. Best path to follow is: Uninstall forceware > boot to safe mode > clean out nvidia remnants with driver sweeper > reboot and install latest or latest stable forceware.

If the problem persists then you may reed to downclock your GPU or the video card memory.
 
Kind of the same problem but a little different, why would my monitor randomly act like it is reconnecting and flash a black screen then go back to normal? There are no errors in the event viewer for it.
 
My Dell 24" does this for both the mac and pc. Once or twice, then behaves itself for the duration.

Notice that the pc does it when a game has been launched, and the mac after I've used the monitor source button.

I haven't tried "monitor drivers". ?!?!?!?!
 
Mine has done when the game has been launched and when waking up from sleep. It's random though. Today it has not done it but yesterday it did it twice.
 
I've done some googling on this this afternoon, and found a whole wealth of people who experience this. Apple g4, g5, pcs, the answer they keep getting is that "the monitor/graphics are on their way out" - but I'm not convinced of this.

IMO, it's something to do with some crazy power-saving ability built into monitors. I'd almost extend that to being when the monitor experiences some sort of context switch, like all of a sudden the graphic cards for any of these machines is pushing out more of a signal or updating the display more.
 
My graphics card and monitor are both brand new so I don't think that they are on their way out.

Just got the display driver error again while playing COD4. Anybody else have any suggestions for a fix?
 
i know it sounds daft but try reinstalling windows, ive had a error in the past where something in my os (couldnt find was currupt)

try a different card first, possbly same make not type though see if that works.

if you have a sli board try it in a different slot to rule out the board (client of mine had a problem like this it was the pci slot went wierd)

what are the temps of the gpu, run haven or something max it out see if it crashes after a certain temp.

try a different monitor, like a tv see if you get the same error.
 
I had reinstalled Windows before and the problem still happened. I just switched PCI slots so lets see if this fixes the problem. The only reason I want it to not fix the problem is because I don't want to send my mobo for RMA. Then I'd be out of a comp for a bit.
 
Well it's not the PCI slot, just crashed in COD4. I guess tomorrow I'll swap my old 6600gt in and see if that's the problem. How would I be able to tell if the PSU is the problem without trying a different one? My 6600gt doesn't need any power from the PSU so I may not be able to tell which is causing the issues.
 
Well it's not the PCI slot, just crashed in COD4. I guess tomorrow I'll swap my old 6600gt in and see if that's the problem. How would I be able to tell if the PSU is the problem without trying a different one? My 6600gt doesn't need any power from the PSU so I may not be able to tell which is causing the issues. Also I have run many stress tests for the GPU and it never gets any errors or crashes. It is completely stock right now. Also would manually changing my ram in the BIOS to the correct timing, speed, and voltages effect anything?
 
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