nVidia GeForce 352.86 WHQL driver

After looking twice I have found different event viewer entries

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- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="nvlddmkm" /> 
  <EventID Qualifiers="49322">13</EventID> 
  <Level>2</Level> 
  <Task>0</Task> 
  <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> 
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-05-19T17:56:22.305158900Z" /> 
  <EventRecordID>16192</EventRecordID> 
  <Channel>System</Channel> 
  <Computer>WIN81NONO</Computer> 
  <Security /> 
  </System>
- <EventData>
  <Data>\Device\Video12</Data> 
  <Data>NVRM: Graphics TEX Exception on (GPC 0, TPC 0): TEX NACK / Page Fault</Data> 
  <Binary>0000000002003000000000000D00AAC0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary> 
  </EventData>
  </Event>

Code:

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="nvlddmkm" /> 
  <EventID Qualifiers="49322">13</EventID> 
  <Level>2</Level> 
  <Task>0</Task> 
  <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> 
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-05-19T17:56:22.305158900Z" /> 
  <EventRecordID>16193</EventRecordID> 
  <Channel>System</Channel> 
  <Computer>WIN81NONO</Computer> 
  <Security /> 
  </System>
- <EventData>
  <Data>\Device\Video12</Data> 
  <Data>Variable String to Large</Data> 
  <Binary>0000000002003000000000000D00AAC0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary> 
  </EventData>
  </Event>

Code:

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="nvlddmkm" /> 
  <EventID Qualifiers="49322">13</EventID> 
  <Level>2</Level> 
  <Task>0</Task> 
  <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> 
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-05-19T17:56:22.306161900Z" /> 
  <EventRecordID>16204</EventRecordID> 
  <Channel>System</Channel> 
  <Computer>WIN81NONO</Computer> 
  <Security /> 
  </System>
- <EventData>
  <Data>\Device\Video12</Data> 
  <Data>Graphics Exception: ESR 0x505a24=0x80000000 0x505a28=0x0 0x505a2c=0x0 0x505a34=0x0</Data> 
  <Binary>0000000002003000000000000D00AAC0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary> 
  </EventData>
  </Event>

 

I had to underclock to keep Far Cry 4 from crashing with v350.05. Temps never hit 70c. Then the GTA5 driver ran like absolute trash. What is Nvidia doing? Gpu drivers scare me.

Could removing a ton of older game profiles help in any way?

 

I haven't had any crashes with Chrome but TW3 has froze a few times, it only seems to happen with Afterburner running, it could be a coincidence though.

 

I downloaded the notebook x64 version of 352.84 but unfortunately the hardware ID for my GPU doesn't exist in any of the ini files but it does appear in the ListDevices.txt file.

DEV_1212&SUBSYS_10CB1462 "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M"

 

I guess these drivers broke my gtx 970? Installed these yesterday, have had nothing but driver crashes and gray screens since. I rolled back as far as 347.88 and i'm now still having this issue, which I never had until i installed these drivers. What the **** am I supposed to do now nvidia?

 

What a crap driver, glad I do not play the witcher 3. Crashes all over the desktop and playing vids. online vids were choppy as hell.

 

I didn't have any issues with random crashes like with the 350.12 drivers, but there seems to be some occasional small stutter in Watch Dogs that doesn't happen with the 350.05, 347.52, and other sets.

I'll probably try the older drivers with the newer PhysX and the 352.86 with older PhysX and see what happens.

edit: Well, now they're all stuttering like that or I simply didn't notice it before, so there's probably not much difference between these and the older drivers. I might try using DDU and doing a completely clean install, but I doubt that'll make much difference. It's probably just Watch Dogs and its crappy optimization.

 

Just played 4 hours Witcher 3 straight. No problems at all.

2x970 @ 3413x1920DSR @ highest settings @ 30fps locked with Afterburner + SweetFX.

Drivers were installed over existing 350.12.

 

Here is what BlueScreenView reads from the minidump about the 3 drivers in stack while the GPU black screens under load with BSOD (total system shutdown needed after this).

Code:

==================================================
Dump File         : 052015-53211-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 20/5/2015 1:57:51 AM
Bug Check String  : 
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000116
Parameter 1       : fffffa80`106834e0
Parameter 2       : fffff880`04e3e81c
Parameter 3       : ffffffff`c000009a
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000004
[B][COLOR="Red"]Caused By Driver  : dxgkrnl.sys[/COLOR][/B]
Caused By Address : dxgkrnl.sys+5d144
File Description  : DirectX Graphics Kernel
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.1.7601.22720 (win7sp1_ldr.140611-2048)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+748c0
Stack Address 1   : 
Stack Address 2   : 
Stack Address 3   : 
Computer Name     : 
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\052015-53211-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 7601
Dump File Size    : 891,072
Dump File Time    : 20/5/2015 2:00:08 AM
==================================================

Code:

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Filename          : dxgmms1.sys
Address In Stack  : dxgmms1.sys+37f54
From Address      : fffff880`03800000
To Address        : fffff880`03846000
Size              : 0x00046000
Time Stamp        : 0x51fa16de
Time String       : 1/8/2013 11:05:50 AM
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
File Description  : DirectX Graphics MMS
File Version      : 6.1.7601.22410 (win7sp1_ldr.130731-2222)
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
Full Path         : C:\Windows\system32\drivers\dxgmms1.sys
==================================================

Code:

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Filename          : nvlddmkm.sys
Address In Stack  : nvlddmkm.sys+82981c
From Address      : fffff880`04615000
To Address        : fffff880`050d0000
Size              : 0x00abb000
Time Stamp        : 0x55515e64
Time String       : 12/5/2015 4:59:00 AM
Product Name      : NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 352.86
File Description  : NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 352.86
File Version      : 9.18.13.5286
Company           : NVIDIA Corporation
Full Path         : C:\Windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys
==================================================

nvidia driver not playing nice with DirectX?

 

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Looks more like user error BSOD, double check your system OC & voltage.. Yes some drivers may need that I've seen it few times now and in past e.g. my old X48 system.


0x116 = Low IOH (NB) voltage, GPU issue (most common when running multi-GPU/overclocking GPU)

 

What about my situation? My monitor just goes to a gray screen. I can hear the game still going on in the background and my pc doesn't crash. But i'm forced to restart anyway.

 

This is the worst driver I have ever used from nvidia, I could not even test games benches etc when I was crashing on the desktop every few minutes.

 

No problems yet, installed over old driver using geforce experience. Only game played so far is W:TOB

 

The more likely scenario is when your PC crashed , something got corrupted. Buggy drivers do not cause physical damage graphics hardware because they don't have control over the basic functionality of the chip. Those core functions are governed by the card's BIOS, so unless you've been flashing your card with sketchy firmware... your issue is pretty much guaranteed to be software/driver related.

Also, if the driver truly did "break" your card, then please explain why so many other people are having no issues with it? I haven't had a single issue with it with my card.

I would recommend first going to "devices and printers", right click on your computer and select "device installation settings" then pick the choice to completely turn off driver update via Windows Update.
Try completely uninstalling your graphics drivers and any other nVidia software through control panel, then reboot. Once back at your desktop run DDU (display driver uninstaller) to seek out all the old nVidia drivers that seem to never get deleted via their uninstaller. Afterward, reboot again. Then manually go through c:\program Files (x86) , c:\program files , and c:\programdata directories and delete any nVidia folder. Then in each of those directories look for additional nVidia files in the "Common Files" folder, and delete those too. Reboot again. Lastly, run Ccleaner and run both the regular cleaner followed by the registry cleaner. reboot again. Lastly just to make sure your motherboard drivers weren't screwed up, reinstall/repair those drivers and reboot before installing brand new freshly downloaded nVidia drivers. And don't forget the -overall command on the motherboard drivers.

9 times out of 10, doing a full and complete removal and reinstallation of the essential drivers will fix problems like this. The only time i've seen a graphics card damaged it was due to overclocking it well beyond the norm and other irresponsible behavior which either overheats the card's memory or voltage regulators, causing a voltage spike which can damage a card. This would usually occur during a driver update while overclocked or if it's on the edge of stability.

 

You guys sure all chipset drivers, bios files and os updates are up to date? I'm not experiencing any issues at all.

I'm using Win 7 x64, FireFox, YouTube vids, MHO bench, FFXIV HS bench, Valley, GTA V, Far Cry 3, Castlevania LOS all run normal.

 

Reverting back to an older driver fixes the issue 100%. 320.12.

 

Does Win 8.1 use aero? Maybe that's screwing with the dynamic clocks?

 

I do not think it uses aero at all I`m on 7.

 

Then I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's Gpu boost function.Disabling it entirely fixed all of my black screen problems with newer drivers.I would not be surprised if it's causing issues with 2nd gen Kepler and Maxwell cards too.

 

I don`t have any black screen issues, just crashing on the desktop, choppy video playback, and crashes to firefox repeatedly, thats just on 352.86. My gpu clocks were at 324mhz. I wonder how many people with the problems are using firefox?