Ladies and Gentlemen.
I will describe my struggles with nvlddmkm.sys and BSOD, because maybe it will be useful to someone, and I was looking for a loooong solution (also here on the forum)
Play wrote about similar problems with the above-mentioned driver and that they did everything and nothing helped.
They even bought new graphics cards or motherboards, and the problem persisted.
Well, quite recently, I bought a new Asus P8Z77-V LX motherboard for an older processor (socket 1155) because the previous motherboard (MSI G43 Z77) simply fell.
By the way, I bought a new power supply.
I put everything together and it started off with the proverbial kick.
Installing the system went smoothly as well, but (and that's where the circus starts) installing any Nvidia driver resulted in a BSOD stating that nvlddmkm.sys was causing the problem.
Well, I started looking for a solution on all kinds of forums and used the solutions that were presented there and ...... nothing, so nothing at all helped.
Others who had the same problem also wrote that they probably used everything that was written on this subject and ... nothing helps.
Discouraged by the constant failure, I finally installed an older graphics card (Nvidia GTX 550 Ti) and the computer booted up as if nothing had happened.
Then I thought that the previous card (GTX 570) simply fell, but it works fine without drivers, so ..... it probably works fine, especially since it worked without any problems on the previous motherboard.
Well, I installed another card, this time Nvidia GTX 1060 and ... the same, i.e. the computer does not get up.
What's up ? after all, the GTX 550 works properly on the same (latest) drivers, and newer / more powerful cards do not.
I got fooled !!!
Then I thought that maybe the power supply (the new 550w Chieftec) is somehow flawed, but ... well, on the older card, which also needs to be powered with a PCI-Express plug, everything is fine.
Is it not enough power? from a 550w power supply?
To the GTX 1060 card, which I installed for checking, an adapter cable was added (2 molex to one PCI-Express), so not believing in success, I connected these unfortunate molexes to this PCI-Express, and this in turn to the graphics card, just this GTX 1060.
I basically plugged in just to be able to tell myself that I did everything I could.
So I plugged it in and ...... THE COMPUTER WAS BACKED LIKE NEVER Nothing.
To eliminate the coincidence, I disconnected the GTX 1060 and connected the GTX 570 and ... the computer wakes up without problems
OK, to check, I reconnect the PCI-Express plugs coming directly from the power supply and ..... BSOD again, i.e. the reason is either too weak power line for PCI-Express plugs, or it is damaged, but ... in the new power supply ?
I am all the more surprised that on each of these plugs, the GTX 550 card works normally and the computer starts up normally.
I bought a new power supply (650w), connected the PCI-Express plugs to all the above-mentioned graphics cards and ..... WORKS :)
Anyway, if someone has a similar problem, first connect a more powerful power supply to the computer, or use a power adapter that takes power from MOLEXs, before installing older / newer drivers and applying a lot of more or less "wise" advice.
I will describe my struggles with nvlddmkm.sys and BSOD, because maybe it will be useful to someone, and I was looking for a loooong solution (also here on the forum)
Play wrote about similar problems with the above-mentioned driver and that they did everything and nothing helped.
They even bought new graphics cards or motherboards, and the problem persisted.
Well, quite recently, I bought a new Asus P8Z77-V LX motherboard for an older processor (socket 1155) because the previous motherboard (MSI G43 Z77) simply fell.
By the way, I bought a new power supply.
I put everything together and it started off with the proverbial kick.
Installing the system went smoothly as well, but (and that's where the circus starts) installing any Nvidia driver resulted in a BSOD stating that nvlddmkm.sys was causing the problem.
Well, I started looking for a solution on all kinds of forums and used the solutions that were presented there and ...... nothing, so nothing at all helped.
Others who had the same problem also wrote that they probably used everything that was written on this subject and ... nothing helps.
Discouraged by the constant failure, I finally installed an older graphics card (Nvidia GTX 550 Ti) and the computer booted up as if nothing had happened.
Then I thought that the previous card (GTX 570) simply fell, but it works fine without drivers, so ..... it probably works fine, especially since it worked without any problems on the previous motherboard.
Well, I installed another card, this time Nvidia GTX 1060 and ... the same, i.e. the computer does not get up.
What's up ? after all, the GTX 550 works properly on the same (latest) drivers, and newer / more powerful cards do not.
I got fooled !!!
Then I thought that maybe the power supply (the new 550w Chieftec) is somehow flawed, but ... well, on the older card, which also needs to be powered with a PCI-Express plug, everything is fine.
Is it not enough power? from a 550w power supply?
To the GTX 1060 card, which I installed for checking, an adapter cable was added (2 molex to one PCI-Express), so not believing in success, I connected these unfortunate molexes to this PCI-Express, and this in turn to the graphics card, just this GTX 1060.
I basically plugged in just to be able to tell myself that I did everything I could.
So I plugged it in and ...... THE COMPUTER WAS BACKED LIKE NEVER Nothing.
To eliminate the coincidence, I disconnected the GTX 1060 and connected the GTX 570 and ... the computer wakes up without problems
OK, to check, I reconnect the PCI-Express plugs coming directly from the power supply and ..... BSOD again, i.e. the reason is either too weak power line for PCI-Express plugs, or it is damaged, but ... in the new power supply ?
I am all the more surprised that on each of these plugs, the GTX 550 card works normally and the computer starts up normally.
I bought a new power supply (650w), connected the PCI-Express plugs to all the above-mentioned graphics cards and ..... WORKS :)
Anyway, if someone has a similar problem, first connect a more powerful power supply to the computer, or use a power adapter that takes power from MOLEXs, before installing older / newer drivers and applying a lot of more or less "wise" advice.
