Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered.

[willy bammy]

been getting this error in event viewer lately. Randomly my screen will just go black for a second and come back, usually messing up any video currently on the screen, and this warning pops up in event viewer.
"Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered."
Any clue what this is or how to fix it?

[r.linder]

Run DDU in safe mode to wipe the driver and reinstall it. It's likely driver corruption.

[-=SOF=-WID99]

its called a TDR google tdr

"Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered."

see also

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/37768/nvidia-statement-on-tdr-errors-display-driver-nvld/

Common issues that can cause a TDR:

Incorrect memory timings or voltagesInsufficient/problematic PSUCorrupt driver installOverheatingUnstable overclocks (GPU or CPU)Incorrect MB voltages (generally NB/SB)Faulty graphics cardA badly written driver or piece of software, but this is an unlikely cause in most casesDriver conflictsAnother possibility that people tend not to like to hear, is that you are simply asking too much of your graphics card. What I mean by this, is that if you have your settings too high and the graphics card struggles and falls to very low FPS, then something graphically complex occurs, the GPU may not be able to respond and a TDR error may occurSome users have experienced TDR errors whilst browsing the web with the 280.xx, 285.xx and 290.xx drivers. Please head to this link to clarify if this is relevant to you - this is quite a specific issue which seems to predominantly affect web browsing as opposed to gaming. There are no categoric fixes but some users have found that changing the power management mode to 'Prefer Maximum Performance' has helped.

[_I_]

drivers or power supply isnt strong enough for it

if ddu and reinstall drivers does not fix, its the psu

[willy bammy]

Originally posted by _I_:

drivers or power supply isnt strong enough for it

if ddu and reinstall drivers does not fix, its the psu

if DDU doesnt work and its a psu issue, then what do I do? Just get a whole new psu?

[_I_]

yes, get a quality 600+w 80+brozne or better
seasonic, corsair, evga, bequiet

[willy bammy]

Originally posted by _I_:

yes, get a quality 600+w 80+brozne or better
seasonic, corsair, evga, bequiet

The PSU I have now is 750W 80+ gold, evga i believe, I'd be surprised if it's the issue so hopefully DDU works

[willy bammy]

reinstalled my drivers, still got the warning in event viewer, even though nothing visibly happened on my screen at all at the time

[Illusion of Progress]

This could be drivers or even the GPU, or some combination. Don't be fast to blame the PSU. I'd sooner blame the GPU or drivers, but that could be because I've been there.

During the GeForce GTX 560 era, drivers around that time were doing that too. Mine did on some driver versions (same thing, idle load at desktop while on the internet could even cause it); newer ones stopped it. Not sure if it was faulty cards the drivers were exposing (not too unlike the whole issue with the GTX 3080 or 3090 capacitors) that the new ones dialed back on something to fix, or a software issue with the driver itself and the cards were fine. FWIW, many people reported losing cards and to this day, my GTX 560 Ti is the only one I've had die on me (pretty sure VRMs burned out).

So my question would be, did you (or Windows or anything automatically) update drivers, or did the problem surface on it's own on the same driver version? Maybe try slightly older drivers. If it persists on all drivers, maybe try undervolting/clocking the card if you're comfortable (should not have to do this as it means it's near faulty or is faulty, as a card should operate free of fault at stock).

[_I_]

how old is the psu?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Win8 and 10 I've always had to up the TDR timeout stuff as these OS are set way too low by default.

Download TDR manipulator too
https://www.wagnardsoft.com/content/tdr-manipulator-v12-released

Increase the delay timers, apply and reboot.

If it keeps happening, either you have unstable driver, or gpu oc

[willy bammy]

Originally posted by _I_:

how old is the psu?

Only like 4 months old, I just recently built this computer

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Win8 and 10 I've always had to up the TDR timeout stuff as these OS are set way too low by default.

Download TDR manipulator too
https://www.wagnardsoft.com/content/tdr-manipulator-v12-released

Increase the delay timers, apply and reboot.

If it keeps happening, either you have unstable driver, or gpu oc

I've done something with the TdrDelay in my settings, gonna see if that changes anything

[willy bammy]

Originally posted by Illusion of Progress:

This could be drivers or even the GPU, or some combination. Don't be fast to blame the PSU. I'd sooner blame the GPU or drivers, but that could be because I've been there.

During the GeForce GTX 560 era, drivers around that time were doing that too. Mine did on some driver versions (same thing, idle load at desktop while on the internet could even cause it); newer ones stopped it. Not sure if it was faulty cards the drivers were exposing (not too unlike the whole issue with the GTX 3080 or 3090 capacitors) that the new ones dialed back on something to fix, or a software issue with the driver itself and the cards were fine. FWIW, many people reported losing cards and to this day, my GTX 560 Ti is the only one I've had die on me (pretty sure VRMs burned out).

So my question would be, did you (or Windows or anything automatically) update drivers, or did the problem surface on it's own on the same driver version? Maybe try slightly older drivers. If it persists on all drivers, maybe try undervolting/clocking the card if you're comfortable (should not have to do this as it means it's near faulty or is faulty, as a card should operate free of fault at stock).

I'm not sure, this issue has only recently become annoying but according to event viewer I've been getting this error since I made my computer.

[Azza ☠]

What are your PC specs, Graphics card and PSU (power supply unit)?

Under your Windows taskbar, search/run box, type: power

Select "Power & Sleep Settings" from the list that pops up.

Under that you will find Related Settings, select "Additional power settings".

On your Power Options, if it's not a laptop, select "High performance", then click on it's "Change plan settings".

Next under that Edit Plan Settings, click on "Change advanced power settings"

Find under that and click open the following tree:

PCI Express > Link State Power Management > Setting

Turn that setting to: Off

Click on "OK" and back out, reboot.

That will prevent power being saved/cut off on your PCI-e slots, which are also used to juice your graphics card. This would fix any issues caused by low power to the video card.

If it still occurs, then your PSU wattage and/or amps might be too low or faulty for the graphics card to fully power. If you ever get a blank monitor upon booting or random crashing during high load gaming, etc, that might be your reason.

Other reasons might be a faulty Graphics card or RAM.

[[☥] - CJ -]

An Unstable OC can also cause the driver to crash

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes if doing any OC what so ever, revert it to stock settings and then do more tests to see if issue still prsent.

Usually if it is faulty ram or psu you'd be getting random reboots or bsod, not a TDR type issue.

Disable all power saving in bios and the OS as this helps also. Plus on a gaming PC all that is best disabled anyways.