BSODs caused by dxgkrnl.sys (probably display related)

[brokendeskfan]

System specs:
Motherboard: ASUS P5N-D
Memory: 8 GB DDR2 (sorry, not sure about manufacturer)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.50 GHz
GPU: EVGA Nvidia GTX 660 (2048 MB)
Hard drive: Western Digital 1TB

Logs download: https://www.mediafire.com/?qmt2qavj5z7sepa

I upgraded to Windows 10 a few days ago and (about 1-2 times a day) the display goes black, requiring a restart. Using BlueScreenView I found dumps that showed these were actually BSODs. I used Windows 7 before, and while the display driver occasionally crashed it always recovered, so I'm guessing it's related to that. Googling around, I found some tips and tried the following:

- Underclocked the GPU (using EVGA PrecisionX) by 100 MHz
- Changed nvidia's power managing mode from "Adaptive" to "Prefer maximum performance"
- Turned off Windows 10's fast boot option
- Set power settings to high performance
- Updated GPU's BIOS to latest version
- Used Display Driver Uninstaller and installed the latest nvidia drivers (382.53) with only the display and PhysX drivers checked during setup

I last dusted my computer about a week ago, and after every BSOD I run sfc /scannow to be sure that no system files are corrupted. I don't know how to read the dumps so I'm hoping there's an easy fix before I have to try something more drastic.

 

[Colif]

Surprised its only problem you have. I saw your motherboard and thought, I had a P5N32e-SLI and its about same age and just knew your newest drivers on the Asus web site would be for Win 7. I never even contemplated moving it onto win 10 as I figured it was too old to benefit from new versions of windows.

I can't read the dumps either but I expect the drivers causing errors might not have replacements.

You may have less pain just rolling back to win 7 unless you clean installed?

 

[brokendeskfan]

I was surprised too, I had a dual boot at one point and even eight months ago it was pretty bad. I remember one issue being a lack of sound and like you said, the only Realtek driver on the Asus site is for Windows 7. Sound seems to be working however and the chipset driver is the only one I need an equivalent for. I don't think it's that though, I didn't have that driver on 7 for a long time and installing it seemingly had no effect.

I downloaded WhoCrashed and analyzed the logs, seems to be a problem with a file called "nvlddmkm.sys". It's definitely the display timing out. Maybe I just need to find the right set of drivers that work.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I have Speedfan installed and the temps don't get anywhere near dangerous levels. The hottest I've ever seen it get to is 65C.

 

[Colif]

The file name is NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, it is part of the GPU drivers

The LGA 775 family isn't supported by Win 7 or Intel anymore so there are multiple reasons why it shouldn't work. I doubt you find any Nvidia drivers for it either, everything after win 7 on Asus site is just BIOS and manual. Not sure if Win 8 has drivers... no, the link speaks for itself: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_win764_15.51.html