NVIDIA drivers cause GPU crash, still works with basic microsoft driver

[mrtage100]

Hi, my GPU has been having trouble for a couple of weeks now. One day I turned on the PC and it would simply crash and reboot, then enter into recovery options. Finally I determined it was the GPU causing the issue, and I since tried many different solutions. I was still able to get a picture from the GPU to the monitor when only the basic Microsoft driver was installed, without any artifacts, although in a very low resolution. Whenever I installed a driver, whether it be via Geforce or manually, it would always crash while installing, and be removed by the system. What I am wondering now is whether the GPU itself is toast or if my troubles lie elsewhere.

Some of the things I've tried:
- Reinstalling Windows 10. Installing Windows 7
- Using DDU to uninstall the GPU driver and reinstall several new ones. Disabling automatic driver updates from Windows while doing this.
- Taking out the GPU, blowing it with air and reinserting it
- Using a different PCI-E slot
- Virus scans
- Resetting the BIOS
- Removing unnecessary RAM and HDDs
- Running chkdsk and /sfc scannow via CMD with admin rights

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[Lutfij]

1| Have you made sure your BIOS is up to date?
2| Have you reverted to the last stable drivers from Nvidia?
3| This is a thread of troubleshooting nature, it's customary to include your full system's specs. List them like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:

4| As a precautionary measure to rule out a corrupt installer, run a repair install and see if that changes anything.

 

[mrtage100]

1| Have you made sure your BIOS is up to date?
2| Have you reverted to the last stable drivers from Nvidia?
3| This is a thread of troubleshooting nature, it's customary to include your full system's specs. List them like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:

4| As a precautionary measure to rule out a corrupt installer, run a repair install and see if that changes anything.

Sorry, my specs are:
CPU: Intel i7 4770k
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 4 x 4GB DDR3 1600MHz
SSD/HDD: Samsung Evo 840 250gb, Seagate Barracuda 2tb HDD 7200rpm, WD Blue 1tb HDD 7200rpm
GPU: Nvidia GTX 780
PSU: Corsair RM650
Chassis: Fractal Define R4

I have reverted to several stable drivers from Nvidia, they all cause the same crash. Would a repair install do anything that a reinstall of windows 10 does not? I will attempt to update the BIOS and come back with results.

 

[mrtage100]

So I tried updating the BIOS but it simply froze when I flashed the USB stick. I'm not sure how to proceed with this as I can't find a download for Live Update any longer.

 

[johnbl]

make sure you update the motherboard sound drivers from your motherboard vendors website.
there was a bug that would crash the NVidia sound support for the Nvidia GPU.

you should also make sure you have updated the motherboard LAN driver because of another bug that causes the GPU driver to lockup if you have NVidia shadowplay running.

you should look to see if you have any memory dumps in c:\windows\minidump directory
they can be useful if looked at with a windows debugger

 

[mrtage100]

make sure you update the motherboard sound drivers from your motherboard vendors website.
there was a bug that would crash the NVidia sound support for the Nvidia GPU.

you should also make sure you have updated the motherboard LAN driver because of another bug that causes the GPU driver to lockup if you have NVidia shadowplay running.

you should look to see if you have any memory dumps in c:\windows\minidump directory
they can be useful if looked at with a windows debugger

Ok so I managed to update my drivers via Live Update after all, and now the graphics driver managed to install without crashing. Before it would crash 1/3rd into the installation, but now it finished. However, I am not getting any output to my monitor via the graphics card, this might be because I set the standard to integrated graphics in the BIOS. Yet, in Device Manager under display adapters it now says "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)" under NVIDIA GTX 780.

 

[johnbl]

you might power down your system, move the graphics card to a different slot (the graphics slot closest to the cpu)
check to make sure the two supplemental power connectors from the PSU to the GPU are connected 6pin and 8pin
from different connections from the power supply. power up go into bios, make any change and change it back to force the bios to rescan your hardware and rebuild the database of hardware settings it will send to windows.
(make sure your GPU fans are not clogged with dust and are still spinning)

see if you have any windows diagnostic dump files in c:\windows\minidump directory
as they can help identify driver problems.

make sure you update the motherboard sound drivers from your motherboard vendors website.
there was a bug that would crash the NVidia sound support for the Nvidia GPU.

you should also make sure you have updated the motherboard LAN driver because of another bug that causes the GPU driver to lockup if you have NVidia shadowplay running.

you should look to see if you have any memory dumps in c:\windows\minidump directory
they can be useful if looked at with a windows debugger

Ok so I managed to update my drivers via Live Update after all, and now the graphics driver managed to install without crashing. Before it would crash 1/3rd into the installation, but now it finished. However, I am not getting any output to my monitor via the graphics card, this might be because I set the standard to integrated graphics in the BIOS. Yet, in Device Manager under display adapters it now says "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)" under NVIDIA GTX 780.

 

[mrtage100]

After changing to PEG in the BIOS, the system BSODed again. I was given the error code "Video_Scheduler_Internal_Error" and had to change it back to integrated graphics. As of right now the graphics card still has the newest driver from March 27th, but it crashes when changing to PEG in the BIOS. The error code in device manager is still Code 43.
I have a minidump file now, should I upload it somewhere?

 

[johnbl]

put it on a cloud server like Microsoft one drive, google docs or media fire. share the file for public access and post a link

After changing to PEG in the BIOS, the system BSODed again. I was given the error code "Video_Scheduler_Internal_Error" and had to change it back to integrated graphics. As of right now the graphics card still has the newest driver from March 27th, but it crashes when changing to PEG in the BIOS. The error code in device manager is still Code 43.
I have a minidump file now, should I upload it somewhere?

 

[mrtage100]

put it on a cloud server like Microsoft one drive, google docs or media fire. share the file for public access and post a link

After changing to PEG in the BIOS, the system BSODed again. I was given the error code "Video_Scheduler_Internal_Error" and had to change it back to integrated graphics. As of right now the graphics card still has the newest driver from March 27th, but it crashes when changing to PEG in the BIOS. The error code in device manager is still Code 43.
I have a minidump file now, should I upload it somewhere?

Here is the minidump file I got https://1drv.ms/u/s!AioUBK5hJnLlmhYXbOPv-Kl-rJHd

 

[johnbl]

I would remove this driver:\SystemRoot\system32\drivers\MBfilt64.sys Thu Jul 30 20:40:32 2009
it is listed as a realtek audio driver but you already have one installed. this one is suspect.
http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=MBfilt64.sys
you might download and run autoruns.exe select the drivers tab, find the driver and uncheck it so it does not load. then reboot.https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns


I would remove the card, boot with the cpu graphics. then remove the NVidia GPU and gpu audio drivers from the windows driverstore on the local machine.
use this method to remove the driver (google how to remove a driver package from the diver store)

now while booted on the CPU graphics go to the NVidia website and download the driver package for your NVidia card and run it while the card is not installed.

then shutdown and unplug your network connection or turn off your router.
with the PC powered off, put the GPU card in the machine, connect the two power leads then power on the system and boot into bios. toggle any bios setting to force the bios to scan for hardware changes. Save the bios setting and reboot.
if your system boots, see if you can run the gpu setup program you downloaded and attempt to install the full driver package if it is not detected by windows plug and play.

 

[mrtage100]

I would remove the card, boot with the cpu graphics. then remove the NVidia GPU and gpu audio drivers from the windows driverstore on the local machine.
use this method to remove the driver (google how to remove a driver package from the diver store)

Okay so I removed the realtek audio driver and began to delete the old driver packages after removing the card from the PC. I found two sets of NVIDIA audio and display drivers. I was able to delete both audio drivers but only one of the display drivers. Here is the error message: https://i.imgur.com/GSqyp07.png.