Nvlddmkm stopped responding error and now freezing and pixelation

[libraryrose4]

I know a little about computers and can troubleshoot a decent amount of problems but I'm at a loss on this. Also on a limited budget, so hoping to try a few things before I have to break down and buy a new graphics card. I'm really hoping someone here can help.

For about 2 years, I never had a problem playing most games on my computer. Fallout 3, Borderlands, Star Trek Online, WoW, and Sims 2, Sims 3 all ran just fine. But about a month ago, when I downloaded Fallout 3 expansions broken steel/point lookout, I decided I needed to upgrade my drivers because the game kept freezing up.

After I downloaded new drivers Fallout 3 kept crashing and was now giving me the error code "nvlddmkm has stopped responding and has successfully recovered". I couldn't manage to fix it, so I gave up trying and just went back to playing the Sims 3 instead.

Sims 3 kept working fine for about a month but now it is freezing once the game runs for about 15 minutes, and the whole screen becomes pixelated in rainbow colors and completely locks up the computer. The only way to get out is a hard reboot. When I try to run Star Trek Online, it does the same thing but in about 5 minutes after the game starts.

I can play youtube videos and do all the basic computer/internet things just fine, the picture is completely normal.

So far I've tried new graphic card drivers, using "Driver Cleaner" repeatedly to make sure the old ones were cleaned out first, new motherboard drivers, cleaned the outside of computer tower, opened it up and blew out all the dust with canned air (it wasn't too bad). I've downloaded HW monitor to check temperatures.
I don't know how much info to post from the HW monitor but the graphics card seems to be running around 80 degrees C when not gaming and in the lower 90 C range when trying to game.

I haven't changed anything on my computer hardware since I took it out of the box, and here is the computer info...
My computer is a Gateway Model FX4710-UB003A

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz 2.50 GHz

Memory (RAM): 6.00 GB

Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Operating System

Graphics Card is a NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Clocks: Core 650 MHz, Shaders 1620 MHz, Memory 950 MHz
Memory: Size 512 MBytes, Type GDDR3, Bus Width 256 bits

(I don't think it's overclocked unless it came with the computer that way, I don't really understand what overclocking is, to be honest)

I don't know if you'd need any other info to help, but I will happy to find it if I can and it would help!

Thanks!

 

[grayhound_60]

I have a similar problem but for me when ever i open any program its pix elates and freezes, i used it for a cool day. After a couple hours of playing WoW ts did it and was not sure what caused it. i tried restoring it but it would do it while im doing the restore...It a Dell Demension 3000 running on Win. Xp havent changed anything. Can anybody play help http://pici.se/pictures/krOAVhePm.jpg it looks something like this

 

[deadhaven]

thats exactly what mine looks like grayhound 🙁

I never crash on Linux, only vista.


I did the deadlock detection thing, and now I dont get the pixelation error. The game stays open but it jets gets reaaaaally slow.

 

[kivex]

sam, thanks so much, you fixed my problem mate. the .sys one really works =D wiiii

If i were an Admin i would recognize this fix =D. thx again

 

[dokk2]

For what ever it's worth, if it works try the following,,go to,,,mycomputer/control panel/system/advanced/go to startup and recovery, and turn on,,, send administrative alert,,, [and always have it on],, the actual error message may only be the symptom of something else,,,maybe,[ after all it is windoze],, good luck..

 

[HelpMyPc333]

I had the same problem. I have a very powerful PC. I start Dead Island Riptide, play it for 5 minutes and then a pixelated rainbow colored screen appears. Then i have to Hard Reset the PC. I use a 1gb Nvidia Card...
But!!!!! Today i found a way to get past the problem, for at least until i get a new graphics card... You right click on your desktop screen and go to Settings and click Advanced. Then go to Troubleshot and move the Hardware Acceleration back 2 times. Then most games that dont need full 100% 3d acceleration can run. Please reply if it worked for you other guys

 

[lleonidas004]

I had the same problem. I have a very powerful PC. I start Dead Island Riptide, play it for 5 minutes and then a pixelated rainbow colored screen appears. Then i have to Hard Reset the PC. I use a 1gb Nvidia Card...
But!!!!! Today i found a way to get past the problem, for at least until i get a new graphics card... You right click on your desktop screen and go to Settings and click Advanced. Then go to Troubleshot and move the Hardware Acceleration back 2 times. Then most games that dont need full 100% 3d acceleration can run. Please reply if it worked for you other guys

there a many theories that try to explain why the nvlddmkm error event 14 is kicking as well as the nvlddmkm has stopped and recovered.

So I would like to give mine, I hope somebody can verify it for me.

I think in my case the event id 14 nvlddmkm is not found (something like that) has nothing to do with the driver or anything program related. The card is cooked, maybe. But in my case i think my wall power cannot give enough power to my system.

You see, my computer share same circuit as my kettle in the kitchen. Meaning my room power socket and the kitchen power socket is sharing the same circuit.

Please, could someone verify it for me?

Whenever I use my kettle in the kitchen and went back to use my computer, there will be this error poping out.

 

[Zaibi Khan]

remove temp files
disbale background services
verify integrity of game cache
change game options

taken from

http://www.pcfresher.com/how-to-fix-star-trek-crashes-and-freezes.html

 

[Zaibi Khan]

remove temp files
disbale background services
verify integrity of game cache
change game options

taken from

http://www.pcfresher.com/how-to-fix-star-trek-crashes-and-freezes.html

 

[zorang]

I have suspected that issue was with PSU. I have GTX660. My old PSU had 550w and was 7 years old. Problem was in amperage on 12V rail. It had only 24amps. After buying new PSU, 650W 50amps on 12V rail, all my problems regarding "game crashing-display driver stopped responding" where gone.

 

[lleonidas004]

I know this is very old post...but seems that everybody has gone quiet regarding this problem....my issue with this also gone....I think the problem is the nvidia driver...after frequent updating nvidia seems to have solved the problem...

And if anybody use virtumvp...you need to uninstall virtumvp first before updating the nvidia driver. I don't know if this matter but I just want to mention it.