BSOD issue possibly caused by GPU?

[trawetSluaP]

Hi guys, I'm getting an intermittent BSOD that displays the following error:

"PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA (NVLDDMKM)"

I think it may possibly be relayed to the GPU but I don't have other parts I can put into my machine to rule them out.

It seems to happen at random, when I open Spotify at times, or most recently when I changed my display settings from "PC Screen Only" to Extend".

I've had a look on various places on the web and can't really come to a conclusion and any help would be very appreciated!

 

[trawetSluaP]

Hey,

Thanks for the suggestion but I've already tried that and always use DDU when installing/updating drivers.

I've also tried a clean install of Windows and am currently running Memtest too.

 

[trawetSluaP]

Id also download this.

http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed

Run it and it will display the bsod info and the stop error code, often theese can be used to help determine the cause of blue screens.

Memtest ran 2 full cycles and reported no errors, I'll run it overnight to make sure.

Here's what Whocrashed reports:

Spoiler

On Mon 18/01/2016 19:06:38 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\011816-5531-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: nvlddmkm.sys (nvlddmkm+0x6418C0)
Bugcheck code: 0x50 (0xFFFFC001DCB40FF0, 0x0, 0xFFFFF8002FE018C0, 0x0)
Error: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys
product: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 361.43
company: NVIDIA Corporation
description: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 361.43
Bug check description: This indicates that invalid system memory has been referenced.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 361.43 , NVIDIA Corporation).
Google query: NVIDIA Corporation PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA



On Mon 18/01/2016 19:06:38 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: nvlddmkm.sys (nvlddmkm+0x6418C0)
Bugcheck code: 0x50 (0xFFFFC001DCB40FF0, 0x0, 0xFFFFF8002FE018C0, 0x0)
Error: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys
product: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 361.43
company: NVIDIA Corporation
description: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 361.43
Bug check description: This indicates that invalid system memory has been referenced.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 361.43 , NVIDIA Corporation).
Google query: NVIDIA Corporation PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

 

[trawetSluaP]

0x50 can be ram related, often not enough on SA, IOA and IOD voltages on haswell.

Useful list of bsod codes for overclocking below.



What have you the voltage on theese set too? Iirc even with just 8gb of 2400mhz ram on the maximus 6 formula i needed around 1.200v on each.

My CPU isn't overclocked and I've got the ram set to XMP in the Maximus VII Formula BIOS so I think it runs at around 1.65 volts.

 

[trawetSluaP]

Yep, XMP will indeed set 1.65v automatically. But it doesnt adjust the chipset voltages above. Often with 16gb of ram theese require a bump in volts. Id suggest setting each of the above manually to 1.200v first to see if it helps.

When you say set "each" manually do you mean each stick of RAM? I'm not sure how to do them individually!

EDIT: You mean the SA/IO voltages right? Haha! Sorry I'm not very experienced with OC'ing!

EDIT 2: I have a Digital and Analog IO, so up these AND the System Agent voltage to 1.2?

 

[trawetSluaP]

In bios under the ai overclocking section, if you scroll down to the voltage setting you will see the SA, IOA and IOD voltages ive listed above. You will need to adjust theese. No need to touch the memory timings/voltages as XMP takes care of theese. Below is an old pic of mine from the 6 formula that shows theese voltages. May look slightly different on the 7 formula bios screen.

Sweet, got it! All set to 1.2v. Hope it works.

One other thing, I also have "Eventual SA, IOA and IOD Voltage". Should I leave those on auto?

Thanks for your help! Wrong section in the end though!

 

[trawetSluaP]

No probs, yep id just leave on auto. Mustve been a new feature on the Z97 formula as i cant recall seeing that option on the Z87 model.

Ok brilliant, well hopefully that'll be the end of it. Really appreciate your help.

 

[trawetSluaP]

Update: Ran Memtest overnight, 15hrs and 7 passes with no errors! Fingers crossed i was just these voltages.