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nvlddmkm error and the 4090

TheSoupladel

TheSoupladel

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Anyone else on a 4090 having occasional lock ups and black screens detailed as nvlddmkm error in the event log?

I have done what research i can on this and most articles point to it being either driver related or power related and i have taken the steps it suggested but still seems to be happening

my setup:

7950x
Crosshair X670E Hero (0705 BIOS)
32Gb 6000 Dom plat ram
Asus TUF OC 4090
Corsair HX1000 PSU

Does anyone else have any other suggestions? things i ahve tried are:

DDU wipe of drivers, clean install of 522.30 Studio drivers
switch off PCI power saving in Advanced plan settings
Updated BIOS with a Clear CMOS after for good measure
 
I've been encountering this since I got my 4090 and new setup (similar to yours).

I've googled the hell out of it and tried everything, Event Viewer gives me the whole 'nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered' but I can't pinpoint it down to anything.

I had a lot of errors for AorusEngine.exe in Event Viewer (the Gigabyte gpu software) so I disabled the service, and tried capping my FPS to 200 but it still crashes. My next approach was going to be trying some previous drivers if I can source them.
 
Maccy said:
I've been encountering this since I got my 4090 and new setup (similar to yours).

I've googled the hell out of it and tried everything, Event Viewer gives me the whole 'nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered' but I can't pinpoint it down to anything.

I had a lot of errors for AorusEngine.exe in Event Viewer (the Gigabyte gpu software) so I disabled the service, and tried capping my FPS to 200 but it still crashes. My next approach was going to be trying some previous drivers if I can source them.
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the only problem with that approach is that driver 522.25 were the first driver for the 4090, thats not to say the earlier versions won't work, i am just sceptical about them helping fix the problem, although stranger things have happened, lol :-)
 
TheSoupladel said:
the only problem with that approach is that driver 522.25 were the first driver for the 4090, thats not to say the earlier versions won't work, i am just sceptical about them helping fix the problem, although stranger things have happened, lol :)
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I just tried the 517.x drivers and the installer failed due to compatibility issues, so guess we're stuck with what's out!
 
Unstable high clocked system RAM drove me up the wall with this error. RAM needs to be in correct slots - double check if you have a 2 stick set up you are using the correct slots in the MOBO manual, whilst checking they are seated solidly.

Try running RAM at stock (Native) and see if error disappears, then try manually entering all timings and not use XMP to get the RAM to 6000Mhz. Even after that I still had to swap my RAM out - some high mhz RAM may have been binned incorrectly and will never be stable.

Same error did my head in for weeks - so annoying when you play online shooters. Good luck.
 
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Woodsta888 said:
Unstable high clocked system RAM drove me up the wall with this error. RAM needs to be in correct slots - double check if you have a 2 stick set up you are using the correct slots in the MOBO manual, whilst checking they are seated solidly.

Try running RAM at stock (Native) and see if error disappears, then try manually entering all timings and not use XMP to get the RAM to 6000Mhz. Even after that I still had to swap my RAM out - some high mhz RAM may have been binned incorrectly and will never be stable.

Same error did my head in for weeks - so annoying when you play online shooters. Good luck.
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I am reasonably certain this isn't cause by RAM instability because i would expect the system to actually crash or BSOD if that was the case. My symptoms are similar to the events that occur when you are install the GPU drivers, particularly if you opt to do a clean install so it removes the old ones first.

I actually initially had RAM issues to start with but that was resolved on the later versions of the BIOS for my board and confirmed with a good long run of Memtest86.
 
I may have fixed it, thanks to the suggestions by @Woodsta888 - I've reseated the RAM, reduced the clock speed down to 5800Mhz and set the RAM profiler to XMP2. Been playing for about 1 hour with no crashes.
 
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Funny, I had the same twice today. Not gaming but using Citrix workspace. I suspect it’s a driver bug as we are all getting it. Has worked flawlessly since I installed it a week ago Saturday. I was on BF2042 for about 8 hours this weekend and no issues. Has a windows update come out maybe?

BTW on an FE
 
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CapitalOne said:
Funny, I had the same twice today. Not gaming but using Citrix workspace. I suspect it’s a driver bug as we are all getting it. Has worked flawlessly since I installed it a week ago Saturday. I was on BF2042 for about 8 hours this weekend and no issues. Has a windows update come out maybe?

BTW on an FE
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I have it a couple times during gaming, a couple times during youtube videos and as i work from home permenantly, i was also watching the exapnse on prime video the other day and it happened then, i think it even happened once when i was browsing the web, lol.
 
TheSoupladel said:
I am reasonably certain this isn't cause by RAM instability because i would expect the system to actually crash or BSOD if that was the case. My symptoms are similar to the events that occur when you are install the GPU drivers, particularly if you opt to do a clean install so it removes the old ones first.

I actually initially had RAM issues to start with but that was resolved on the later versions of the BIOS for my board and confirmed with a good long run of Memtest86.
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Maybe mate, I just had weeks of that exact same error and it was another forum member who pointed me to the RAM. I was chasing everything GPU wise including driver stuff myself.

I even swapped out the MOBO as I had low timed 3600Mhz RAM which was the good stuff at the time. Only when I swapped out the RAM has it never returned. Drove me up the bloomin' wall I can tell you.

I tested the memory and it passed hence why I swapped out MOBO as RAM checked out fine.

Easy and free to try just to see. I think some high end memory gets binned too close to the limit and these wobbly sets are closer to the bottom of the bin than they should be.

Hope you figure it out soon.
 
All, I’ll be trying this….

www.overclock.net

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I have the suprim x 4090 with a delta 1300W PSU. Windows 11 22H1 update I have issues with installing nvidia drivers. at first it installed well. but my system was rather unstable so I decided to do DDU and do it proper. The issues ranged from it giving an error about how the driver is not...
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CapitalOne said:
All, I’ll be trying this….

www.overclock.net

MASSIVE RTX 4090 Problems. driver or hardware?

I have the suprim x 4090 with a delta 1300W PSU. Windows 11 22H1 update I have issues with installing nvidia drivers. at first it installed well. but my system was rather unstable so I decided to do DDU and do it proper. The issues ranged from it giving an error about how the driver is not...
www.overclock.net www.overclock.net
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Tried all of those and it didn't help me!
 
Ok so just set my Link State Management to "OFF" and all good so far today...fingers crossed.

It is amazing that running the setup in signature all day for work it's pulling 95-105W at the wall!
 
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I believe it's driver related and personally i have experienced it a few times, even after a fresh driver install. Only happens when browsing (i use firefox) and at most seems to only happen once or twice per day (my PC has been on so far for 10 hours today for work which is just web based and teams etc and haven't had it crash yet)
 
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yeah the browser one feels like a driver issue, the chrome flag fix has been stable with zero crashes since last Friday, but some websites show some display issues with them on
 
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