Vista Update Nvidia Driver nvlddmkm.sys BSOD

External Since: May 10, 2009 Posts: 38

Nvidia is not responsible. If anybody is it is the manufacturer of the card
containing the Nvidia chip.
The card vendors almost never release a driver update to replace the one
that they shipped with the card to MS and MS Winupdate therefore does not
provide correct updates.
I have seen a long post from an ex MS employee explaining this problem. The
bottom line of his post was "never install a graphic card driver using
WinUpdate" he stated that the same rule is also a good one for tuner card
drivers.
I do not automatically updates but always look at the different updates that
were downloaded and driver updates are always listed as optional.

"m0nk3y_sp8nk3r" <m0nk3y_sp8nk3r RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C11A80FD-7CBB-4B7A-8870-1ED5D41BA77C@microsoft.com...
> I Would agree that it is a windows update, therefore a microsoft, problem.
> I
> bought my gateway computer in 2007 and I have had no problems until now
> 06/29/2009. The facts:
> 1. my computer ran perfect for 2 years with all of the nvidia drivers
> released.
>
> 2. I neither knew about or installed the newest nvidia driver 186. * for
> vista 32
>
> 3. My windows update is set to automatically install
>
> 4. The information seen while in the post portion of booting is not
> displaying correctly
>
> Conclusion:
> The Nvidia corporation is not to blame for the current problems. Microsoft
> is the source of the problem. Whatever hotfix was released near the end of
> june caused the issues with the nvlddmkm.sys failure.
>
> I see all of these posts with the BSOD, but no one that appears to have
> seen
> the messed up words in the basic post(bios) boot screens. The update has
> destroyed the bios in the MOBO or the EEPROM/gpu in the video card or has
> destroyed the ram chips. I can now no longer even install windows: the
> installation errs out with a memory problem and freezes. Watch your
> computer
> when it boots, and see if the information normally displayed during post
> is
> unreadable like it is on my computer. My observations lead my to conclude
> that microsoft has sent a virus and knows that if this is discovered it
> will
> cost them billions. My computer is completely dead at this point. I will
> most
> likely have to replace MOBO, CPU, and/or RAM becuase of microsofts
> negligence. Furthermore they likely know the fix. They have internal KB
> documents that their employees have to sign non-disclosure agreements not
> to
> reveal.They are not even allowed to tell you how to fix your problem (when
> they are looking at the step by step fix) because then microsoft would be
> liable for the damage they knowingly caused. The point is microsoft more
> than
> likely knows the fix but would lose billions in law suits if they told you
> the answer (thereby admitting there fault).
>
> "Smilerfive" wrote:
>
>> I can confirm this is not a specific problem with Nvidia cards. I went
>> out
>> and bought a new ATI graphics card because I could not afford to wait any
>> longer.
>>
>> I immediately installed this card and my system immediately sprang into
>> life. And in the two hours it was working I managed to backup or
>> otherwise
>> retrieve all my data.
>>
>> The next I saw was a 'display driver stopped working' error in Vista,
>> also
>> know as a TDR error, where timing between Vista and graphics card is lost
>> somehow. Basically this error appeared maybe 4 times then my system
>> crashed
>> again with the same error BSOD 116 but with the ATI driver file instaed
>> of
>> the nvidia driver.
>>
>> THIS IS A VISTA UPDATE problem where my system has been corrupted by a
>> wayward Vista Update. SOmehow this is killing graphics systems...
>>
>> I hope they fix it soon.... Vista is becoming unusable
>>
>>
>>
>> "JW" wrote:
>>
>> > It is a system file so be sure you have Show system files enabled.
>> > Mine is in C:\Users\JW {591eae36-caf9-4999-be96-827b1bc00499}
>> > and I found it using Windows Explorer Search
>> > It was created on 5/10/2007 and modified on 4/272007 so it was not part
>> > of
>> > my original install
>> >
>> >
>> > "Smilerfive" <Smilerfive RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:B1D54E64-C5C2-4ACE-B4DD-7DEF2DE79868@microsoft.com...
>> > > Which program file are you referring to? Can you be specific?
>> > >
>> > > I tried a few more things:
>> > >
>> > > Disabled UAC to see if driver was having problems with rights - no
>> > > success,
>> > > same BSOD on boot
>> > >
>> > > Downloaded and ran 'Driver Cleaner' from Guru3d which appeared to
>> > > clean up
>> > > a
>> > > few stray Nvidia registry entries (I REALLY thought that was it
>> > > fixed)
>> > > however, upon reinstalling Nvidia driver it crashed again on boot
>> > > with
>> > > same
>> > > error.
>> > >
>> > > Downloaded and ran 'Nvidia - nasty file remover' again removed some
>> > > known
>> > > nvidia files but again no success.
>> > >
>> > > Each time I am booting into safe mode, uninstalling nvidia driver
>> > > (deleting
>> > > files), rebooting to safe mode, scrubbing driver files and registry
>> > > entries,
>> > > rebooting to Vista normal and cancelling auto attempt to install
>> > > driver
>> > > for
>> > > 7600GT (never install driver for this device). Then rebooting again
>> > > to
>> > > windows normal and attempting to install latest official Nvidia
>> > > drivers.
>> > > Same
>> > > BSOD nvlddmkm.sys at boot...
>> > >
>> > > I must have tried almost every driver/fault finding/troubleshooting
>> > > combination...
>> > >
>> > > This is driving (ha) me nuts!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "JW" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> I have one copy of the problem file in one of my system folders and
>> > >> it
>> > >> appears that it came with the original install of Vista. Have you
>> > >> tried
>> > >> renaming or deleting any copies of it on your system?
>> > >> Have you run check disk?
>> > >>
>> > >> "Smilerfive" <Smilerfive RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> news:0718F7F5-9DA3-40CB-B1F7-F4A5A79C8F8A@microsoft.com...
>> > >> > Hi. THanks for your input. I have tried these various ideas for
>> > >> > resolving
>> > >> > this issue but I am still int he same situation.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Right now I have my machine running but it is without ANY
>> > >> > installed
>> > >> > driver
>> > >> > for my NVidia card. Therefore I only have very basic display
>> > >> > functionality.
>> > >> > Whih at least allows me some more tools to troubleshoot the
>> > >> > problem.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > If I try to install any driver whatsoever then I get the same
>> > >> > nvlddmkm.sys
>> > >> > error on boot. I've tried about 7 different drivers. Each time
>> > >> > same
>> > >> > thing.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > ANy more ideas people?
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> > "JW" wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> >> From safe mode can you uninstall the update using Control
>> > >> >> Panel/Program
>> > >> >> and
>> > >> >> features/show all updates?
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> "Smilerfive" <Smilerfive RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> > >> >> message
>> > >> >> news:D1C84BB5-170B-42B6-B774-46F89C20AEB6@microsoft.com...
>> > >> >> > August 27th, Vista Ultimate 32bit, Nvidia 7600GT, 4Gb Ram
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > My Vista Ultimate system has an XFX NVidia 7600GT card in it.
>> > >> >> > It has
>> > >> >> > been
>> > >> >> > working fine since the day I put it in. My system is always on
>> > >> >> > and I
>> > >> >> > usually
>> > >> >> > let it update automatically via Windows Update as required.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > The other day I came home from work and began to notice a
>> > >> >> > degradation
>> > >> >> > in
>> > >> >> > graphics quality. There were artefacts on the desktop and
>> > >> >> > things
>> > >> >> > were,
>> > >> >> > well,
>> > >> >> > twitching… I became concerned and then I noticed that Vista was
>> > >> >> > recovering
>> > >> >> > a
>> > >> >> > crashed Display Driver repeatedly (first I had ever seen that)
>> > >> >> > and
>> > >> >> > then
>> > >> >> > I
>> > >> >> > was
>> > >> >> > really concerned. I had not updated or changed anything myself
>> > >> >> > so I
>> > >> >> > started
>> > >> >> > to check Windows Vista Update to see what it had updated in my
>> > >> >> > absence.
>> > >> >> > I
>> > >> >> > only managed to begin to see that Update had downloaded or
>> > >> >> > started
>> > >> >> > to
>> > >> >> > download, among other things, an updated NVidia driver..
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > I never got a chance to fault find any further since my system
>> > >> >> > then
>> > >> >> > became
>> > >> >> > so unstable the graphics went for a loop and I could not make
>> > >> >> > anything
>> > >> >> > out
>> > >> >> > on
>> > >> >> > screen. Next thing it somersaulted into a BSOD blaming
>> > >> >> > nvlddmkm.sys
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Now my system will not boot up and immediately crashes with a
>> > >> >> > BSOD
>> > >> >> > every
>> > >> >> > time blaming nvlddmkm.sys – an nvidia display driver. The only
>> > >> >> > way I
>> > >> >> > can
>> > >> >> > get
>> > >> >> > into my system is via safe mode and it has limited tools,
>> > >> >> > particularly,
>> > >> >> > it
>> > >> >> > does not allow access to Windows Update for me to check what
>> > >> >> > Update
>> > >> >> > did,
>> > >> >> > what
>> > >> >> > it installed etc etc
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > I don’t know the version of the driver that was working fine
>> > >> >> > previously. I
>> > >> >> > had never updated it since the card went in and it has worked
>> > >> >> > fine
>> > >> >> > ever
>> > >> >> > since, that is until this recent event. I don’t know what
>> > >> >> > version
>> > >> >> > Windows
>> > >> >> > Update tried to install because I can’t check it out.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > What I’ve tried:
>> > >> >> > Installing a variety of updated drivers from NVidia Website
>> > >> >> > including a
>> > >> >> > beta, from Safe Mode in Vista: no result, same BSOD
>> > >> >> > Rolling back driver to previous: no result, same BSOD
>> > >> >> > Using Sys Restore in Safe Mode to jump back to a previous known
>> > >> >> > good
>> > >> >> > position: no result, same BSOD
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Basically my system is trashed because Update downloaded some
>> > >> >> > monster
>> > >> >> > driver
>> > >> >> > that screwed up my system. Usually I’m pretty good
>> > >> >> > troubleshooting
>> > >> >> > and
>> > >> >> > fixing
>> > >> >> > these kinds of things, I work in IT, but this one has me
>> > >> >> > stumped. I
>> > >> >> > have
>> > >> >> > no
>> > >> >> > idea what Update did and feel I have exhausted my
>> > >> >> > troubleshooting
>> > >> >> > options.
>> > >> >> > Can anyone help me? Thanks.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >>
>> > >>
>> >

External Since: Jul 26, 2009 Posts: 1

Installing XP doesn't change anything. I can't install the 190.38
driver, because there is no driver include for my card in it. The
lastest driver I could install was the 179.48. However, the problem show
up again when i reboot (if i install in safe mode). I can't install any
linux system, there is to much artifact. Id don't know why i don't get
any artifact from safe mode or normal mode without driver... Is this a
way for microsoft and laptop constructor to make people changer their
laptop?

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