Resolved W7 Bsod Crash The Restart Ok .. Nv Driver ?

i am running W 7 Ultimate SP1 with a 32bit system 4Gb ram ... installed about 4 years ago ...
have kept up to date with W updates , altho not just auto updates ,and am always very careful about which to accept ..
last done 2 months ago ..

my video card is NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

i have 2 internal drives , 1 = W7 ,1 = XP Pro ( my previous OS )
i am set to auto boot to W7 , but can manually get XP to boot via F12 key ...

during the past week ,every time i switch on and boot to W7 , when the Starting + 4 flags come up , it crashes to restart and displays the dreaded BSOD ( see message below ) ... the message times out , then the black screen / white text appears with the options about SAFE mode / Normal etc ...

i select NORMAL ,and it boots again ,this time properly into W 7 ...

i have tried the expand the file nvlddmkm.sy_ method so as to replace the driver in W\system32 etc . etc. no change.

also , i have an external HD as a backup , last backed up a month ago , and have copied the nvlxxx.sys file drive to replace that file on the internal C: drive .... no change ...

NV driver version is 9.18.13.1106

ahaa ... i said,vid card must be the culprit somehow ... but ,when i F12 boot , the XP comes up no prob ...
it is if course a different driver for the XP kernal ... is NV driver version 6.14.11.5827
so .. ? would seem to be software ???
i have a hunch this same problem has probably been seen before ... but my situation is different , where on the same PC , with the same card , it boots up to XP ok ??

i would appreciate the help of your experience on this ...

NEXT IS BSOD MESSAGE ....
A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer .
Attempt to reset the display driver and and recover from timeout has failed .
If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen , restart your computer .
If this screen appears again , follow steps :

<<< then follows a lot of blurb about check new hardware or software etc, properly installed ,etc... >>>
<<<< also waffles on about disabling some memory options in BIOS >>>>
{{ next is probably the main message }}
NOTE ... the first 2 hex addresses inside the brackets vary each startup ...
Technical information :

*** STOP : 0x00000116 ( 0x88FCA008, 0x9572A446 , 0x00000000 ,0x00000002 )

*** nvlddmkm.sys - Address 9572A446 base at 95635000, DateStamp 50f94c64

<<< then follows message about collecting data initializing disk for crash dump, and dumping to disk : 70 >>>

END OF MESSAGE ...

thanks for any help on this....

 

G'day, PeteC... tnx 4 your advice ..I have seen some posts along the way which talk about probs arising when updating NV drivers ...
? why wud my existing driver which is working ok suddenly become obsolete when the W OS and hardware is unchanged ... under those conditions what triggers the need to update ?
Thanks

 

am still wondering whether I shud update driver , wud appreciate further info about :

 

thanks PeteC ...
I too turned off the NVupdates a few years ago ,,,
understand what you say ...
my pc, mboard , pci slots , vidcard , are about 5 years old .....
in Ctr Panel --> Programs, I have 4 NV items listed :
3D vision driver 311.06 , Graphics driver 311.06 , Update 1.11.3 all installed 26/08/2013 ..
and Display Control Panel installed 26/08/2010
which of these do i uninstall , before install latest ?
do I uninstall via Ctrl Panel -->Programs ?
if I update to latest driver , can I revert back to previous driver if newest causes problems ?
'scuse me asking so many questions ...
thanks

 

thanks again , PeteC ...

ok ... updated to latest 341.95 ....
unfortunately , problem as per my original post still the same ...
anything else you would suggest I try ?
do you know much about the repair kit : ?

Code:

http://windowstechies.com/-/en/filename/?t=1&k=nvlddmkm.sys%20bsod&m=b&u=&c=55860046590&file=nvlddmkm.sys%20bsod&gclid=CJWB_P3l6MwCFYSjvQodSfkDJg

thanks ... your help is much appreciated..

 

ok ... thanks ... will do ...

agree... have never used " cleaners" ... as you say , can't be trusted...
i have a clone, about a month old , of my hdisk on an external drive ...will think about backing up some recent stuff to a usb ,and then copy clone back to hdisk .... this do after check out the Stop error links ...
will see how I go ... get back to you ...
thanks ...

 

hi PeteC ...
still brute forcing through some options ...
? can you suggest an interpretation of the following , please :
1. even with new 341.95 , original posted problem still the same ..
2. booted via F8 -->
3. then Sys Repair --> Popup Recovery Options --> logged in ---> clicked Startup Repair -->searched for problems --> View diagnostics ... all checks ok.. " Boot Status indicates that the OS booted successfully" ...
clicked Finish --> Restart ... then pc boots ok no BSOD ... and W7 loads no probs,runs ok in full mode ...
?? as someone very famous was known to say ..." Why is it so ? " ..
question ... you provided a link to the download the old 311 driver from NV Dload Advance ...
was not able to find 311 there ... maybe I missed it ... wud you mind checking ...
thanks...

 

hi PeteC ...
once again I thank you for your time and assistance...
the Geek link looks interesting ... will check it out ..
the 327.23 is for 64bit OS ... is there a 32bit in the 320's ? am prepared to try it ..
thanks..
edit :fix typo

 

thanks , PeteC ,,,'
dunno how I got to the 64bit ?
will give it a go and let you know ...
will revert back to the old 311 ,then apply 327 ..

 

G'day PeteC ...
Have been highly distracted past week or so , friend needed urgent help with OS chaos on .a laptop ...
Will get back to update by next week ..
thanks ...

 

g'day Pete C ...

'scuse lag in giving you an update ...

am back on the trail again , and will resume the task today ....
thanks ...

 

hi Pete C

well , as per previous , I had updated driver from 311.06 to latest 341.95 ... no improvement ...
today reverted back to 311.06 , removed Mozilla Maintenance Service { I am actually using IE11 , Moz was installed mid April as a backup for when IE not supported some sites ) , installed a selected few M$ W7 updates ...
no improvement ...
because W7 does eventually start ok after the BSOD ritual ,and is ok for XP , it does seem as if not the driver , but is something which is consistently frustrating the start up process / driver activation ...
I will next install the 327.23 you pointed me to , and let you know,,,

BUT , I have found the following method avoids the BSOD , altho do still get the black/white screen advising previous Windows didn't start properly...
1. Boot up ..2.. at " Starting Win " display , hit reboot button ..3. see black/white "Failed Start " message .. 4. select "Normal " ...5. Win starts ok ,no BSOD , no black screen fail ,etc... , 6. desktop did take a bit longer to fully populate colored icons et al ..
? I think this is meaningful ,but I know not what ... need your expertise , please ...
thanks ...