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- Mar 8, 2025
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For the past few months, I have been getting the nvlddmkm.sys error, and it simply won't leave my computer alone. I have tried doing a clean reinstall of windows several times, used Display Driver Uninstaller, and what not to try and fix this error, yet it doesn't go away. Funnily enough, it did go away around the winters as this occurred last year but was gone in the winters, but now it's back? That makes no sense. My computer is NOT overheating as the average temperature of it is around 32-36 degrees celsius.
What happens is, I first get random artifacts on my screen, something like random squares with bugged out colors, mainly high contrast colors, during this, all software that relies on graphics crash, next, usually I get a black screen which disappears after a while, if I am unlucky then my PC crashes. Sometimes, the boot up process ALSO fails!! Windows just doesn't boot and tries to perform a diagnosis which it fails at. It isn't a RAM issue as running a memory diagnostic proves that the RAM is fine. I have no idea if it's actually some GPU internal fault or what. Can it be because of some burnt circuit? I do get some power outages as I live in a third-world-country but they aren't that frequent to cause my GPU to completely die out.
As for the GPU, I have the NVIDIA GTX 1660 by Zotac.
I am desperate for help, I really don't want to buy a new GPU as I don't have enough money to afford one right now. Considering if I do end up forcefully getting one, which one should I get? Should I focus on getting a good expensive one or start small with a cheap one?
I've provided an image on how my screen looks like while this error occurs. I also provided Event Viewer logs.
And the most recent error happened at the time I'm writing this post at 1:40 GMT + 5.
What happens is, I first get random artifacts on my screen, something like random squares with bugged out colors, mainly high contrast colors, during this, all software that relies on graphics crash, next, usually I get a black screen which disappears after a while, if I am unlucky then my PC crashes. Sometimes, the boot up process ALSO fails!! Windows just doesn't boot and tries to perform a diagnosis which it fails at. It isn't a RAM issue as running a memory diagnostic proves that the RAM is fine. I have no idea if it's actually some GPU internal fault or what. Can it be because of some burnt circuit? I do get some power outages as I live in a third-world-country but they aren't that frequent to cause my GPU to completely die out.
As for the GPU, I have the NVIDIA GTX 1660 by Zotac.
I am desperate for help, I really don't want to buy a new GPU as I don't have enough money to afford one right now. Considering if I do end up forcefully getting one, which one should I get? Should I focus on getting a good expensive one or start small with a cheap one?
I've provided an image on how my screen looks like while this error occurs. I also provided Event Viewer logs.
And the most recent error happened at the time I'm writing this post at 1:40 GMT + 5.
