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    nvlddmkm.sys BSOD on Windows 7

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by GamerGeek, Nov 27, 2009.

  1. GamerGeek

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    Every time I run a game from Steam I can play it for about 20-30 minutes and then it blue screens with nvlddmkm.sys error on it. It gets really annoying and I don't know how to fix it. Can anyone help me with this?
     
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    I'm willing to bet it has something to do with your video drivers. Try some other versions.
     
    Element, Nov 27, 2009
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    Well I have the latest version of my graphics card but my Nvidia GeForce 9400 display adapter had an update released yesterday so I'm downloading that and I'll see if that works.
     
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    Well for some reason it said it couldn't find any hardware compatible with that update so now I'm downloading the driver off of Dell's website (since it's an Alienware) and hopefully this will fix things up.
     
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    I use to have thing problem. But it wasn't a blue screen. I kept going back in driver versions til I found one that didn't crash on me.
     
    surfasb, Nov 27, 2009
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