Nvidia "nvlddmkm" experienced a crash following the 545.92 update.
Nvidia "nvlddmkm" experienced a crash following the 545.92 update.
R9 5900X MSI MAG X570S Tomahawk Max Wifi MSI 3080 Ventus 3x Plus 12G Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO 16GB DDR4-3600 980 Pro SSD 1TB (boot & main game drive) Seasonic FOCUS GX-850 Windows 11 Home Assembled in May 2022 I'm encountering, what's appearing online is the notorious "...nvlddmkm cannot be found" message. In the past 24 hours I've attempted the following: a thorough clean with DDU, fresh installation of six distinct historical stable drivers GFE is missing, no drivers from Nvidia Rollback Cyberpunk to 2.01 were found, uninstall and reinstall the game, moved it to different drives, turned off XMP settings, reduced GPU clock in Afterburner, switched to Debug Mode in Nvidia Control Panel, disabled hardware acceleration, turned off Fast Startup, gave full access to nvlddmkm.sys, re-seated GPU, RAM, CPU, and reconnected all PSU connectors to the base. Changed RAM channels and sticks, removed all extra drives and used only M.2, updated BIOS, reinstalled Windows keeping personal files, then fresh installed Windows after wiping the entire drive, followed by DDU. This process consistently triggers the same error when launching certain titles, especially Cyberpunk 2077. It usually stops before reaching the initial "Cyberpunk 2077" splash. Most of my games function properly, thankfully the list of crashes is shorter than the number of failures. It runs fine under FURMARK but fails benchmarks or stress tests in 3dmark, crashes after a few seconds. CP2077 crashes instantly, Civ6 crashes instantly, Mass Effect Legendary/Andromeda crashes in menu, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided crashes in game, GTA5 crashes almost immediately, Red Dead 2 crashes almost immediately, Resident Evil 4 crashes in menu, Sifu crashes almost immediately, XCOM 2 crashes in menu, Witcher 3 crashes in game.
It's unusual you experimented with various solutions, but they weren't the most straightforward. If it doesn't work... it might indicate faulty hardware, as you'd expect driver errors even after reinstalling Windows due to outdated drivers. ... Also, were the newest chipset drivers applied for your motherboard?
I realized I had left something off my list, so I reset the CMOS. All chipsets were current, they were installed during the BIOS update. I was worried about dead hardware, but I’m still covered under MSI warranty. It doesn’t make sense—everything worked fine for a year and a half until it just stopped.
Ah, okay... I see your point. It does seem odd at first, but locating the problem parts will be tough... Probably the GPU is the culprit, given it's a low-end budget model from MSI. Besides swapping components one at a time, there aren't many options right now. Remember, both RAM and the power supply unit are also common suspects. The Vengeance RAM doesn't work well with Ryzen, and some focus boards struggle with sudden power spikes of around 3000 watts. Since these issues often appear during tough games, it makes sense.