Nvidia 337.50 Driver Windows Kernel Crash

[Qrygg]

I recently updated my drivers for my GTX760 to 337.50, the new-ish Beta "Wonder Drivers" that supposedly bring with it a large performance increase for Skyrim. However, pretty much every single time I've played Skyrim since I updated the drivers I've had a kernel crash about 15 or so minutes in. I am running around 75 mods. The game is as stable as a modded version of Skyrim has any right to be :P

 

I did indeed completely uninstall and remove the previous drivers I had installed, so that can't be the issue. Completely uninstalling included manually uninstalling the drivers, then erasing all registry references while in Safe Mode and manually deleting the Windows driver cache folder.

 

My rig:

i5 2500K @ 4.6GHz

8GB DDR3

MSI GTX760 2GB OC Edition

And somewhere around 4TB of drive space on two Seagate high capacity 7200RPM hard disks.

 

While the GPU does have a factory overclock, I don't believe that could have anything to do with this issue, for a number of reasons but primarily because this is the first time I've ever had this problem. I've watched the heat level and it never goes above 62 degrees Celsius, which is well within save parameters.

 

Any help with this issue would be much appreciated!

[camaro_69_327]

Hi,

 

That is the driver I am using(337.50). and I will say that IS the first driver in about 8-9 months that I did not have to uninstall and roll back to my Rock steady fall back driver (290.53). Seamed every driver in the 300 series gave me issues in different games.

 

That driver (337.50) works great on my system. Skyrim with 200+ mods and i can play 4 - 8 hour sessions. You could try a re-install, Do you know what your Fallback back driver is ?. (usually a driver around the time your card was introduced) or the Driver that came with the card.

 

Ohhh and Yes 337.50 did improve performance in Skyrim.

IF you Google for .."Nvidia Skyrim Driver" you get (290.53) more then likely older then your card tho...as the highest series card it is designed for is the 500 series..(I have SLI 580's). Its been my go to driver since late 2011. :)

 

Were you stable to a point of ...Over 2 hours runs before? In this playthru I have one crash (at 8 hrs in, walked in Riverwood and Dawnduard dude talked to me, CTD ) But when i went right back it did not crash. So a fluke. Level 11, 25 Game hours.

 

Post a BOSS log...

[daventry]

Did you not see my Thread :)

 

http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/1748211-skyrim-crash-solved/

[camaro_69_327]

Dont know about the OP, but i have always done custom install, Every install i select custom..

 

BUT in that video you say to DEselect Physics engine..? Why? I would not do that . I do unselect the Audio, Experiance, and anything else . (Have discrete audio card Asus).

 

EXCEPT \\Display driver and Physics driver. are the only things i let Nvidia install.

[daventry]

Oh ok

Edited May 26, 2014 by daventry

[Qrygg]

So it figures that only a couple days after I get the "new" drivers, Nvidia releases even "newer" drivers... :wallbash:

 

I did not realize that your post had anything to do with my problem. After watching the vid, I'm not sure it would solve anything. And I don't want to give up my PhysX support either, as I do BOINC from time to time. :/

 

I'm guessing that something in my mods list is having a negative interaction with the new drivers.

 

Here is the list from BOSS. The mods after RCRN are out of order due to BOSS not recognizing them.

 

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp

Dawnguard.esm

Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp

HearthFires.esm

Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp

RaceCompatibility.esm

Deus Mons.esm

hdtHighHeel.esm

JSwords.esm

KohdiReachwindEyrie-Vera.esm

Wyrmstooth.esp

ApachiiHair.esm

Brawl Bugs CE.esp

RaceCompatibilityUSKPOverride.esp

Chesko_Frostfall.esp

Morning Fogs.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod-DragonbornTernFix.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod-FurnitureChestSnowFix.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod-DungeonsCliffsIceSkirts.esp

CalienteVanillaArmorTweaks.esp

ExpandedJewelryCrafting.esp

SDO Full-LOD - Giant Campfires.esp

SDO Full-LOD - The Morthal Swamp Complete.esp

SDO Full-LOD - Waterfall Effects.esp

SDO Full-LOD - Whiterun Trundra Creeks.esp

SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp

SkyFalls + SkyMills Wyrmstooth.esp

SkyFalls Dragonborn Small waterfalls.esp

ShootingStars.esp

Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

JSwords_Load_Screens.esp

RaceMenu.esp

RaceMenuPlugin.esp

SkyUI.esp

BlitzConsoleCommandsMCM.esp

backpackfrankdema.esp

Heavenly She-wolf Skyrim.esp

Cloaks.esp

Omegared99-GalleryOfArmor.esp

Davjes_SorceressArmorHHS.esp

DemonHunterArmor.esp

ScarletDawnArmor.esp

MidnightBreed.esp

JSwordsDistributionBalancePlugin.esp

little armors of zeca.esp

Mord Sith Cara.esp

WarmongerArmory_Vanilla.esp

Warhammer Sorceress Robes.esp

Mavari Armor.esp

Raven Set v1.4.esp

Soul Armor 2.esp

HDT Havok Object.esp

Equipping Overhaul.esp

HarvestOverhaul.esp

HarvestOverhaulCreatures.esp

buildablehouse.esp

Deus Mons_WithNPCs.esp

KohdiReachwindEyrie.esp

Dragon Cliff Manor.esp

RiversideLodge.esp

simplepoh.esp

Vjarkell Castle.esp

Headtracking.esp

Mannequin.esp

SFO - Dragonborn.esp

Convenient Horses.esp

Convenient Horses - Unique Frost.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

Helgen Reborn.esp

Candlelight_Toggle_3x.esp

DragonCombatOverhaul.esp

The Dance of Death.esp

dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp

AzarHairPonyTail 03 - Havok.esp

Kaleen2.esp

NaiadRaceByDen.esp

OrientalRace.esp

XRCO.esp

UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp

Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp

dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp

getSnowy.esp

Spells Cast Light.esp

WATER.esp

WATER Plants.esp

WATER DG.esp

WATER DB Waves.esp

RCRNdgdb.esp

rcrnShaders.esp

RCRNvolumetric.esp

ESPv1_1nondependent.esp

MeridaHair.esp

Special Eyes.esp

TheEyesOfBeauty.esp

OK... More like 100 mods lol.

While we are kinda talking about crashes... I also seem to have a memory leak or something like that going on. I leave Task Manager up on my other monitor and watch as TESV.exe gradually gains memory usage until it maxes out at 3.2GB and CTDs. Is this sorta normal? I don't understand how anyone could have more mods than me and still stay within the 3.2GB limit if this is normal.

Edited May 26, 2014 by Qrygg