When your computer crashes, don't just reboot. Listen to the story it left behind.
Before you can read a minidump, you need to find it. Windows usually stores these files in a specific system directory: C:\Windows\Minidump .
| Code | Meaning | |-------|---------| | 0x0000000A | IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (driver accessed memory at wrong IRQL) | | 0x0000001E | KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED | | 0x0000003B | SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION | | 0x000000D1 | DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL | | 0xc0000005 | Access violation |
The text read: nvlddmkm.sys .
The machine hummed steadily. The progress bar climbed. No blue screen. No crash.
In the settings, he ensured the was set to the Microsoft public symbol server: SRV*C:\Symbols*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
➜ Likely a graphics driver crash.
nvlddmkm.sys is the driver for the NVIDIA graphics card.
That is your culprit. Case closed.
When your computer crashes, don't just reboot. Listen to the story it left behind.
Before you can read a minidump, you need to find it. Windows usually stores these files in a specific system directory: C:\Windows\Minidump .
| Code | Meaning | |-------|---------| | 0x0000000A | IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (driver accessed memory at wrong IRQL) | | 0x0000001E | KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED | | 0x0000003B | SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION | | 0x000000D1 | DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL | | 0xc0000005 | Access violation |
The text read: nvlddmkm.sys .
The machine hummed steadily. The progress bar climbed. No blue screen. No crash.
In the settings, he ensured the was set to the Microsoft public symbol server: SRV*C:\Symbols*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
➜ Likely a graphics driver crash.
nvlddmkm.sys is the driver for the NVIDIA graphics card.
That is your culprit. Case closed.