Windows 10: Several crashes while gaming with failure pointed to 0x116_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys

I have had this config for somewhere about 8 months now with no problems up until 2 weeks ago. Now i have constant crashes almost immidiately after playing any game, regardless of how demanding it is, and the crash reports points out to this 0x116_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys error. From what I researched this is most likely related to the gpu and or gpu drivers. With that in mind I tried the recommended DDU cleaning and subsequent clean installation several times already, with different drivers versions too. Nothing seemed to fix it.My last try today was something I saw in another thread on this error

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all games crash!

I suggest you run rthdribl > http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/archives/rthdribl_1_2.zip
Increase the window size step by step and watch your vga temps permanently.
What happens?
If it crashes, run at stock speeds as suggested before and retry.

P.S.: When your system locks, does the display signal turn off after a time?
Stuttering sound or no sound at all when freezing?
What X1800XT model do you own exactly?

 

all games crash!

ive watch my temps and both the cpu and gpu are within normal ranges. when it freezes it simply freezes the image and stops the sound. i must reboot to get back to windows.

 

My PC crashes, mostly while gaming, at random points.

Hello Simun. I'm Greg, here to help you with this.

Try these fixes Games crashing in Windows 11:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...



Please don't skip any steps. We often find out later that the fix was the skipped step. If you need help performing any step I will help.

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back, I will have other suggestions if necessary.