Video_tdr_failure?

[pandanasbearz]

For the past month or 2, my laptop has been getting BSODs with the error VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (Nvlddmkm.sys has stopped responding) when playing games.
This happens on multiple games (BF4, CoD:ghosts, Dota 2) and randomly (I can not see a pattern, could be 30 mins after starting to play, hours, or not at all)
I have tried updating the nvidia drivers but this is still occuring, so I turn to you guys . Here are the specs:

Voxtex III 17.3"
Intel Core i7 3720QM
16GB Samsung RAM
nVidia Geforce GTX 675M
Samsung 520 series SSD 240GB
WD Scorpio black 750GB HDD

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[ubuysa]

Boozad of this parish published a very good guide on how to perform a clean reinstall of the NVIDIA drivers, so give this a try.

Download whatever driver you want to use to your desktop. Next, go to Windows update and set it to 'check for updates but let me decide what to install' that will keep windows from automatically installing it's video driver. Next go to C:/Nvidia, open the folder and you should see a folder named Display driver. Inside that folder you should see a folder for every driver you have ever installed. They will be names 320.49 and such. Delete every one of those folders, but do not delete the display driver folder, just the ones inside. Next go to control panel > uninstall programs. Uninstall all of the Nvidia display programs, but this is important, uninstall the display driver last. Uninstall the Nvidia update, Phys X, 3D drivers (few people use them), Nvidia HDMI, and the Nvidia update (it does not work anyway). Last uninstall the display driver. You will be told to reboot, do so. When you log back on, windows will install a display adaptor, that is OK. Open your driver that you have downloaded from Nvidia, agree to terms, do not select express install, select custom install. Make sure the 'clean install' check box is selected and uncheck everything except the display driver and PhysX, then install. You will have to reboot after that. That will be the cleanest install you can get, and you will not have the HDMI driver to conflict with the Realtek drivers, but should have all the drivers you need. You can then set windows update back to whatever you like.