When gaming or performing any simple task, your computer might give you a black screen and revert to a normal screen. This either means that you have a loose power supply or your graphics driver is not responding correctly.
If it’s the latter, you may get a message on the error log that says, “Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered.” Nvidia Windows Longhorn Display Driver Model Kernel Mode or the NVLDDMKM is a driver that helps with the communication between the OS and the Nvidia graphics driver.
So, if this driver fails,the computer will lose its display. If this error persists, you may also get a constant Blue Screen of Death, decreasing the health of your computer drastically.
What Causes NVLDDMKM Error?
The Nvlddmkm is a driver for the Nvidia graphics card. A corrupted driver can cause theNvidia driver to malfunction.However, this is not always the case, as memory conflicts may also cause this error. Keeping this in mind, here are a few reasons the NVLDDMKM driver fails.
How to Fix NVLDDMKM Error (Display Driver Stopped Responding)?
Now that we know what causes the display driver to stop responding, let us get to the solutions to fix the NVLDDMKM Driver error.
Run the SFC and DISM command
The SFC or theSystem File Checkercommand will check the system file for any corrupted file and attempt to fix these files. These system files are located insideC:\Windows|System32. As all driver files are installed inside System32, we can use this and the DISM command to scan and repair any corrupted driver files.
Please follow these steps to run the SFC command.
Once the SFC process is complete, we need to run the DISM command. The DISM or Deployment Image Servicing and Management command checks, scans, and repairs the local Windows Image.
Now, type these commands and press Enter after each command.
Once all processes are complete, you may restart your computer.
Change Link State Power Management settings
The Link State Power Management can sometimes cause the nvlddmkm error when turned on. Basically, the Link State Power Management is a part of the PCIe specification that manages the power supply to the PCIe port.
