'New' GPU won't work when nvidia drivers are installed

[ShadowChaser]

Purchased a GTX 1060 to tide me over until stock gets better and have been having issues with it, here's a quick rundown of what's been going on.

 

I plugged it into my open air bench and saw that it showed up under device manager as a gtx 1060 using the previously installed nvidia driver (461.33), moments later BSODed with page fault in nonpaged area referencing nvlddmkm.sys.

 

Booted into safe mode, DDUed all drivers, tried again. 1060 is now a windows basic display adapter but still present in device manager. Downloaded latest nvidia driver (465.89) and while installing got a video tdr failure BSOD also referencing nvlddmkm.sys

 

Safe mode once again to DDU the driver just in case, then downloaded an older driver (461.92), same thing happens. I then try 460.89 (and 461.72) and it installs and gives me the restart prompt. I click restart and the PC begins bootlooping until the windows recovery environment starts.

 

I've tried all the pcie slots on this motherboard and all video output has been through the igpu at the moment. The slots and psu previously powered a gtx 1070 Ti and have been verified with an RX 580 and GTX 1070 on loan from a very nice friend. Windows driver installation has been disabled and the latest attempts were done offline.

 

Specs:

Asus Z170-A

i5-6500T

1x16gb Corsair LPX 2666

Segotep 600W gold

Samsung pm851 128gb + win10 pro

 

Any help would be appreciated!

[Skiiwee29]

Unplug your internet. Windows is likely trying to download/install its own version and conflicting. 

[ShadowChaser]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

Unplug your internet. Windows is likely trying to download/install its own version and conflicting. 

I thought that would be the cause of the first 2 bsods but doesn't explain why rebooting results in bootlooping

forgot to mention that I predownloaded all the drivers and installed them with networking disabled after the first ddu attempt

[Skiiwee29]

1 minute ago, ShadowChaser said:

I thought that would be the cause of the first 2 bsods but doesn't explain why rebooting results in bootlooping

forgot to mention that I predownloaded all the drivers and installed them with networking disabled after the first ddu attempt

try doing a sfc /scannow on your windows. Could be bad files that need to be rebuilt and corrected. 

[ShadowChaser]

9 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

try doing a sfc /scannow on your windows. Could be bad files that need to be rebuilt and corrected. 

Hoping this will fix my issue

[StDragon]

sfc /scannow won't fix the issue. From what I can see online BSODs involving nvlddmkm.sys are often the result of a hardware error.

 

You sure the GPU isn't overheating or over-clocked?

[ShadowChaser]

Just now, StDragon said:

sfc /scannow won't fix the issue. From what I can see online BSODs involving nvlddmkm.sys are often the result of a hardware error.

 

You sure the GPU isn't overheating or over-clocked?

gpu is bone stock and cool as a cucumber

[StDragon]

You running any 3rd party GPU monitoring utilities that might be in conflict? 

[ShadowChaser]

Just now, StDragon said:

You running any 3rd party GPU monitoring utilities that might be in conflict? 

Installed but not running: afterburner and gpu-z

[StDragon]

1 minute ago, ShadowChaser said:

Installed but not running: afterburner and gpu-z

You could go to the extreme.

 

Option A: Backup the computer, format/reinstall with Windows 10

or

Option B: Install another drive (even if temporary) and install a clean copy of Windows 10.

If you have same issues with a clean copy of Windows 10, it's the card. If however the problem goes away, then you've at least isolated it to some driver or other software conflict with your existing Windows 10 installation.

[Bitter]

Hate to say it but it sounds like some bum hardware.

Do you have a spare hard drive/SSD to install some kind of Linux like Ubuntu or Manjaro and try it out there to rule out Windows/Windows drivers? If it also fails in Linux it's probably bad hardware.

 

Side note, if you can't get it working and can't return it I may be interested in taking it off your hands depending which card model it is. I have a mining 1060 (Manli P106-100) with a pretty crappy heat sink I've been looking to replace with a more decent one but as cheaply as possible of course.

[GamerDude]

I'm curious, the GTX 1060 is an older card, where didcha buy it from? eBay or one of those China sites like Aliexpress/Qoo10 and such?

[Vishera]

Could be a fake GPU,please download GPU-Z and post a screenshot of it.

[ShadowChaser]

On 4/1/2021 at 9:40 PM, StDragon said:

You could go to the extreme.

 

Option A: Backup the computer, format/reinstall with Windows 10

or

Option B: Install another drive (even if temporary) and install a clean copy of Windows 10.

If you have same issues with a clean copy of Windows 10, it's the card. If however the problem goes away, then you've at least isolated it to some driver or other software conflict with your existing Windows 10 installation.

 

On 4/1/2021 at 9:41 PM, Bitter said:

Hate to say it but it sounds like some bum hardware.

Do you have a spare hard drive/SSD to install some kind of Linux like Ubuntu or Manjaro and try it out there to rule out Windows/Windows drivers? If it also fails in Linux it's probably bad hardware.

 

Side note, if you can't get it working and can't return it I may be interested in taking it off your hands depending which card model it is. I have a mining 1060 (Manli P106-100) with a pretty crappy heat sink I've been looking to replace with a more decent one but as cheaply as possible of course.

Tried a clean install, still nothing. Just going to go through ebay and get a refund it seems.

 

19 hours ago, GamerDude said:

I'm curious, the GTX 1060 is an older card, where didcha buy it from? eBay or one of those China sites like Aliexpress/Qoo10 and such?

Ebay, yep. Bid on an older gpu and got a decent price for it

 

19 hours ago, Vishera said:

Could be a fake GPU,please download GPU-Z and post a screenshot of it.

Can't run gpu-z in safe mode. In wddm mode it just says GTX 1060 but no clocks or mem

[GamerDude]

eBay? Man, I dunno if you'd gotten a dud, or was sold a faulty card. Have you tried the GPU in a spare rig, or a friend's rig just to eliminate that possibility.

[Vishera]

4 hours ago, ShadowChaser said:

 

Can't run gpu-z in safe mode. In wddm mode it just says GTX 1060 but no clocks or mem

Screenshot please

[GamerDude]

I'm leery of good solds on eBay, especially electronic gear/gadgets/parts like a GPU, more often than not, you have a legit earnest seller/buyer, but sometimes, the seller or buyer isn't as sincere as I'd have liked. Again, my suggestion stands, try it in another rig, a friend's perhaps, and if you encounter the same issue, then more likely than not, it's a dud. Or, worse yet, a fake card.....post a couple of pics of the card,, especially one of the ports on the card.

[Vishera]

9 hours ago, GamerDude said:

post a couple of pics of the card,, especially one of the ports on the card.

GPU-Z as well,It can detect fake cards on the software level.