Nvidia display/kernel mode driver has stopped working

[Gentlekatt]

So my friend has this rig i7 4790k,asus maximus vii hero, ddr3 2400mhz, seasonic 850W bronze, and whenever he play csgo deathmatch he gets this error ''Nvidia display/kernel mode driver has stopped working and recovered succesfully'' FPS goes down to about 100-150 and if he keeps pushing through playing like that it gives him that error, alt tabs my game, and then it says it recovered so i need your guys tips what might it be 

[Hydrogen1803]

1 minute ago, Gentlekatt said:

So my friend has this rig i7 4790k,asus maximus vii hero, ddr3 2400mhz, seasonic 850W bronze, and whenever he play csgo deathmatch he gets this error ''Nvidia display/kernel mode driver has stopped working and recovered succesfully'' FPS goes down to about 100-150 and if he keeps pushing through playing like that it gives him that error, alt tabs my game, and then it says it recovered so i need your guys tips what might it be 

I am not quite sure, and don't quote me on this, but he might need to update his video card/ display drivers. 

[HPWebcamAble]

4 minutes ago, Gentlekatt said:

So my friend has this rig i7 4790k,asus maximus vii hero, ddr3 2400mhz, seasonic 850W bronze

I'm assuming you forgot to list the GPU because I don't think the 4790K's iGPU works with Nvidia drivers

[Hydrogen1803]

1 minute ago, HPWebcamAble said:

I'm assuming you forgot to list the GPU because I don't think the 4790K's iGPU works with Nvidia drivers

I was about to say, I was confused when he didn't include a video card, I am sure his friend has one. 

[Gentlekatt]

3 minutes ago, Hydrogen1803 said:

I am not quite sure, and don't quote me on this, but he might need to update his video card/ display drivers. 

 

2 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

I'm assuming you forgot to list the GPU because I don't think the 4790K's iGPU works with Nvidia drivers

oops sorry GTX 970, he is running latest drivers i think it might be psu problem so i suggested him borrowing PSU

[Senzelian]

Usually the drivers crash if they're not installed correctly, are faulty or the video card is overclocked to far and not stable.

So, if his overclocked his card manually, he should decrease the clockspeed again until the driver doesn't crash anymore.
If that isn't the case, he should uninstall all GPU drivers by using the Display Driver Uninstaller (http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html) and download the latest drivers from NVidia.

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Gentlekatt said:

 

Just now, Gentlekatt said:

 

oops sorry GTX 970, he is running latest drivers i think it might be psu problem so i suggested him borrowing PSU

reinstall drivers. Restart computer. if no graphics card hardware issue..

[Hydrogen1803]

1 minute ago, Gentlekatt said:

 

oops sorry GTX 970, he is running latest drivers i think it might be psu problem so i suggested him borrowing PSU

It might be, but personally I'm not sure why a psu issue could cause this, but it could be an issue. I'd try swapping it out to check.

[don_svetlio]

6 minutes ago, Gentlekatt said:

 

oops sorry GTX 970, he is running latest drivers i think it might be psu problem so i suggested him borrowing PSU

It's not the PSU - PSU issues cause the PC to shutdown or restart, not the driver to crash. It's a bad driver. Install 361.75 and it will fix it. Last couple of Nvidia drivers have been tosh

[VaynardX]

Maybe he got a failed overclock. Did he overclock his card?

[Gentlekatt]

2 minutes ago, VaynardX said:

Maybe he got a failed overclock. Did he overclock his card?

no

[Sevro]

This can happen when the PSU isn't working properly anymore, ideally you would test this with a different PSU before you purchase one, maybe you can try it with your PSU?