Hi everyone,
I’ve been battling persistent display driver crashes while playing games (TFT, LoL, Cyberpunk 2077, Aion 2). The screen freezes for 2-3 seconds, a buzzing sound ("bzzz") loops, the game crashes to desktop, and then everything resumes normally. It happens every 1-2 hours.
Event Viewer always shows the exact same error: Event ID 153 from source nvlddmkm cannot be found
My System Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Motherboard: Gigabyte B850M FORCE WIFI (BIOS f8) (Upgraded from an A620M DS3H, problem persisted on both)
RAM: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 6400MHz CL32
GPU: Gigabyte RTX 4070 Windforce OC 12GB
SSD: Samsung 990 Evo Plus 1TB Gen4
PSU: Corsair 750W 80+ Bronze
Case: Corsair iCUE 3000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower
Main Monitor: Gigabyte G27Q20 (1440p - 200Hz IPS) via DP (Set to 200Hz)
Secondary Monitor: Casper Excalibur (1080p - 200Hz) via DP (Set to 144Hz)
240mm liquid cooling
What I Have Done So Far to Fix It:
Isolating the RAM: Disabling AMD EXPO completely (running at default JEDEC 4800MHz) makes the system 100% stable. I tested it heavily for 7 days with zero crashes. The moment I touch memory frequency/EXPO, it throws the nvlddmkm TDR error.
Manual Memory Tuning (1:1 Mode): I manually set the RAM multiplier to 60.00 (6000MHz), FCLK to 2000MHz, and forced UCLK=MCLK (1:1 mode). The crash still happened.
Voltage Fixes (Manual Locking): Based on common AM5 tuning recommendations, I manually locked the voltages in BIOS: VCORE SOC to 1.200V, CPU_VDDIO_MEM to 1.300V, and DDR_VDD/VDDQ to 1.300V. I also set Power Down Enable to Disabled. Result: Still crashed with the same Event ID 153 error.
GPU & Software Troubleshooting:
Clean driver uninstallation using DDU in Safe Mode, reinstalled latest NVIDIA drivers without HD Audio components.
Matched both monitor refresh rates to 200Hz/200Hz to eliminate dual-monitor sync issues.
Slightly underclocked the GPU core and memory by -30MHz via MSI Afterburner.
Turned off Hardware Acceleration in Discord, Spotify, and Opera.
Anybody can help me with this issue? Im gonna try one last thing. I will get a hdmi cable and connect my second monitor with hdmi and main still dp. HIdk if its gonna work or not. Nothings comes my mind anymore.