nvlddmkm.sys error

Hi all, I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this on. Apologies if it is.

Recently I've started playing Guild Wars again after almost a year. During my play through of the game I often get a BSOD with the STOP: 0x00000116 and nvlddmkm.sys error. This sometimes happens 15 minutes into the game or sometimes I will be playing for 3 to 4 hours without any problems.

My specs:

Alienware M15x
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
4GB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM
1GB NVIDIA® GeForce GTX260M
Intel Core i7 Processor 720QM (1.60Ghz, 6MB L3 cache)

Graphic driver version: 280.26 WHQL

Anyway to solve this?

Thank you.

 

looks like the nvidia driver is causing the bsod, try another driver to see if it helps.

 

i've had similar issues and this seems to have reduced the issue some what ...
Alienware M15x nVidia GTX260M - Display driver stopped responding and has recovered (nvlddmkm issue!) - Alienware Forum - Alienware Club - Dell Community

another option is to try overvolting your card for more stability (at your own risk!)
http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m15x/483643-260m-overclocking-m15x.html
http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...-i-have-my-lappy-overclocked.html#post6672808

 

Thanks for the replies. I uninstalled my driver and downloaded and installed an older version and the problem is gone.

I might try some of the solution in the link if it happens again with the new drivers.