hope this helps. it has worked for some...                 http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/29415832/display-driver-nvlddmkm-s.aspx

 

it looks like you might have to wait a little longer. nvidia are working hard on this problem and are going to have a fix soon they say.. good luck.

                                                                                                            zenno

Thanks but I checked the file and its the same file, date and size etc.. besides the machine is brand new and the problem surfaced 1 day after recieving it without me changing ANY drivers whatsoever. I had no need to as everything worked and the system is uber overclocked

Have you tried the latest Nvidia 162.22 Vista driver? Based on Google search results for the error message I've seen, this driver has eliminated the problem.

 

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_162.22.html

I have tried both new drivers on XP and Vista. Nope, it doesnt solve the problem.

see my post here

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=xps_desk_video&thread.id=11932

its a MS error notification nothing to do with the nvidia drivers that whu ati have the same problem

 

 

do what my post surjests and you will not see the error again

 

 

Quote VCRAIG: " That's a bummer. What's strange is you didn't see the problem initially but do now.."

When did i say it initially did? No i did see the crash from the start. My old PC with Nvidia 7600 GS is working fine. My new dell xps 720 isnt. It didnt work from the first time i tried my game on. So the first day i got it, I installed the game and tried to play= crash.

I have now been working with Microsoft and Dell on this issue for the past 2 weeks and quite frankly am amazed that this problem has been going on for as long as it has, is being experienced by so many and yet still doesn't have a fix or an official word from ATI, Nvidia, Microsoft or anyone else involved. I know most of you have had this problem for longer but I have justed parted with $7,500 for a PC I can't use and Bioshock is looming :-)

 

I can honestly say that whilst Dell have been extremely pleasant on the phone they have been as equally clueless. In fact the technical people I have spoken have know considerable less about, well everythign that I have. For instance the dell support person suggested I removed one stick of memory from four - when they come in pairs and the machien won't boot otherwise - amazing! :-)

 

OK so this is what I have tried on my XPS 720 H2C - QX6800 running at 3.73GHz

 

Forceware

 

Hardware

Removed two sticks of memory and reduce from 4Gb to 2Gb - No effect

Disabled one of the graphics cards - No effect

 

Hotfixes

 

Community Fixes

There exists a registry change that can be run which turns off the recovery message in Vista that claims to fix the issue - it didn't for me it may do for you - good luck with that one

 

The problem happens at the desktop every so often without pattern and for games...

 

Games

 

I hope this helps other people in their quest to fix the issue. I am about to get an engineer from Dell to visit and if he can't fix it, the machine is going back and I want my money back  though I would rather have a working PC :-(

I also have parted as much money and I love my system but this issue persist and Dells Tech are just dumbfound and unaware of the issue, as if they have had no training at all. So far ALL DELL and NVIDIAs drivers have this issue. All you can do for now is disable your SLI cards to one card for the time being or turn off Vista AERO. That works

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=31913

 

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/wddm_timeout.mspx

 

helpful sites, see if any one understands this, too complicated for me