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Bluescreen on Video Driver Installation

ShadowsVoid

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Jun 23, 2013
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I recently installed the new Nvidia driver (352.86), but when I did, my computer blue screened then booted back up. The driver has installed fine, but I can't use ShadowPlay, or else my computer will crash agaun. Yes it was like this on the previous driver.

My Specs
MOBO: Gigabyte z97x gaming 5
CPU: i7-4770
GPU: MSI GTX 970 overclocked


I did recently get a mobo/cpu upgrade, and this issue did not occur before I installed my new parts.

Event Details
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 2057

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 116
BCP1: FFFFFA80073254E0
BCP2: FFFFF88009FA8004
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: 0000000000000002
OS Version: 6_1_7601
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 256_1


Anyone know what might be the problem? Thanks!
 
Driver issue obviously. I highly suggest on reformatting your os drive but if you can reinstall all of your system drivers, it might also work.