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BSOD when using Photoshop and Illustrator
When the new year came, I took the time to do a clean install of Windows 10 on my laptop to get out of the Insider Builds.
Fast forward a few weeks later, I get a BSOD while playing CS:GO. The error was Video_TDR_Failure caused by nvlddmkm.sys. Seeing that the driver is related to NVIDIA, I uninstalled it using DDU and reinstalled the latest drivers. I also did the same for the integrated Intel GPU, and removed the display overclock for good measure (from 95Hz back to the stock 60Hz).
For a while, everything was fine until I got another BSOD, this time while using Illustrator. The error was DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE. I get another BSOD using Photoshop, with the same error message. I can recreate this right now simply by opening the two programs and clicking on some functions. It really doesn't take long for the whole system to crash. I tried reinstalling all of my Adobe programs this morning, no dice. I even did an in-place upgrade just this day with no positive outcome.
Again, I tried reinstalling my two display drivers and nothing, the display overclock doesn't seem to be the one to cause this. I'm all out of ideas. I tried learning basic BSOD debugging but I can't seem to comprehend it and pinpoint the exact cause of all these annoyances. I also did MemTest86 for 30 minutes with no errors. While I know that it must be run at least overnight, I really don't think it's caused by the RAM. I might just run it overnight this evening just to be sure.
Please help me out. Thank you.
EDIT: Just ran Furmark for ~15 minutes and GPU temps never exceeded 65°C. Don't think it's an overheating issue.
Last edited by djdelarosa25; 22 Jan 2019 at 06:48.