nvidia driver page fault in nonpaged area (solution)

Padone

This happened to me and wasn't nice, so I'm sharing the solution hoping this will never happen to you.

After a windows update, that now you can't stop anymore in 21H2, the nvidia driver stopped working and it also caused a BSOD on restart. I had to restart in safe mode and disable the nvidia card in the device manager, this way windows was able to startup. Luckily I have a integrated gpu that worked fine othewise this wouldn't be possible.

At this point the windows update had completely "fried out" my nvidia card. Thank you Microsoft.

After a series of tests that I'm not boring you with, including switching cards and drivers, the solution was to update the bios. In my case from the old f23 version to the new f56a version that also required an intermediate step on f32 to complete. Again not something I wish anyone to have to deal with.

my specs: windows 10 21H2 pro, mobo A320M-S2H with updated F56A bios, ryzen 2200G with 22.5.1 driver, gtx 1060 with 516.94 driver

 

note. rant. It is incredible how windows update doesn't even care to test if your pc is ok to support the update. They just update blind then it's your fucking issue to repair if something doesn't work anymore. Little thing is if they fuck the video output there's nothing you can do to go back.

TheMysteryIsThePoint

Sorry you had to deal with that, @Padone, I sense your frustration.

And people wonder why I am so rabidly pro open source; It is crazy how Micrososft abuses its users.

catmaster

It's recommended to stop Windows auto updating with Group Policy Editor:

 >   Open the Run command (Win + R) and type: gpedit.msc and press enter
 >   Navigate to: Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update
 >   Open this and change the "Configure Automatic Updates" setting to "Disabled"
 >   Restart Windows to apply the new group policy, there'll be new notice below showing "Your organization has turned off automatic updates"
 >   To manually update Windows, open the Settings app (Win + I) and navigate to -> Update and Security -> Windows Update and click ‘Check for updates’
 
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 Before updating Windows it's recommended to make partition image of system disk:
 
 > Control Panel -> System and Security -> File History -> System Image Backup, It's located on the bottom left corner of the window
 
 > Create a system image and click Next
 
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Create Windows 10 install USB disk https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-installation-media-for-windows-99a58364-8c02-206f-aa6f-40c3b507420d
 
Use the Windows 10 install USB disk to install Windows on new PC or recover from created disk image:

> Create Windows 10 install USB disk

> Copy needed SSD driver to the USB.

> Create PID.txt which contains the product key and store it in the Win10 install USB directory: WIN10\x64\sources\PID.txt, for example:
[PID]
Value=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

> The PID is needed to install pre owned Windows on new PC and automatically activate it. Windows on old PC would be deactivated and stop auto updating.

* This is for individually purchased Windows Pro with product key, it does not apply to Windows OEM pre installed.

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How to recover from created disk image:

> Boot from Win10 install USB.

> Choose install Win10 x64, often there is no available disk drive listed because the install pack has no ssd driver.

> Install SSD driver and select the correct file type from the list according to the prompt.

> Continue the installation but stop at the selecting partition stage.

> Stop the installation and back to the advanced maintenance and select recover from image.

> The most recent image is automatically selected and ready to restore the system partition.

Padone

@catmaster I am a IT professional and perfectly able to reinstall windows and deal with this kind of issues myself. This is to help others, as it may be useful at least to know.

IceCrMn

I'm sure the non-IT pros can appreciate catmasters help though.

For those trying to decide if they want to install the new optional update KB5017380

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/update-kb5017380-doesnt-succeed-error-0x8007007b/1703b09a-3fae-4c0d-a179-7fe8a2c1742d

"...Unfortunately, the official download link for "Show or Hide Updates" troubleshooter has been broken or removed. You can safely download the "Show or Hide Updates Troubleshooter" in this alternative site..."

Padone

Yes of course, thank you both for the expanded information.

benniewoodell

Windows did the automatic update on my system the other day even though I have it turned off and it screwed my system up too where randomly my screen would just go black randomly and I couldn't get it to come back on unless I manually restarted the computer. Everything was fine before the update. I ended up updating the Nvidia driver, which seems to have fixed it so far, but then all my Daz renders were twice as bright from before the update. And it updated in the middle of rendering out a shot for my job. It restarted my computer while I was asleep, and when I woke up and restarted everything, the lighting didn't match and I had to re-render 400 frames and wasted a full night that I couldn't afford to lose. I wish Macs and Nvidia played nicely together, I'd never have gone back to a PC as I've never had so many problems with updates in my life as I have since going back to a PC. 

Padone

@bennie If you have windows pro you can use the policy editor as suggested by @catmaster but that's not possible in the home version. You may try setting your connection as metered so windows shouldn't update without permission. Hope this helps.