STOP 0x00000116
VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE
Your graphics card stopped responding, Windows tried to reset it (TDR = Timeout Detection and Recovery), and the reset failed. The GPU driver is nearly always named right in the crash — nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA), atikmdag/amdkmdag.sys (AMD) or igdkmd64.sys (Intel).
Likely causes, most common first
- A buggy or outdated GPU driver
- GPU overclock instability (including factory overclocks under load)
- GPU overheating
- A failing graphics card or insufficient power supply
How to fix it
1. Clean-install the GPU driver moderate
- Download the newest driver for your exact GPU from NVIDIA, AMD or Intel.
- Uninstall the current driver with DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) in Safe Mode for a truly clean slate.
- Install the fresh driver and reboot.
- If crashes began after a driver update, install the previous stable version instead.
2. Remove GPU overclocks and check temperatures easy
- Close/uninstall GPU tuning tools (Afterburner etc.) or reset them to defaults.
- Watch GPU temperature under load; clean dust and improve airflow if it exceeds ~85°C.
- If the card is factory-overclocked, try downclocking the core by ~50 MHz as a stability test.
The four parameters on the blue screen
Windows shows four hex numbers with this stop code. Here's what each means — our analyzer decodes them automatically from your dump file.
| Parameter 1 | Address of the driver's TDR context |
| Parameter 2 | Address inside the responsible driver |
| Parameter 3 | Error code |
| Parameter 4 | Reserved |
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