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TwistedPorkchop

Computer Randomly crashes

HARDWARE

Hello everyone, I have been having random crashes for a while now, and it went away for a bit, but it's back now, and I have no idea what is causing it really. I've previously tried to uninstall entirely my graphics card driver to zero using DDU and updating back to the latest version but no luck. I've also tried running stress tests with OCCT but nothing is overheating nor does it cause any crashes. The crashes are random like the title says, well usually when I run a game, but it could be a GPU intensive game like Satisfactory or Tekken 8, but sometimes It's also when I play some PS2 emulation games (in 4 IDK if that's heavy on the GPU). I'm at my wits ends here! Here is the Crash dump analysis in case someone can lead me down a path to a solution.

Crash dump file:C:\WINDOWS\LiveKernelReports\WATCHDOG\WATCHDOG-20260220-0226.dmp (Minidump)
Bugcheck code:0x117(0xFFFFCD820A273010, 0xFFFFF8048A93FC40, 0x0, 0x0)
Bugcheck name:VIDEO_TDR_TIMEOUT_DETECTED
Driver or module in which error occurred:nvlddmkm.sys(nvlddmkm+19afc40)
File path:nvlddmkm.sysCrash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\LiveKernelReports\WATCHDOG\WATCHDOG-20260220-0226.dmp (Minidump) Bugcheck code: 0x117(0xFFFFCD820A273010, 0xFFFFF8048A93FC40, 0x0, 0x0)Bugcheck name: VIDEO_TDR_TIMEOUT_DETECTEDDriver or module in which error occurred: nvlddmkm.sys (nvlddmkm+19afc40)File path: nvlddmkm.sys

Posted Feb 25, 2026, 9:01 PM UTC

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