Solved: Stop Error 0x1E caused by nvlddmkm.sys during Windows 7 RC setup

Workaround for nVidia display driver issue
Motherboard: ASUS M2NPV-VM
BIOS Version: 0504
GPU: nVidia GeForce 6150
in Windows 7 RC

Symptoms: Stop Error 0x0000001E caused by nvlddmkm.sys during Windows 7 RC setup

Solution: Replace the nvlddmkm.sys file with a newer version
Update: Easier solution found, see later post.

Details:

Perform these steps on another computer:
1) Download a current driver from nvidia.
2) Extract nvlddmkm.sy_ using WinRAR.
3) Expand nvlddmkm.sy_ from windows command prompt
cd [path_to_nvlddmkm.sy_]
expand -r nvlddmkm.sy_ nvlddmkm.sys
4) Put a copy of the new nvlddmkm.sys file on a flash drive

Restart Windows 7 Setup and perform these steps:
1) During the "Expanding files" step, press Shift-F10 to open a command prompt
2) Replace the nvlddmkm.sys file located at
C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_lh.inf_amd64_neutral_4f38d443efdd0a70
with the new one from the flash drive.
Wait for setup to create the file before you replace it -- seems to occur when
the progress meter reaches about 70%.
3) Let the install process finish, hopefully without any blue screens.

You will probably want to install the complete nvidia driver using the usual method once
Windows setup is complete.

Reference:
nvlddmkm.sys problems ... - Vista Forums

Thank you very much. That allowed me to complete the installation and boot-up into Win7.

kn1gh7h4wk

OS: Windows 7 x64 RC 1
Motherboard: Foxconn 6150bk8mc
Chipset/GPU: nForce 430/GeForce 6150B

wish i would have known about this when I installed. I just went and got a $20 graphics card. which helps big time anyway.

This procedure worked for me. Thanks

During the installation of Windows 7 RTM, I had at some point the BSOD caused by nvlddmkm.sys. I replaced that file at 65% of the extraction of files by the driver 190.62 from NVidia and could at least complete the installation of Windows.

Once Windows had started, I performed the installation of the complete driver successfully.

My configuration:
- Motherboard Asus P5B-Plus
- Quad Core 8200
- 4 Gb RAM
- Graphic card Sparkle Geforce 8600 GT
- 4 HDD: 1 x System, 1 x Video files, and 2 x 200GB in Raid 0 for the data
- Windows 7 - fr_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_x15-65928.iso

Hello... New here. I'm at the point where I have the replacement nvlddmkm.sys on a flash drive ready to go, but I'm sorry to ask cause I'm new to this, how do I replace the loaded file (at 60-70%) with the one on my flash drive using the command prompt? Appreciate your patience...

Can someone please post detailed instructions on how to do this. I don't know how to use command promt to expand and copy the files. This is really pissing me off, I can't even start the pc in safe mode because no operating system is installed yet. Thanks in advance.

This solution worked perfect and solved my issue as well. A+

Glad to see this worked for some others. A few months later I was going through this process again and found a simpler solution. The original method described replacing a driver file, but since the driver is signed, replacing the file with a newer version invalidates the signing and Windows falls back to a generic driver. In other words, it's not necessary to download, extract, and replace the file - you just delete it.

So, the easier solution is:

1. Restart Windows 7 Setup
2. During the "Expanding files" step, press Shift-F10 to open a command prompt
3. Delete the nvlddmkm.sys file located at C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_lh.inf_amd64_neutral_4f38d443efdd0a70.
   Wait for setup to create the file before you delete -- seems to occur when the progress meter reaches about 70%.
   Do not simply delete the folder before files are placed in it or the install process will fail.
   The commands you type in the command prompt are
   
   Code:

   cd C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_lh.inf_amd64_neutral_4f38d443efdd0a70
   del nvlddmkm.sys

4. Let the install process finish, hopefully without any blue screens.
5. Download and install the current driver from nvidia.

Originally Posted by earcmba

1. The commands you type in the command prompt are
   
   Code:

   cd C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_lh.inf_amd64_neutral_4f38d443efdd0a70
   del nvlddmkm.sys

Are these 2 (two) individual steps? Meaning...
Step 1 - cd C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_lh.inf_amd64_neutral_4f38d443efdd0a70
Step 2 - del nvlddmkm.sys

Or is it just 1 (one) command? Meaning...
Step 1 - cd C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_lh.inf_amd64_neutral_4f38d443efdd0a70
del nvlddmkm.sys

If the latter, is there a "space" between "...4f38d443efdd0a70" and "del"?

Honestly, I've tried every possible combination of this command I could think of, but simply replies with "The system cannot find the path specified"... I'm freakin' out here.

Perhaps you should know this (if it changes things?), I'm using a RAID 0 with a couple of SAS drives, created the array, loaded the driver, found the partition, etc... No other drives plugged in... In the name of everything that's sacred, please help.

@earcmba

nice one, with the shift-f10 to get into the shell, this helped me a lot! thx

@hbag899

once being in shell with shift-f10 you just make sure you are in your system directory (mostly c:\) and enter no more than:

del nvlddmkm.sys /S

the /S searches for the file in subfolders and deletes the nvlddmkm.sys there, which fixes the problem much faster as the large number at the end of the folder mentioned above changes with ever installation i guess

hope this helps anyone, as it helped me
thx again

::rys