RTX 5080 NVDEC crashes entire system on MP4 playback — nvlddmkm Event ID 153 — Studio Driver 591.74 and 595.79

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Hi everyone,

I’m experiencing an issue with my RTX 5080 where playing any MP4 file causes a complete system freeze requiring a hard reboot. MOV files work perfectly fine. I’ve spent an entire day troubleshooting and I’m out of ideas.

System specs:

  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB

  • CPU: Intel Core Ultra 9

  • RAM: 128GB DDR5

  • OS: Windows 11 Pro

  • Driver: 591.74 Studio Driver (clean install via DDU)

Symptoms:

  • Any MP4 file → complete system freeze, hard reboot required

  • MOV files → work perfectly

  • Audio plays for a few seconds before the freeze the entire system

  • After disabling Intel integrated graphics and rebooting: audio plays but video never appears (black screen), then freeze

What I’ve already tried:

  • Standard driver reinstall

  • DDU clean wipe in Safe Mode + fresh install

  • Rolled back from 595.79 to 591.74 Studio Driver

  • Disabled hardware decoding (in VLC → MP4 plays perfectly with CPU decoding

Event Viewer logs on every crash:

Source: nvlddmkm
Event ID: 153
Device: \Device\Video3
Error occurred on GPUID: 200

Current behavior after reinstalling drivers (591.74): Audio plays normally but video output is completely black. System isn’t freeze now. nvlddmkm Event ID 153 still appears in Event Viewer immediately after open the video.

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Hi! I’m currently experiencing a very similar issue with my RTX 5080, including the nvlddmkm Event ID 153.

I was wondering if you ever managed to solve the problem. If so, could you please share what fixed it for you?

I’ve already done a clean Windows installation and reinstalled the NVIDIA drivers, but the issue came back while gaming.

Any update would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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I couldn’t resolve it. What I did instead was use VLC Media Player and configure it to decode the video using the CPU. I also added a second GPU to my setup (an RTX 2070 Super). It seems to be working now, but the RTX 5080 still has the same issue.