The "Could not start driver: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service." error is shown after launching GPU-Z

[KaHDaPaIII]

Recently I upgraded my gpu and I wanted to check it via GPU-Z. But when I try to launch it gives the following error: "Could not start driver: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service".

I tried to investigate and fix it, but no luck. Then I decided to try previous versions of GPU-Z and v2.57.0 worked:

v2.60.0, v2.59.0, v2.58.0 - same error
v2.57.0, v2.56.0, v2.55.0 - works
older than v2.55.0 - I haven't tried

What I have tried to fix it:
- Restart PC
- Run as administrator
- Updated BIOS on my motherboard (GIGABYTE B650 GAMING X AX, from F8 to F32a)
- Deleted incompatible drivers with the Memory integrity feature in the Core Isolation section in the windows system settings via this guide
- Tried enable/disable the Memory integrity feature
Also recently I did a "clean install" of nvidia drivers (downloaded drivers from the nvidia website, uninstalled the previous drivers via DDU, turned off the internet and installed the drivers)

My gpu is ASUS TUF RTX 4090 GAMING OC. My OS is Windows 11 Pro 23H2. Latest NVIDIA drivers 560.94. I don't have any antivirus, except for the default "Virus & threat protection" in windows.

If needed, I can provide additional information that might help in resolving the issue.

 

[W1zzard]

Hmm .. seems to be the same issue as here: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...bios-version-is-authentic.325215/post-5302950

Do you see anything useful in Windows Event Viewer when you try to start GPU-Z? (other than "Insufficient resources")

For some reason ExAllocatePoolWithTag() fails when trying to allocate just a few bytes or could be the call to IoCreateDeviceSecure()

 

[KaHDaPaIII]

Hmm .. seems to be the same issue as here: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...bios-version-is-authentic.325215/post-5302950

Do you see anything useful in Windows Event Viewer when you try to start GPU-Z? (other than "Insufficient resources")

For some reason ExAllocatePoolWithTag() fails when trying to allocate just a few bytes or could be the call to IoCreateDeviceSecure()

Thank you for your response.

I think I've never used Windows Event Viewer, there's a lot of stuff there and I'm not sure what exactly to look for.
After trying to start v2.60.0 I see these three new events in Windows Logs -> System:

1. A service was installed in the system.

Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 01.09.2024 10:50:29
Event ID: 7045
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: PC\wfbyk
Computer: PC
Description:
A service was installed in the system.

Service Name: GPU-Z-v2
Service File Name: C:\Users\wfbyk\AppData\Local\Temp\\GPU-Z-v2.sys
Service Type: kernel mode driver
Service Start Type: demand start
Service Account:
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
<EventID Qualifiers="16384">7045</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2024-09-01T07:50:29.4720091Z" />
<EventRecordID>82853</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="1224" ThreadID="10896" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>PC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-21-245328636-3514635309-1898586792-1001" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="ServiceName">GPU-Z-v2</Data>
<Data Name="ImagePath">C:\Users\wfbyk\AppData\Local\Temp\\GPU-Z-v2.sys</Data>
<Data Name="ServiceType">kernel mode driver</Data>
<Data Name="StartType">demand start</Data>
<Data Name="AccountName">
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

2. "Event ID 26 from source Application Popup cannot be found"

Log Name: System
Source: Application Popup
Date: 01.09.2024 10:50:29
Event ID: 26
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: PC
Description:
The description for Event ID 26 from source Application Popup cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

\??\C:\Users\wfbyk\AppData\Local\Temp\GPU-Z-v2.sys failed to load

The message resource is present but the message was not found in the message table

Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Popup" Guid="{47bfa2b7-bd54-4fac-b70b-29021084ca8f}" EventSourceName="Application Popup" />
<EventID Qualifiers="16384">26</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2024-09-01T07:50:29.4900090Z" />
<EventRecordID>82854</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="1372" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>\??\C:\Users\wfbyk\AppData\Local\Temp\GPU-Z-v2.sys failed to load</Data>
<Binary>0000000002003000000000001A0000409A0000C09A0000C000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

3. "The GPU-Z-v2 service failed to start due to the following error"

Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 01.09.2024 10:50:29
Event ID: 7000
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: PC
Description:
The GPU-Z-v2 service failed to start due to the following error:
Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">7000</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2024-09-01T07:50:29.4900090Z" />
<EventRecordID>82855</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="1224" ThreadID="10896" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">GPU-Z-v2</Data>
<Data Name="param2">%%1450</Data>
<Binary>4700500055002D005A002D00760032000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

Also I noticed that if I launch v2.57.0 and then without closing it, launch v2.60.0, it works and there are no errors.

 

[W1zzard]

Appreciate you looking into this. Unfortunately no new information from those screenshots

Also I noticed that if I launch v2.57.0 and then without closing it, launch v2.60.0, it works and there are no errors.

Yeah, 2.58 and newer come with an upgraded kernel driver that should work just as fine and apparently does so for a vast majority of the user base. But considering that I have two reports now of the same problem, I'm wondering what's going on

Starting 2.57 loads the older kernel driver, which is compatible with the newer one, so 2.60 will just use that

 

[KaHDaPaIII]

I had a similar issue in the 3DMark. My GPU was not recognized there either.

After trying almost everything, I used the "Reset this PC" option under System > Recovery in Windows, and that solved the issue.

 

[W1zzard]

If anyone runs into this "Insufficient Resources" problem, please contact me at w1zzard@techpowerup.com, I have a beta build that might fix it