Running Windows 7, 32-bi,t on a Lenovo W500. Display Driver: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650. The error message (“display driver stopped responding & has recovered”) follows a system freeze, a short blackout. Then everything works fine. Downloaded the most current driver from the company's Web site. Seeemd to work for a day, but now I'm getting the same behavior. Crabby Office Lady

Just curious, have you tried to overclock the processor? I had all the updates, shoot I even went back and put older drivers in at one point and still got this same error. Then I took and overclocked the processor using MSI Afterburner. As soon as my machine finishes booting up, I start MSI Afterburner. I set the core clock and usually the computer will "lock" up (screen flickers etc.) ONE time.. and then after that. No more problems (until I shut down the computer and have to set it up again)

man i had it with win 7 32bit and now again with win 7 64 bit it's windows not your graphics card or motherboard or whatever.

I gave up. Dude, I'm gettin' a Dell. I'll freeze my HP DV7 until they find a cure and then thaw it out. :-) Halt! I have a Dell and the same problem here. It's an issue with Microsoft, not the computer.

I have a Toshiba so it is not just the laptop. Microsoft let us all down.

“Display driver stopped responding and has recovered” error.

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Running Windows 7, 32-bi,t on a Lenovo W500. Display Driver: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650.
The error message (“display driver stopped responding & has recovered”) follows a system freeze, a short blackout. Then everything works fine.
Downloaded the most current driver from the company's Web site.
Seeemd to work for a day, but now I'm getting the same behavior.

Crabby Office Lady

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Hello Crabby Office Lady,

This error can happen because of an outdated video driver, to many programs running at one time or even high CPU activity. There is a link to a KB article on the following post that gives more info on the issue and helps to fix it, see:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/error-display-driver-stopped-responding-and-has/1b6c2b8b-b0a7-49d9-bc3b-e9cc98d51004

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2013-05-08T20:17:28+00:00

Just curious, have you tried to overclock the processor?

I had all the updates, shoot I even went back and put older drivers in at one point and still got this same error.

Then I took and overclocked the processor using MSI Afterburner. As soon as my machine finishes booting up, I start MSI Afterburner. I set the core clock and usually the computer will "lock" up (screen flickers etc.) ONE time.. and then after that. No more problems (until I shut down the computer and have to set it up again)
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Anonymous

2013-05-08T18:48:20+00:00

man i had it with win 7 32bit

and now again with win 7 64 bit

it's windows not your graphics card or motherboard or whatever.
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2013-05-05T20:16:41+00:00

I gave up. Dude, I'm gettin' a Dell. I'll freeze my HP DV7 until they find a cure and then thaw it out. :-)

Halt! I have a Dell and the same problem here. It's an issue with Microsoft, not the computer.
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Anonymous

2013-05-05T02:11:53+00:00

I have a Toshiba so it is not just the laptop. Microsoft let us all down.
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