“Display driver stopped responding and has recovered” error.

After many weeks of Googling, going through 100 threads, trying many of the solutions (some of which being ridiculous like reformatting, replacing hardware, etc.), I found ONE POST that suggested what I can now confirm fixes this problem. Not "it hasn't happened yet, keeping my fingers crossed", but actually fixed.

THE SOLUTION:

Nvidia Control Panel -> 3D Settings -> Set PhysX configuration -> Select a Physx processor -> choose your graphics card instead of leaving it on auto-select.

I'm telling you guys, try this.

Thanks

Update:  Braking News....................................................................no not really!

I went ahead and tried some other solutions to the same problem to see if it would work and they did work.

Here they are:

1. If you have windows vista or windows 7- disable aero by choosing windows basic. if you don't know how then just right click on your desktop --> select appearance/personalize --> select windows basic.
2. This option i truly feel is one of the real root cause for this issue, it deals directly with the memory. Of all the computers i have looked at over the years, the memory settings has pretty much always been set to auto my manufacturers. This is ok initially but as time passes and capacitors and controllers face electrical ware and tare, the memory begins to behave unstably. in instances like my which is a new build, I did the same thing  left my memory setting to auto. But depending on what's happening to the board, you will encounter certain types of instability like what we are all here complaining about.

****I went and change the settings from auto to manual. I set the first 4 settings according to the manufacture specifications which in my case with my memory being 8 gigs of ddr3-2133, it's specs is 9-11-10-28 @ 1.65v. I set did that and even lowered my memory volts to 1.645 and tested the aero on in windows 7 and have no problem.

**Clearly aero isn't the problem but rather the memory timings and voltage settings (in my case) and as such changing the aero feature to basic would only be a patch job instead of the fix.

If you are intimidated by your bios then do the aero thing but if you can, then go deal with the bios settings.

3. directx messed up. I found that for different reasons directx will get messed up and you have to do a complete reinstall. Now doing a reinstall might not be what you want to do as you will lose your data. But if you didn't know, there is a way around it if you have your windows cd. Just simply place your cd in while you are in windows and allow windows to load up.

**follow the promps unitl you get to the point that askes to do a clean install or custom, choose custom.

** windows might want you to uninstall some conflicting programs if it found any, before it will continue with the installation.

**once that's finish windows will (with your direction) create a folder that will store your previous problematic install, and will now install everything a fresh. 

***once finished you will have a clean updated registry and will still be able to access your files, games etc from your previous install without the headache. the display issues should now be gone.

As i said i have done these things and it works.  

Hope this helps.

Congrats. I am really happy to hear that. There is so many folks over the net that are complaining about this problem that makes me wonder if the manufacturers and driver/os makers are paying attention. The good thing though is that as more of us find ways to get the issue(s) resolve depending on our own circumstance, it will benefit others to resolve their own issues.