“Display driver stopped responding and has recovered” error.

Anonymous
2009-10-13T16:38:34+00:00
  • 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

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers

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Anonymous
2012-01-27T00:10:30+00:00

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This error can happen because of an outdated video driver, to many programs running at one time or even high CPU activity.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

L.D.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-10-27T20:11:55+00:00

    i got my gtx560Ti today and installed it, same problem... i downgraded to the 275.33 driver and it hasn't happened again so i would try that, that worked with my last GPU too, i posted the link to it a few comments ago ^

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-10-27T13:35:11+00:00

    My system has a PNY  NVidia GeForce GTX560 Ti, which is brand new (the whole system is) and it has this problem, too.

    As far as I can tell, the card is not overheating. It shouldn't be, as it's not been doing much whenever I've seen the problem. I certainly haven't seen it happen while running applications with a heavy graphics load (games).

    The problem has only occurred three or four times (that I've seen) in the three weeks that I've been using the system.

    I've got the latest drivers from NVidia, and I've not seen the problem occur in Ubuntu Linux, which I use a lot.

    Thanks,

    John

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-10-25T23:17:43+00:00

    i downgraded to the 275.33 and so far i've had abdoloutly no problems touch wood, heres the link to the download - http://www.nvidia.co.uk/content/DriverDownload-March2009/confirmation.php?url=/Windows/275.33/275.33-desktop-win7-winvista-32bit-international-whql.exe&lang=uk&type=GeForce

    hope it helps you like it did for me :) good luck

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-10-25T15:02:29+00:00

    i have problems of display driver stopped working...."

    Dell inspiron windows vista 32 bit.

    Appreciate your help.

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