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This error can happen because of an outdated video driver, to many programs running at one time or even high CPU activity.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

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-08-02T03:35:30+00:00

    Hmm..my video card is now idling at 65 C.  I'm going to have to return to adaptive and hope for a better solution.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-08-01T17:55:10+00:00

    I've combined the registry tweak posted earlier with your nvidia settings.  While it's far too early to declare victory, I've not had display driver crash for a couple of hours.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-08-01T12:07:25+00:00

    I have a solution for this problem.

    I put up recently by nvidia with driver version 275.33 and OS with Windows 7 Ultimate SP1.

    And before I get the same problem with you guys..

    I found the solution by accident because so frustration, and work to date..

    1. Open your Nvidia Control Panel
    2. Go to Manage 3D Settings. You will see 2 tabs, Global Settings and Program Settings.
    3. In Program Settings, add dwm.exe (Desktop Windows Manager) from C:\Windows\System32

        directory and set Power Management Mode becomes Prefer maximum performance for this

        program.

    I hope this works for you too..

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-08-01T03:05:40+00:00

    I have tried everything this forum said without completely solving the problem. Then I added the following: set the display color as "High Color (16 bit)" instead of "True Color (32 bit)" . The problem seems to be solved!

    People, try it!

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