“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This error can happen because of an outdated video driver, to many programs running at one time or even high CPU activity.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
    2011-05-14T10:06:37+00:00

    This error only appeared for me when I installed windows 7 a week ago. Not once did it happen on Vista SP2 fully updated and thats with the same driver version, obiviously different operating system drivers though.

    WIN 7 must have the same old compatabillity issues that vista had when it was first launched.

    This is now starting to cause my Graphic Card to fail ( random glyphs and symbols appeared during boot up this morning) so im not happy!.

    Am going to remove the display driver and reinstall and freshly downloaded version.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-05-14T01:26:39+00:00

    Same issue here. Brand new HP computer with:

    Win 7 64-bit

    1GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce 405

    6GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM

    1TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive

    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 quad-core processor [2.8GHz, 6MB cache]

    300 Watt PSU

    HP Customer Service tried some troubleshooting such as updating latest display driver, and system recovery. They said the PSU might be too low because I added an extra internal hard drive and an extra stick of RAM.

    I removed my second internal hard drive and the extra stick of RAM and after one day of use so far, no display driver error. I'm hoping it IS my PSU which means I'd have to get a stronger PSU, but then again I'll be disappointed knowing this computer under the "High Performance" category on HP's website can't handle a second internal hard drive and an extra stick of RAM.

    Does anyone know if 300watts is not enough for two internal HDD's?

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-05-10T04:52:55+00:00

    Same problem here.

    I was using:

    SLI 8800 GTX

    MSI NF750-G55

    4GB G.Skill RAM

    750watt PSU

    Win 7 64-bit

    Also, a 20 inch Veiwsonic monitor /non HD

    with Ultra Aluminex Case

    Then my monitor burned out and opted to do some upgrading and bought a Cooler Master HAF 932 case, a 24inch Viewsonic HD 1080P monitor with HDMI/DVI support, and a GTX 570 HD.

    I started getting the error message a week after I installed the GTX 570 HD which was the last piece that I bought for my upgrading. I sent the card in for RMA thinking that was the issue but it was not. Also it doesn't happen with my 8800 GTX's. But when I install my new card it does???

    Also, it didn't happen until after I installed the latest Win 7 SP1? Hmm, but I also read that this has been going on for quite some time so I'm sure that is not the problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-05-06T02:11:01+00:00

    I m having same problem since i upgraded window 7 ultimate, i have restore fresh OS installed all patches and latest driver but problme still exist. Any one has any clue?

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