“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This error can happen because of an outdated video driver, to many programs running at one time or even high CPU activity.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
    2010-01-24T19:30:38+00:00

    I have the same problem with a Lenovo T60p with a ATI Mobility Radeon X1300.  I found when downloading it does it mostly.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-02-03T10:54:25+00:00

    I am having the exact same problem but with a different computer.

    Mine is an almost new Samsung N110 netbook. This happens every now and then and have no idea why.

    It's definitely not running hot as a lot of the underneath is cool to the touch.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-02-04T12:32:33+00:00

    Yes, same problem here, brand new dell xps running windows 7 64 bit with i7 processor. Not overheated either.  I have been surfing around, this has been an ongoing issue for over 2 years with the introduction of vista.  Multitudes of folks out there going crazy trying to figure it out to no avail.

    The only solutions so far are to cripple your display settings, but even that doesn't always work. I refuse to do that. How about a real fix please?

    Also, many folks who upgraded from XP and never had a problem beforehand. Now they do. So stop trying to blame it on the hardware.

    Typical.

    Sorry, it's frustrating as all @#$$%#..

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-02-09T04:21:07+00:00

    I had the same issue up until a few minutes ago! Tuns out ATI video cards just run VERY hot. I have an aftermarket heatsink on my HD 2900 PRO and it kept popping the same error up. It was happening more than once every 5 minutes. Ran CPUID and it says the VPU is running at 65c even though the rest of the system is at 25-30º (not insanely hot, but 10º over stock idle temps). Pulled off the side panel and put a fan up against it, and the errors have declined to once in a half hour... Could be a coincidence, but I don't know.

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