"application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware"

Anonymous
2013-01-12T17:29:01+00:00

recently every time i use a program that use my gpu( I have optimus technology so it switch when needed etc...) I get the error message " application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware", the internet does not seem to be very helpful about this problem, does anybody know what causes it/how i can fix it ????

thanks for any help,

fintan

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-12-10T13:59:03+00:00

    Solutions for this issue and the "display driver/adapter has stopped working but has recovered"

    are related to differing issues for different users. Its like saying the steering on your car doesn't work correctly, there are a bunch of different parts of the steering that could cause it to happen.

    This is that type of problem.

    Some people have just had a driver issue, some change the Tdr value, some a parameter value, some run a software in compatibility mode......In my case it was RAM chips that tested ok, the RAM worked just fine on Windows XP all flavors of Linux, but Windows 7 and above had this problem.

    I tried different every fix you can find on the net, I also tried 3 different video cards from 3 vendors, Nvidia and AMD ,swapped every component in my system, MB, power supply, CPU, tested HD(fail, bad sectors) replaced, added liquid cooling, tested ram with multiple Memtests....replaced then retired a entire machine. 

    It wasnt until i was building a 4th machine for our home theater PC and i grabbed the RAM from the retired PC to find the same issue. I replaced that RAM(on the recommended list from MB mfg)with RAM from one of my hi end machines that had RAM that was not recommended, but didnt have what ever flaw that RAM had, no issues.

    I have since bought new RAM for the retired PC, that isnt recommended for the MB, (rated up to 1600, using 2400)

    and now the retired PC is fine, a 1 year issue, has been working fine for 8 months since.

    So with these errors you dont know what the fix is, at least they dont know yet, but it is narrowed down to being something in Windows 7 and above, its not your hardware.

    In my case all other OS,s worked fine.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-09T19:38:34+00:00

    Has my solution worked at all or has it already been tried and failed

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-09T19:36:19+00:00

    The Tdr delay is a temporary fix

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-09T19:04:17+00:00

    It doesn't hurt to try :)

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-12-09T18:57:04+00:00

    I dont know if he tried them or not, but if you search the internet for this issue, those fixes dont work most of the time.

    been there tried that. In his case could be the case, he probably tried before ending up here, like most.

    those fixes also apply to error "the graphics driver has stopped working but has recovered"

    Same ****.

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