Display driver stopped responding and has recovered

2010-02-17 18:35:25

#1

aimless: Member; +166|6384|Texas

I've been getting this error message a lot in games. It happens a few times when I'm playing bf2, occasionally when I play bioshock 2, and never when I play call of duty 1. I'm on a fresh install of windows 7 and have the most recent graphics card drivers. I thought maybe my card was getting too hot so I upped the fan speed and checked my temps, they never went above 80°C. What could this be?

E6750 @ 3.2GHz
2GB DDR2-800
9800GT
X-Fi XtremeGamer
575w Antec psu
Windows 7 32-bit

2010-02-18 03:11:27

#2

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6640|the land of bourbon

you're not alone... there are at least a hundred posts on the microsoft forums with people having the same problems. there doesn't seem to be any specific cause, so you're going to have a hard time diagnosing. the important part will be figuring out if it's a windows (software) issue or a hardware issue. do you have an older card laying around you can try?

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2010-02-18 14:32:11

#3

aimless: Member; +166|6384|Texas

Nope. My card was working fine back when I was using xp 32-bit. I've googled quite a bit and saw a bunch of other problems like mine. Was wondering if maybe someone had found a hotfix or something.

2010-02-18 15:45:04

#4

Phatmatt: Vroom Vroom; +298|6448|Canada

I had this. The only way I was able to stop this from happening was uninstalling the drivers and restart the computer and let windows "find new hardware" and install it for me.

2010-02-18 16:02:45

#5

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6640|the land of bourbon

Phatmatt wrote:
I had this. The only way I was able to stop this from happening was uninstalling the drivers and restart the computer and let windows "find new hardware" and install it for me.

always a good option to try.

2010-02-18 19:39:42

#6

aimless: Member; +166|6384|Texas

Phatmatt wrote:
I had this. The only way I was able to stop this from happening was uninstalling the drivers and restart the computer and let windows "find new hardware" and install it for me.

Won't this just load windows' basic vga drivers?

2010-02-19 04:29:58

#7

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6640|the land of bourbon

aimless wrote:
Phatmatt wrote:
I had this. The only way I was able to stop this from happening was uninstalling the drivers and restart the computer and let windows "find new hardware" and install it for me.
Won't this just load windows' basic vga drivers?

no... what would make you think that? it will detect your video card and install whatever windows considers the latest driver package. generally you want to use manufacturer provided drivers, but they aren't always stable in windows, hence your problem. let windows take care of the driver, and maybe your problem is solved.

2010-03-21 16:13:21

#8

aimless: Member; +166|6384|Texas

I downgraded to XP and this problem is still occuring. It must be a hardware issue then?

2010-03-21 17:01:43

#9

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6826|NYC / Hamburg

.Sup wrote:
im so sorry if a offended anyone i never really intended to but please forgive ima nice guy ust sometimes a really asshole please forgive me. oi am sorry111

wtf?

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2010-03-21 17:05:59

#10

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6712|The Twilight Zone

am sorry max its tech forum i like it so much been rreading it a lot and wanted to post hree. please forgive becauese i kno its spam but i really wanted to say im sorry

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2010-03-21 17:48:29

#11

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6756

max wrote:
.Sup wrote:
im so sorry if a offended anyone i never really intended to but please forgive ima nice guy ust sometimes a really asshole please forgive me. oi am sorry111
wtf?

oh c'mon max - if you read really slow, you can make out the words . . .

2010-03-21 18:10:38

#12

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6826|NYC / Hamburg

No time for slow reading

As for the OP: Drop the clocks a little, run furmark

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2010-03-21 18:56:11

#13

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6976|Riva, MD

This happened to me earlier today, I reinstalled the 196.21 drivers yesterday when I realized the 197.15 drivers that tweakguides.com linked me to wasn't actually able to interface with the nVidia control panel. Up until that one time, I'd never had a problem with the driver stopping responding.

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