Comments on: Display driver stopped responding and has recovered.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:51:47 +0000

I’m having these problems, and when i format(reinstal OS) my computer, i can run my games in FULL HIGH mode.

But over time(i think some updates on system), the problem returns, and when i format my computer again, i can play my games without problems, and over time the problem returns, a LOOP.

I think an update of the system because it.

Anyone have any tips on how to solve?

thx

By: Razzzor

Razzzor — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:22:54 +0000

Turn the clock speed of your graphics card down. Use Evga precision. It fixed all the freezing for me and someone else I know who was having the some problems. None of the other fixes people have posted about did a thing.

My GTX560 must have been too high even at factory settings.

By: Mysza

Mysza — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:08:01 +0000

Hi
I’ve read this tip somewhere a while ago. Finally today I tried that on my PC. The black screen flicker and the error “Display driver NVIDIA……” is gone.
Here you go:
- open NVIDIA Control Panel
- under 3D Settings click on “-Adjust image setting with preview”
- on the right side panel mark “Use my performance emphasizing:……..”
- slide the slider from Quality to something between (to Balanced)
- DONE
The problem solved – at lease for my GeForce 7600 GT working on Win7 64.

By: Orgil

Orgil — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:39:48 +0000

The system will Freeze for about 1 second then a black screen flicker, it comes back with the this message right below the screen.

“Display driver stopped responding and has recovered
Display driver NVIDIA Compatible Windows Vista Kernel Mode Driver, Version 179.85 stopped responding and has successfully recovered.”

I tried everything, installed many drivers(latest etc…), even reinstalled my OS.

Im using NVIDIA Geforce GTX260m (notebook). And my OS is Windows 7 Home Premium x64

PLS Help guys.

By: SanityKills

SanityKills — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:27:22 +0000

I highly doubt this to be a software-based issue in that I frequently disk image my operating systems so I have the ability to go back to previous installs where the system was functioning fine. This allows me to automatically determine hardware from software issues in that I can go back to a fresh, known good, operating system on the fly. Where it was working before, and nothing has changed, this tells me it’s a hardware issue.

I am running Dual SLI nVidia GTS 450′s.

My system started crashing during a COD MW2 session. Since then I receive the error shortly after bootup. Windows 7 Explorer crashes, shortly thereafter my entire system freezes up. The system is in IDLE state when this occurs.

Here is what I have done so far.

1. Updated Asus M4N98TD BIOS. No change.

2. Let the system sit, shut off, overnight to see if it’s a cooling issue. No change. Same behavior shortly after booting up.

3. Restored old image created after fresh Windows 7 install with no additional software installed. No change. This rules out any possibility of a software-based update being a variable. This system was working fine, with the same image for days before.

4. Disabled SLI in Windows 7 and removed one of the GTS 450 video cards. No change.

5. Moved the card to a different slot (I have two at x16). No change.

6. Switched out the card with the 2nd single card and did steps 4 & 5. No change.

7. Was using a Corsair 800 watt PSU. An 1100 watt PSU is on order and will be in on Monday.

If that doesn’t work I will be switching out the RAM sticks one at a time and running only one stick (I have 4 x 2GB RAM).

If that doesn’t work I will be switching to an IDE hard drive. I notice that browsing “My Computer” can trip the error quicker–especially if I browse a network resource (NIC card? Doubt it).

If that doesn’t work, I will install an Intel Pro 1000 NIC card and disable the onboard NIC–just to rule out the possibility.

I am on my 2nd motherboard and a 2nd CPU. I’m relatively sure that they are both in good working condition.

I have an after market CPU heatsink/fan on order although my temperatures look very good as it is.

This is an error that didn’t exist for several days after building a new system and will not go away regardless of hardware (so far).

By: arcoldwell

arcoldwell — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:56:27 +0000

I posted my findings way back on March 1st, 2009 at 4:21 pm and completely forgot about this thread and to update it. Just because I came accross it again if anyone is still having this issue.

My problem was my video card.

So in conclusion, try all software fix suggestions in this thread if that does not solve it, test all hardware thoroughly.

Since then I have also upgraded my OS to Win 7 which I still had the issue with my video card at the time. However upgrade my video card since and solved the problem. I believe it was an incompatible card or possibly defective however I only had the problem with a few games not all games.

By: Billy Bob

Billy Bob — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:28:28 +0000

Problem sloved! Get a new video card! It worked for me! LOL!

By: Ike

Ike — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:09:20 +0000

The power management seemed to work for me as well!

By: Bart Dustman

Bart Dustman — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:49:13 +0000

If the guy above me's laptop wasnt overheating all the time then they would have stopped and thought about what they were posting. Should have checked out http://notebookcoolingpads.info and bought a cooling pad!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:03:28 +0000

The Crysis crashes occur most frequently during the last two chapters of the game in single player.
The last chapter (Fight on Carrier Deck) is the source of many crashes. Vista, Win7, Intel, AMD, Nvidia, ATI hardware and drivers make little difference.
The game was evidently not fully debugged for DX10/11 in all chapters.
The only “universal” cure seems to force the game into DX9 mode.