display driver has stopped responding

[davew]

my pc is locking up and the screen goes blank for a couple of seconds and i get the error message "display driver has stopped responding"
the system is a core 2 duo E6400, 4gb ram, ati 3850 graphics card, 500watt antec psu, running on vista 64
things i've tried so far are: removed divers using driver cleaner and latest drivers installed, all vista updates addded, checked cards not overheating and reinstalled heatsink with artic silver and still it's the same, it never does it unless you try playing a game, any ideas what else i can try

 

[coupe69]

Have you tried underclocking it?

 

[davew]

nope everything is stock, do you think that would help and whats the best program to use.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

nope everything is stock, do you think that would help and whats the best program to use.

are you also getting a ATI VPU recover message

 

[davew]

the only message i get is a windows message "display driver has stopped responding and has recovered"

 

[Scania]

I get this all the time with my #2 machine which has an AGP X1950Pro in it, I have given up trying to sort it out, I simply re-start the PC and it seems happy again, sometimes for hours, sometimes days, sometimes months!

 

[Hawky89]

Ive got this problem also with my xfire 5770s on 64bit win 7. mine however has this every startup but once recovered its fine for as long as the pc is on. occasionally tho it locks up completely forcing me to reset, and even more infrequently i get a blue screen saying that the display driver has failed completely. its more an annoyance but i wouldnt mind getting it sorted.

 

[mast3r]

i get the same thing a lot mate, i have a pair of 8800s
it started when one of the cards was on its way out, it got worse the more i ignored it, untill it just would not work, Windows Areo was a MAJOR problem for me aswell

 

[scorchisio]

this means your gfx card is on its way out mate im afraid, rma if possible

 

[Beerbaron]

this means your gfx card is on its way out mate im afraid, rma if possible

hmm not sure about that.


Isnt this a common issue with Windows for both ATI and Nvidia cards. I had this briefly for a week or 2 and then it stopped and been fine for the last year or so

 

[darren.head]

Changing my Ram cured this for me. Maybe check your ram timings and voltage in your bios.

 

[DarkWhisper]

i had that sometimes. mine was because my cpu was unstable

 

[Dutch Guy]

i had that sometimes. mine was because my cpu was unstable

This, or RAM not stable.

I got it in the past when the northbridge and/or CPU voltage was too low.