Nvidia - Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered error

[TheSanto321]

I'll start off by listing my pc specs:

Case: NZXT M59
Motherboard: ASUS P7H55-M
CPU: Intel Core i5 760 @2.8GHz
GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 650 SC 1GB
Ram: 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133MHz
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 700W
HD: WD Black 1TB

I recently upgraded my pc with these (motherboard wasn't changed) to be able to play Steam games such as Chivalry Medieval Warfare and Warframe. Although, when I start up these games, I'm only able to run them for a good 5 minutes or less before I'm brought back to my desktop with the "Display driver has stopped responding but has recovered" error, or forced to restart my pc because there is no display.

This problem has been going on for months and has been a real headache; I updated my drivers to the latest version (yes, a full clean installation of them) and even tried disabling TdrDelay in the Registry Editor.

So if there is anyone who can suggest a possible solution to this issue, it would be much appreciated!

 

[Sahil0093]

I'll start off by listing my pc specs:

Case: NZXT M59
Motherboard: ASUS P7H55-M
CPU: Intel Core i5 760 @2.8GHz
GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 650 SC 1GB
Ram: 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133MHz
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 700W
HD: WD Black 1TB

I recently upgraded my pc with these (motherboard wasn't changed) to be able to play Steam games such as Chivalry Medieval Warfare and Warframe. Although, when I start up these games, I'm only able to run them for a good 5 minutes or less before I'm brought back to my desktop with the "Display driver has stopped responding but has recovered" error, or forced to restart my pc because there is no display.

This problem has been going on for months and has been a real headache; I updated my drivers to the latest version (yes, a full clean installation of them) and even tried disabling TdrDelay in the Registry Editor.

So if there is anyone who can suggest a possible solution to this issue, it would be much appreciated!

 

[Sahil0093]

the fault is in ur psu. i had the same issue before replacing my psu...... in starting i thought my graphic card is gone or is it driver problem... bt after doing some research i down graded my drivers and all bt the problem persisted.. then i replaced my psu and the error was gone... forever till nw.... my pc is running perfectly..... ny specs are
i7 3770 @ 3.4ghz
500 gb wd green hd
gtx 650 2gb ddr5
16 gb ram
intel original board DH61WW
psu iball marathon 500 watt
although my psu is chinese 1 bt still it is providing proper voltages to my pc......
bt ya i had issues after replacing psu in some games like gta 5 after 15 minutes of game play it crashes hangs on screen untill i restart... bt i got a solution for that too.... just do these steps 1st before replacing psu may be it can solve ur problem
1- power off ur system and remove evry wires attached
2- take out the cell from the mother board
3- nw press the power button for abt approx 50-60 seconds ( this will remove the charge from the capacitors of the mothereboard and will set ur motherboard to default)
4- after this place the cell back again and power on the system.... and check ur problem again...
hope ur problem will be gone notify me.... after doing...



this u have to do before replacing psu if problem persist then replace ur psu...... keep me notified...

 

[zerothxv]

I suspect this problem is down to faulty 3d vision drivers and conflicting audio drivers that clash with internet browser settings and some games among other things. Some suggestions.

1. Clean pc with http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
2. Restore any browsers to factory defaults, wipe settings and remove any add ons
3. Type msconfig into the windows search bar and choose to boot into safe mode
4. Remove and uninstall all Nvidia software anywhere on your pc (run a scan with driversweeper) and make sure ALL Nvidia files and folders in windows/system32, programme folders, user application data etc are deleted) - .
5. Reinstall the latest Nvidia drivers and make sure to check - clean install
6. Apply Microsoft fix depending on your OS - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2665946
7. Run CCleaner to clean up registry and temp files etc
8. Go into the NVidia control panel and make sure (under configure sound/physx) that sound/physx is set to your graphic card and not on auto. Also change power management to maximum performance under 3d settings. I also changed all colour settings etc to use Nvidia settings.
9. If you still have problems, try uninstalling the NVidia 3D software, the NVidia experience software and HD audio software to get as close to a pure state as you need to run base game drivers.

After doing all the above and uninstalling the 3D software, experience and HD audio software my problem went away.

UPDATE - This bug came back again, so I have decided to do a complete re-install of Windows etc. While doing this I noticed something and I finally figured out what is causing this. Go into Control Panel, System & Security, Windows Update, and then go into update history. Look for this optional update - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2685811 and right click to uninstall it. At the end of the day it's faulty or NVidia's driver is - but try and live without this update first. If it's optional, clearly you don't need it and it's only causing problems anyway. I really wish I had tried something so simple before I did a complete re-install

If you read this update in detail you will also see this line item "Adds the IdleTimeoutType and ExcludeD3Cold members to the WDF_DEVICE_POWER_POLICY_IDLE_settings."

PS: Another method to uninstall updates http://windows.microsoft.com/is-is/windows-vista/remove-an-update

Bingo.

After removing that update, my USB 3.0 slots don't want to work, none of my USB controls want to be installed, mainly the Xbox ones and their drivers, but for the most part there was no crashing. Since I can't play without controls, gonna have to try to reinstall it. There's no other fix for me then. Just gonna have to build a better pc.

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3
CPU: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core Processor 3.50 GHz
GPU: MSI GTX 960, Driver: 375.70
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
RAM: 8.00GB