NVIDIA display driver stopped responding and has recovered, here’s a simple fix that’s worked for many

Ah, the dreaded “Display driver stopped responding and has recovered” message, aka, TDR error.

The story:

Last summer, I bumped into a Windows 7 video driver problem that was particularly difficult to cure. Moving graphics cards around and upgrading drivers didn’t fix the issue. The whole saga turned out to be a bit complex, but in the end, the fix was simple. For me, and for many other site visitors, apparently. I even helped myself with this same software adjustment later on, when I had a similar problem on a Windows 8 laptop. Yay!

The solution:

This is one of those never-would-have-guessed-it fixes, where plain old stubborn determination prevailed. First, I learned… Continue Reading

Comments

• Anonymous
  March 04, 2014
  Thank you, thank you. Been researching this for days, tried all the tips from the Microsoft site (should have known better), and stumbled across this. Three days, not one issue. Sure appreciate you taking the time to track this one down.
  
  Cheers!!
• Anonymous
  July 21, 2014
  Hello, can you please email me the how to to c.hubs@yahoo.com. I can't get the directions page to load. Thanks very much for your help
• Anonymous
  August 06, 2014
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• Anonymous
  September 29, 2014
  I can't open the link either. Please provide the link for me => Shoujan@gmail.com
• Anonymous
  January 15, 2015
  IGreat article! This slideshow provides more methods, just take it as a complement of this method:http://www.slideshare.net/Olivia_Lewis/display-driver-keeps-stop-working-and-recovering-repeatedly
• Anonymous
  March 02, 2016
  I also had this problem. I found my problem was caused by the broken display driver, so I could use Driver Talent to solve easily. It is recommended you guys also find the reason before repair. If your problem is also from display driver, you could take Driver Talent to have a try. I download it from here: http://www.drivethelife.com/