Display Driver Crashes, then Recovers

[Afro_Samurai 240]

I have a Dell Inspiron laptop, with Windows 7 64-bit.

  The problem is, the display driver crashes sometimes while I am playing Tanki.  It starts with a bad lag.  The screen freezes, and what ever sound that was last heard, will freeze, and will be very loud.  Then, the whole dang screen shuts off!  I'm not talking about a "black" screen, I'm saying that the screen turns off, with no light coming from it.  Seconds after this happens, the screen turns back on, with a black screen.  Then everything comes back on, and there is also a note in the corner of the screen saying: "Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered".  The Tanki game screen stays white.  I have to refresh the page in order to continue playing.

  I'd try to live with this, but just a moment ago, it happened again.  I refreshed the page, and by time I loaded back into the battle, IT WAS OVER!  I missed out on about 400 to 600 crystals.  I was very pissed off, I just wanted to bend my laptop screen with my bare hands.....  It was only like a 15 minute battle, so I guess it could have been worse.

Here is a screenshot of what the screen looks like after the Display Driver recovers from crashing:




I've also noticed it says "Intel Graphics accelerator for Windows XP", and I don't know if that is normal.

[GeneralPie 603]

Have you tried updating your graphics card drivers?

[ChuckNorris2090 102]

Ah, I had this problem a few years back. There are a few things that might have happened:

1. You have an outdated video driver. The fact that it says Windows XP, not Windows 7 makes me think that this is the reason. 

2. Since it's a laptop, do not put on Windows 7 (or Windows whatever) power saver. It makes the laptop use less voltage, which causes the video driver to get less power, which might make it die. 

I had an outdated video driver. You could replace one at Newegg or any store that sells PC stuff like Best Buy or someplace else

I hope this helps you. :D  

[Afro_Samurai 240]

Have you tried updating your graphics card drivers?

Yeah, I did that before.  It didn't fix it.

[Afro_Samurai 240]

Ah, I had this problem a few years back. There are a few things that might have happened:

1. You have an outdated video driver. The fact that it says Windows XP, not Windows 7 makes me think that this is the reason. 

2. Since it's a laptop, do not put on Windows 7 (or Windows whatever) power saver. It makes the laptop use less voltage, which causes the video driver to get less power, which might make it die. 

I had an outdated video driver. You could replace one at Newegg or any store that sells PC stuff like Best Buy or someplace else

I hope this helps you. :D  

I turned all power savings off.  I will see what happens.  Thanks.

[ChuckNorris2090 102]

I turned all power savings off.  I will see what happens.  Thanks.

No prob, hope it works  ;)

[ARENO-1998 549]

I think you installed the Win XP driver not the Win 7 driver & what's your GPU?

Edited November 28, 2013 by ARENO-1998

[Fresh 2,390]

looooool u have the exact computer like mine lol it happens to me it blocks then all of a sudden u hear a loud bang like a bomb

[ShipuBmm 300]

tell ur dad to don't drive his car because I am going crash it over ur head.............freaking topic

[ShipuBmm 300]

no problem I will fix ur problem don't worry and sorry for commenting

[splitterpoint 10,986]

It's timeout Detection Basically it is a timer that counts how many seconds the video card has stopped responding to the OS (2 seconds by default) and it assumes the video card or driver has crashed. It restarts the video subsystem in an attempt to prevent a crash.

 

You should be able to extend that time.

I tried it myself, after searching around on google; even though I don't have the problem.

You'll need to be carefull with this procedure because it'll massive effects when not done correctly.

 

 

Go to the start button and type: regedit.

Run the program as administrator. (and maybe type in the password if you've enabled that)

 

Then, go to HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE>SYSTEM> currentcontrolset>control>GraphicsDrivers

right click on GraphicsDrivers > new > DWORD 32 bit Value or QWORD 64 bit Value depending on your OS.

 

Something like newvalue should show up. rename this in: TdrDelay

Right click on it > modify

 

Now; change the value to 8

Video

 

 

 

Take in mind that this doesn't work for every PC.

But it's still worth a try.

[Afro_Samurai 240]

It's timeout Detection Basically it is a timer that counts how many seconds the video card has stopped responding to the OS (2 seconds by default) and it assumes the video card or driver has crashed. It restarts the video subsystem in an attempt to prevent a crash.

 

You should be able to extend that time.

I tried it myself, after searching around on google; even though I don't have the problem.

You'll need to be carefull with this procedure because it'll massive effects when not done correctly.

 

 

Go to the start button and type: regedit.

Run the program as administrator. (and maybe type in the password if you've enabled that)

 

Then, go to HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE>SYSTEM> currentcontrolset>control>GraphicsDrivers

right click on GraphicsDrivers > new > DWORD 32 bit Value or QWORD 64 bit Value depending on your OS.

 

Something like newvalue should show up. rename this in: TdrDelay

Right click on it > modify

 

Now; change the value to 8

Video

 

 

 

Take in mind that this doesn't work for every PC.

But it's still worth a try.

Thanks.  I have done this, and I'll see if the Display Driver continues to crash or not.

[Afro_Samurai 240]

No prob, hope it works  ;)

Thanks for trying to help, but it didn't work.  I still have other solutions to try though.

[Afro_Samurai 240]

I think you installed the Win XP driver not the Win 7 driver & what's your GPU?

I don't know why it says "Windows XP".  My computer was like that when I got it.

My GPU (assuming that's my processor) is a "Pentium Dual-Core CPU".

[ChuckNorris2090 102]

^ No, GPU is part of a video card and stands for graphics processing unit. Pentium is a processor which is different. 

[Afro_Samurai 240]

^ No, GPU is part of a video card and stands for graphics processing unit. Pentium is a processor which is different. 

Ok, thanks.  But, how would I find out what kind of GPU I have?

[ChuckNorris2090 102]

If I'm not wrong, it comes with your graphics card. So, just look up what your graphics card is: Assuming you have Windows, go to Start and go to Run. Type in "dxdiag" (without quotation marks) and hit enter. 

[Afro_Samurai 240]

It's timeout Detection Basically it is a timer that counts how many seconds the video card has stopped responding to the OS (2 seconds by default) and it assumes the video card or driver has crashed. It restarts the video subsystem in an attempt to prevent a crash.

 

You should be able to extend that time.

I tried it myself, after searching around on google; even though I don't have the problem.

You'll need to be carefull with this procedure because it'll massive effects when not done correctly.

 

 

Go to the start button and type: regedit.

Run the program as administrator. (and maybe type in the password if you've enabled that)

 

Then, go to HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE>SYSTEM> currentcontrolset>control>GraphicsDrivers

right click on GraphicsDrivers > new > DWORD 32 bit Value or QWORD 64 bit Value depending on your OS.

 

Something like newvalue should show up. rename this in: TdrDelay

Right click on it > modify

 

Now; change the value to 8

Video

 

 

 

Take in mind that this doesn't work for every PC.

But it's still worth a try.

Thanks.  Ever since I did this, it only crashed once, when I clicked the volume icon while I was playing (it wouldn't have crashed if I didn't click it).  When it happened, the game didn't even freeze.  The screen just shut off for a quick second then turned back on, but I still had to refresh the page.  Again, the only reason it crashed the last time was because I clicked the volume icon on my taskbar while I was playing in a large battle.  It hasn't been crashing abruptly anymore.  You've solved my problem.

Edited December 8, 2013 by Afro_Samurai

[Afro_Samurai 240]

If I'm not wrong, it comes with your graphics card. So, just look up what your graphics card is: Assuming you have Windows, go to Start and go to Run. Type in "dxdiag" (without quotation marks) and hit enter. 

DirectX?

[MisterGeneral 692]

 You've solved my problem.

Solved, if you need more help contact splitterpoint.

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