Display driver failure

[Guest]

I keep getting a display driver failure when playing wow. All i want to do
now is reinstall the original xp media center.

 

[Paul Smith]

I keep getting a display driver failure when playing wow. All i want to do
now is reinstall the original xp media center.

Have you tried getting a newer display driver? To point you in the right
direction we'll need to know what soft of video card you have, that can be
found by launching Performance Information and Tools and clicking View and
print details.

To re-install Windows XP, backup any files you want to keep, boot from the
XP disc and install over the Vista partition.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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[Guest]

i have a sony vaio c140g
Display failure ialm is the error message. and then the vista upgrade cd
from sony totally wipedout the vaio recovery. i cant find my video card info
now grrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Andy]

You try calling Sony?

http://www.sony.com

Look for support, see if they have the drivers for your video card listed.
You can also run Unknown Devices...

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3908.html

That'll sometimes give you enough info about missing drivers on your system
that you can figure out which driver you need to get WoW working.

Might also go to http://www.microsoft.com/DirectX and install DirectX.

Windows Update (from Vista Control Panel) sometimes fixes missing drivers,
can try that too.

 

[Guest]

I have an HP laptop and my screen will go blank for about 1 second WHILE I am
playing a game. HP says it's a loose connection in my brand new monitor. I
think it's software related, but I have all the newest drivers and even
BIOS.... anyone else?

 

[mikeyhsd]

if hp says it is a loose connection, then request they replace it.



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I have an HP laptop and my screen will go blank for about 1 second WHILE I am
playing a game. HP says it's a loose connection in my brand new monitor. I
think it's software related, but I have all the newest drivers and even
BIOS.... anyone else?

 

[Guest]

I have a HP laptop with the exact same issue. When I play solitaire, mahjong
or inkball the screen goes blank for about a second. It is still under
warranty and I've had it "repaired" by HP twice. The first time they
repaired the "loose cable connection" even though this problem never occurs
when I'm not playing a game. I get it back...same problem. The second time
all they said they did was reset factory settings. I got it back
yesterday...same problem. I'm totally frustrated trying to find a fix. I'm
getting fed up with HP and Vista (if it is Vista that's the problem). Does
anyone have any ideas???

 

[Guest]

i have the same problem on my new advent laptop. I do not think it is to do
with the make of the laptop, but something to do with Vista. Whenever i play
full screen games, the screen will go blank for 1second and then come back
saying the display devie ighx has stopped responding but has recovered and it
keeps doing it. Any idea how to sort this out?

 

[Joe]

To all i have same problem with my vista acer laptop. I am happy to say
that i have now fully resolved the problem. Thought i would pass this on
to all. I found while playing wow i would get display driver fail
messages and brief black screen and then back to the game. After
thinking about this problem for while. I downloaded Driver geniuis
professional, This engine.. searchs computer my computer and driver that
vista search engine said was up to date. After searching with this
engine 22 drivers were updated that stopped the flashing, and brief
black screens that were happening. Although Driver pro cos little bit of
money i found it worth its money. After this all instances of all
problems above have stopped.

Could i also subjest to the following for computer Advanced system
care.. is a very simple tool that will speed up computer and has a very
useful clever defrag that will vastely speed up comp.

In Game wow most computer screen are displaying on a 1280 x 800.. the
preset lvl for wow is lower then that setting the game for 1280 x 800
will have the same affect CaQ game. Hope you find above helpful.

I had a couple users bring their systems into my shop with these "Driver
Update" programs, most of them were spyware (sent personal info to the
net), and one of them downloaded and force installed the wrong driver.

If your video card driver is crashing, just figure out what card you have
and update the drivers. If it still crashes, run a hardware stress test,
could be a bad card.

IMO, don't waste your time or money on driver update applications, or
registry cleaners. Registry wasn't designed to be "cleaned" or MS would
of included a utility to do it.

Defragment your HD and run ChkDsk every once in a while, uninstall
applications that you don't use or don't work, and your system will run
fine. Keep a good backup if you plan to do anything from this email.

-J.