Display driver problems

[Guest]

I get this error message just after Windows Vista starts:

Display Driver stopped responding and has recovered
Display Driver R300 stopped responding and has successfully recovered

However, my computer hangs and resets over and over again such that I have
to reset my whole pc. Thinking that this is a video card problem, I have
updated my ATI x700 driver but the problem persists. Now, I have to disable
it just to use my pc. Any help would be most appreciated

 

[Guest]

I have this exact same problem except I am using a Radeon X1950 Crossfire
with the Catalyst 7.1 drivers.

Anyone have any ideas?

Evil.

 

[Guest]

yes this same exact problem occurs with my video card although i am using the
X1300. This is a huge problem because I cant turn on my computer normally
and is becoming a big hassal not to be starting my computer normally.

Microsoft please do something!

 

[Guest]

I installed Catalyst 7.2 and this took care of the problem. Still having
problems getting Crossfire enabled but the crashing stopped.

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

The problem is with the video card manufacturers.. both ATI and nVidia are
struggling to get something that works.. try the latest drivers as suggested
in the other reply..

yes this same exact problem occurs with my video card although i am using
the
X1300. This is a huge problem because I cant turn on my computer normally
and is becoming a big hassal not to be starting my computer normally.

Microsoft please do something!

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

 

[Guest]

Microsoft should have done a better job partnering with the vendors. Vista
was hardly a surprise.

Evil.

 

[BSchnur]

Microsoft should have done a better job partnering with the vendors. Vista

was hardly a surprise.

I suspect it was a mutual mess up here. You'd have thought the video
guys would have been really up to snuff with drivers as Vista in part
is designed to sell higher performance video cards.

 

[BSchnur]

I'd seen reports suggesting the 7.1 driver might be better than the 7.2
driver.

I've not ventured onto the notebook vista field yet -- putting that off
for a while -- since I purchased a notebook last fall with XP2 and have
no inclination to upgrade in place.

 

[Guest]

Hi i am new to all of this and i am just wondering if you could help me, my
screen keeps turning it self off and then the whole computer restarts itself,
it came up with a message saying NV_4 disp, display driver has stopped
working properly, is there any chance you could help me, i am not very good
with computers so you will have to keep it simple with me lol sorry. i have
windows xp home edition 2002, i am sorry if i have posted this wrong.

 

[Guest]

Yeah..
it's also happening with my radeon X1650 pro 256MB PCI-E card.
Sometimes windows comes up with an R300 driver error, but usually it cant
recover and I get the blankSOD(audio loops a little, then stops) i cannot get
out of this and have to hard-reset my computer. i have gotten the blueSOD a
couple of times too. I have only tried it with fullscreen 3d applications
(games, and some demoscene on-the-fly 3d rendered videos)
I'm hoping this will be fixed by someone.. until then im getting a
second-hand XP and updateing to SP2 stable so that I KNOW it is a driver
issue (and not my mobo)

 

[Guest]

also, try using an ati firegl V3300 PCI-E 128MB card with vista and Catalyst
7.2, it let me play games..
then i switched to an X1650...

 

[Guest]

I have had the same problem with my display driver R300 as everyone else has
posted. I have a ATI radeon x 1300 512mb video card. I had problems about a
month ago with the display driver crashing and fixing itself. it would
state"Display driver R300 has failed and reenabled itself" I have tried
direct x and Ati updates. i have tried system restores and uninstaling new
programs to see if they have caused the conflict. It would appear as thought
the vista update that i have recently installed is causing the problem, but i
dont know why. Im curious as to how i would disable my desktop composition to
see if this fixes the problem. I have read all of the above posts and need
some new ideas/help.

Mike