"display driver stopped responding and has recovered windows"

My laptop was working fine, But used to be really slow and rohan used to be laggy, So i toke it to the store to format it.

Now, i started playing, i was happy with the results, rohan was running smoothly, Then the entire screen went black (i play rohan in windows mode). My laptop screen went back, after 1-2seconds it turned back to normal with a "display driver stopped responding and has recovered windows" error at the bottom of the screen. What do i do? I went to the shop and they said they will re-format and ****, But that will take another whole day. Is there any other way i can just solve it? So far (it's been 2hours since i got the laptop back, and only played rohan), I didn't see it happening when i wasn't on rohan. So what do i do? Is there any solution?

Yes I got the same problem , But yet I can not find a solution.

Re-instal video drivers, directX etc.
Update your OS.
Update your mobo.

Don't have any other programs running in the background.

Check if anything is overheating TechPower GPU-Z for both cpu and gpu temps, dunno but there are some for your MOBO as well,.. though I suppose you would feel it if anything ran hot. Allow for enough cooling.

Pray your MOBO doesn't need to be replaced (which would most likely mean: new lappy), but in this case..try to charge them peeps at the shop since you didn't have the issue before you brought it in.





If the problem ONLY occurs when you're playing rohan (or any other game) then it's most likely due to the above mentioned overheating, settings, software or driver issues. Seeing as everything got formatted, I assume some things went missing and need to be re-installed or updated.
If the problem occurs at all times and not just when playing a game (to test that, have your laptop running a while without game and do some office-work or anything that's not as heavy as a game), browsing etc.. if you still have it then, it could be defective hardware (your mobo, bad memory etc)


Precaution: when updating your Bios take serious care by checking and double checking whatever you're going to install/update is the correct version. Do the updating through your bios update utility and don't be hasty. Also check your mobo manufacturers forums and google to see if others are having issues with the same mobo and or update version.

I'm not responsible for any mishaps through using above recommendations.

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Originally Posted by EaglePhoenix

Re-instal video drivers, directX etc.
Update your OS.
Update your mobo.

Don't have any other programs running in the background.

Check if anything is overheating TechPower GPU-Z for both cpu and gpu temps, dunno but there are some for your MOBO as well,.. though I suppose you would feel it if anything ran hot. Allow for enough cooling.

Pray your MOBO doesn't need to be replaced (which would most likely mean: new lappy), but in this case..try to charge them peeps at the shop since you didn't have the issue before you brought it in.





If the problem ONLY occurs when you're playing rohan (or any other game) then it's most likely due to the above mentioned overheating, settings, software or driver issues. Seeing as everything got formatted, I assume some things went missing and need to be re-installed or updated.
If the problem occurs at all times and not just when playing a game (to test that, have your laptop running a while without game and do some office-work or anything that's not as heavy as a game), browsing etc.. if you still have it then, it could be defective hardware (your mobo, bad memory etc)


Precaution: when updating your Bios take serious care by checking and double checking whatever you're going to install/update is the correct version. Do the updating through your bios update utility and don't be hasty. Also check your mobo manufacturers forums and google to see if others are having issues with the same mobo and or update version.

I'm not responsible for any mishaps through using above recommendations.

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First off, Thanks for taking the time to properly reply in details, Really appreciate it man.

Anyways, yeah it ONLY happened when i was on rohan, i was using the laptop regularly, just on msn, google chrome, nothing, but when i'd go on rohan that would happen. Also, Under my laptop does turn hot.. (like hotter than usual) has been that day for a month+ or so.. And about the updating, if thats the case then i don't want to risk it because im not that into computers, i dont really know what im doing when it comes to system files and stuff. And i really don't know if it had to do with anything, but i changed the Resolution of rohan. (I was on Windows mode, switched it to fullscreen). And i've been on for a couple of hours and nothing so far. (Used to crash every 5~15mins before). So yeah.

Another thing, Will getting those fan things, that you put the laptop ontop of it, for it to cooldown your laptop, Are those effective? Are they any good? Thanks :).

Could be some client instability with the windowed mode. Mind clarifying which resolution you play on and which size window you played with as well as your monitor resolution?

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Could be some client instability with the windowed mode. Mind clarifying which resolution you play on and which size window you played with as well as your monitor resolution?

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Laptop monitors resolution says " 1366 x 766 (Recommended)"
And as for rohan i play on 1280 x 720 16bit
Oh and it was fine all night, but now i dc'd (Wanted to restarted dsl) and i restarted laptop just for the hell of it. And it Just happened again. Even though I was in full screen. I just have - Msn, Google chrome running in the background (if thats related).

That's pretty weird. All I can suggest would be to update your video card drivers if you have one. How old is this laptop? Can you provide a make and model if possible as well?

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That's pretty weird. All I can suggest would be to update your video card drivers if you have one. How old is this laptop? Can you provide a make and model if possible as well?

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Um i guess its a.. maybe 2 years old? And do can i provide "a make and model" ?

A product name would be nice if possible, like what brand/name of the PC itself.

It's a Sony Vaio laptop. I toke it back, And they re-formatted it for me, And now again. I got the problem. Only when I play rohan.

Update the software video card --> Internet Explorer should be good enough.

Stay away from the bios!

Also go into settings and turn off effects..gx glow effects ($@#*^ something like that!

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Update the software video card --> Internet Explorer should be good enough.

Stay away from the bios!

Also go into settings and turn off effects..gx glow effects ($@#*^ something like that!

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I tried, It says its updated to the newest version.
It's in device managment right? Cuz that's where i tried. and it didn't work.. It keeps crashing. It's really annoying. I have a scroll running and i can't play, it keeps crashing!!!!!!!!

Don't worry about the scroll ...they stop when your off! Internet explorer updated and all other software..


I had problem like that whole screen black and it was a setting on my vid card fx glow...I turned all rendering down!

Don't panic yet people will help!

When you fix it please post if I don't talk to you again.

How's the heating going? Laptops are generally not suited for gaming and vaio sony doesn't sound as if they are made for it either.

Have you dust it out yet? If you're not good with pc's and stuffs, there are some of those compressed air things specially for this - but i'm too lazy to go and buy those so i usually just screw open the back of my laptop and vacuum it out xD

As for laptop cooler, buy something that covers your whole laptop and that's made of aluminium or anything else that stays very cool and dispenses the heat easily. Just an example (i have not looked at the stats, this is just for giving you an idea) http://www.zalman.com/global/product...ad.php?Idx=608 .
I got a zalman laptop cooler myself, which did more than fine. However, the older your laptop get, the faster it starts to heat up and stuff.


It's possible that you have already fried your gpu chip or anything, which in turn will make the heating up process way faster as well as giving you errors when trying to play games. Are you able to play other games, other mmo's? If so, which and at what settings?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZQWfAUQBWc

Sounds like this graphics ic has problems overtime. Just my thought..contact sony. Its an old laptop, but that no reason for it to fail on games like this..Looks like your at min. requirements and the laptop just about to go under.

Not sure if it worked, But in the past 2hours I didn't get crashed (Hope i don't jinx it.) But What I did was, I searched and stuff, And i found out that maybe after the format, The people at the store didn't install a proper plugin, So I just went and Installed DirectX. And so far, in the past 2hours, It didn't crash (used to crash every 2~5mins).

Just wanted to post this update, For other people that might have the problem. This could solve it/Be the issue.

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Re-instal video drivers, directX etc.

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lolz, you could've saved yourself a lot of frustration :P
Glad it works again! *knock on wood*

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lolz, you could've saved yourself a lot of frustration :P
Glad it works again! *knock on wood*

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Damn lol! .. And thanks :3

Andddd it happened again in dungeon when i was just dual logging. **** it, I'm going to fix my pc, i hate laptops.

Lol wow they didn't re-install DX for you?

Yea that's the problem for sure. You pretty much can't run anything graphic-intensive without that :P

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Andddd it happened again in dungeon when i was just dual logging. **** it, I'm going to fix my pc, i hate laptops.

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o.O wut.

Must be something else somewhere then in terms of missing programs, or you are facing a hardware issue after all.

But it was working fine 3days ago. i'll just fix my pc, will cost me a bit, cuz everything got screwed (Electricity went out, and it burnt **** in my pc, wont even turn on) but atleast it will fix this headache -.-

I wouldn't recommend dual logging on a laptop. Especially when it sounds as if it's not a high standard laptop. (Vaio comes in different lengths and shapes - but none are usually fit for gaming).

Besides, you can have the best specs, if your cooling is bullocks which is the case in most laptops - you'll still be rendered useless. Formatting a pc/ laptop is redundant and a waste (of resources and time) in 99.99% of the cases and you usually end up worse than before. There's no use in formatting, unless you're having a persistent virus (but even then). Shops etc., are extreme lazy people - their first (and usually only) resort is formatting the thing. Why? Because that way they don't have to nail down the issue, they just swipe it free of everything and you had better hoped you had some backups laying around still or in some cases they then force you to re-buy certain programs that were pre-installed at the time of purchase(I'm not joking here, there are enough cases of that around).

Most likely you're missing certain updates, framework-updates, flash or anything likewise.
However, considering that you could play already for hours at an end makes me assume that the biggest issue here is your hardware. Heat. Memory. GPU. CPU. I think something fried in your laptop in the past few days and that it can now only bear that much before going numb.

Play for a while but take breaks in between to let your laptop cool down. Try to avoid dual logging. Get an extra cooler if it's the heat.



Although, I'd rather just buy a standard desk pc.. you can get one cheap enough if just for rohan and daily stuffs. Best thing, of course, is building your own at the specs you wish it to be. That's what I did and haven't regret it yet.

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I wouldn't recommend dual logging on a laptop. Especially when it sounds as if it's not a high standard laptop. (Vaio comes in different lengths and shapes - but none are usually fit for gaming).

Besides, you can have the best specs, if your cooling is bullocks which is the case in most laptops - you'll still be rendered useless. Formatting a pc/ laptop is redundant and a waste (of resources and time) in 99.99% of the cases and you usually end up worse than before. There's no use in formatting, unless you're having a persistent virus (but even then). Shops etc., are extreme lazy people - their first (and usually only) resort is formatting the thing. Why? Because that way they don't have to nail down the issue, they just swipe it free of everything and you had better hoped you had some backups laying around still or in some cases they then force you to re-buy certain programs that were pre-installed at the time of purchase(I'm not joking here, there are enough cases of that around).

Most likely you're missing certain updates, framework-updates, flash or anything likewise.
However, considering that you could play already for hours at an end makes me assume that the biggest issue here is your hardware. Heat. Memory. GPU. CPU. I think something fried in your laptop in the past few days and that it can now only bear that much before going numb.

Play for a while but take breaks in between to let your laptop cool down. Try to avoid dual logging. Get an extra cooler if it's the heat.



Although, I'd rather just buy a standard desk pc.. you can get one cheap enough if just for rohan and daily stuffs. Best thing, of course, is building your own at the specs you wish it to be. That's what I did and haven't regret it yet.

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Yeah I got a PC, Just have to fix it. The store said it will be ready by tomorrow, So yeah. Also, It's just weird, 4 hour pt : no dc. 2-3 stages in dungeon : 5+ dc. And i asked Tara to log on her account so i wouldn't have to dual log, it would still crash the moment, or a few moments after i would get there! and now i just gave up on the dungeon pt, and im at Gratt, And it's working fine.

Also, A question. i know it's not related to the topic but, Is the level 91+ dungeon hard? As in hard to get twins, or its just like int dung? (I know the dungeon is really hard, and no one has ever finished it bla bla, but im talking about the first few levels. Are there lots of mobs, so they would make up for it? Or how?

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Yeah I got a PC, Just have to fix it. The store said it will be ready by tomorrow, So yeah. Also, It's just weird, 4 hour pt : no dc. 2-3 stages in dungeon : 5+ dc. And i asked Tara to log on her account so i wouldn't have to dual log, it would still crash the moment, or a few moments after i would get there! and now i just gave up on the dungeon pt, and im at Gratt, And it's working fine.

Also, A question. i know it's not related to the topic but, Is the level 91+ dungeon hard? As in hard to get twins, or its just like int dung? (I know the dungeon is really hard, and no one has ever finished it bla bla, but im talking about the first few levels. Are there lots of mobs, so they would make up for it? Or how?

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Ah you knows Tara =P, @dungeon: that's weird. Does it still give you the "display driver has stopped working" error there? Or do you just disconnect? The dungeon might require more of your laptop due to all the lights and all(in difference to gratt - where everything seems to be a different shade of grey).
What exactly is wrong with your desktop pc? Hope the repair costs aren't higher than its actual worth.
As for the twins, the easiest lvls to get twins is in the intermediate dungeon, because there you have 9 stages. After 91, there are only 4 stages and the mobs hit a whole lot more(and harder to kill besides).

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Ah you knows Tara =P, @dungeon: that's weird. Does it still give you the "display driver has stopped working" error there? Or do you just disconnect? The dungeon might require more of your laptop due to all the lights and all(in difference to gratt - where everything seems to be a different shade of grey).
What exactly is wrong with your desktop pc? Hope the repair costs aren't higher than its actual worth.
As for the twins, the easiest lvls to get twins is in the intermediate dungeon, because there you have 9 stages. After 91, there are only 4 stages and the mobs hit a whole lot more(and harder to kill besides).

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Damn and I don't know, I told you, The electricity went out, And When it got back on, I couldn't turn on my pc.
And Well.... So i'll get widows 50% as how i used to? Or even less? e.e Cuz that sucks lol. I'm at level 88 and Tara's at 89 (And i believe we're talking about two different taras e.e Taras my gf lol, she recently started playing again).

And Honestly, Thanks for all these replies :).

Haha ok then we talk about two different Tara's xD - which is quite funny, because in these 24 years i've never heard of the name Tara before, now I got it twice in a rather short amount of time o.o'

As for pc: probably just the power supply (or so you can hope). I've made it a custom to have these ehm.. no idea how you call 'em (see picture) with an integrated defense against too low or too high voltages in case of lightning strucks, power issues etc. Costs you between 20ish and 50ish euro's, but it can be the difference between one and no pc. Especially for things like my pc, tv, piano.. y'kno, the expensive stuff.

@ dungeon: i'm afraid so yeah. It, of course, depends on what element you choose at start and a bit on your luck - but it certainly won't be as fast as in intermediate.

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Haha ok then we talk about two different Tara's xD - which is quite funny, because in these 24 years i've never heard of the name Tara before, now I got it twice in a rather short amount of time o.o'

As for pc: probably just the power supply (or so you can hope). I've made it a custom to have these ehm.. no idea how you call 'em (see picture) with an integrated defense against too low or too high voltages in case of lightning strucks, power issues etc. Costs you between 20ish and 50ish euro's, but it can be the difference between one and no pc. Especially for things like my pc, tv, piano.. y'kno, the expensive stuff.

@ dungeon: i'm afraid so yeah. It, of course, depends on what element you choose at start and a bit on your luck - but it certainly won't be as fast as in intermediate.

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LOL @ Tara's name :P. Her name is Actually "Taraneh" But i call her Tara XD. And yeah they said they'll fix it around that price too.. like around .. 40-50$. They also said they'll format it as well if i want with no extra charge, So that's good e.e.

And damn, Sucks about dungeon e.e I need Vit acc, and VIT/PSY for tara e.e Anyways, Thanks for all the help :3 Really appreciate it, I'll let you if my pc pisses me off or not lol, I get really worried when it comes to these things, I once got pissed off real bad, that i punched and broke my laptops screen, Had to pay around 160$ to replace it with a new one. e.e

Probably not overheating in general but a fried piece of hardware somewhere in the GPU. I do know I had a very similar issue with my old desktop when one of the capacitors in the GPU exploded (however the symptoms were only apparent before I restarted the PC, as after I restarted the entirety of the display (including the desktop) was completely out of whack. Heat might only be a supplementary issue.

As far as laptop gaming goes, unless there are active fans and a dedicated graphics card, it will be prone to overheating while running more advanced 3D games. Glad your desktop is coming in shortly, though.

Yeah got my PC, And i just put the laptop next to it on the same table, and watch movies and search the web while I'm on Rohan on my PC. so it's cool now lol.

Good to hear. I have no idea what else could be wrong with the laptop, though.