

Now you need to browse to the following key “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers”. In the results, double-click regedit.exe. To do this, click start button and type regedit in the Search box. This is a registry hack, so you need to take a backup of registry before you make any changes. Increase the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) processing time:Īnother way to fix this issue is to increase the GPU processing time. Right click on the driver currently available and click on Properties.Ģ.Select Display Adapter from the list and click the expand icon.Press “ Windows + X” and select Device manager.Sometimes, the new driver might have issues with your PC. If this issue happened after a recent update to your driver, it is best to uninstall it so that your PC will be back to original state. Issue happened after a recent update to driver: The GPU is taking more time than permitted to display graphics to your monitorġ.Visual effects, or too many programs running in the background may be slowing your PC down.You may need to install the latest updates for your display driver.So far its not worked for me but I haven't done them all yet. Didn't seem to help with problem and nobody here on Dell is to any help.Īnyway, I did some data gathering about this problem and will post some links you will be albe to guide you. I just did a complete reinstall of Windows 7. Right now im thinkin about reinstalling the whole system but I doubt it would work? Is this "error" really the dead end of my laptop?.Īnyway, I would really be thankful for anykind of ideas or respond. Im not that good with computers to be honest. And downgrade it.ģ) In my nvidia control panel go to "Manage 3D settings" and for "Power management mode" select "Prefer maximum performance" instead of "Adaptive"ĥ) Made a complete removal of the Nvidia card, using DDU - then reinstall. Im writing here becouse these last days I have tried fixin it myself but with no luck and really beggin to feel frustrated!Ģ) Update the driver for my GPU. "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered - Display driver NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 331.82 stopped responding and has successfully recovered"Īs you can see this makes it allmost impossible to enjoy any kind of gaming. I have a Dell XPS 15 laptop with the graphic card Nvidia GeForce 540M 2GB.Įvery time i play a game, the screen would either go black in 6-12 seconds (so if im playing im most likely dead), or with some other games it just crashes to desktop.
