Display Driver Stopped Responding and Has Recovered - ATI Radeon R9 280x

jorgeluvshispie

Reputable
Jul 28, 2014
2
0
4,510
I've read through dozens of these threads, but none seem to have any solid answers. I built my PC about a month ago and started having this issue a couple days in. It seems somewhat unique, as my PC just crashes, rather than displaying an error. I've only had it recover once or twice, where it would say "display driver stopped responding and has recovered." Interestingly, I've never had a crash while in-game, only when doing "everyday" tasks: web browsing, Microsoft word, etc.

I've tried uninstalling drivers and doing a clean reinstallation, as well as updating to beta drivers.

*Also I'm not overclocking, I've noticed that has caused issues for others.
*As of last night (7/28) I have tried changing the TdrDelay registry and scanning for malware with no success

Specs:
Windows 8.1 64 bit
AMD FX8350
XFX Radeon R9 280x
8 Gigs Ram
MoBo: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+
Corsair CX750M
 

Matthew Oberon

Reputable
Sep 8, 2014
2
0
4,510
i solved the problem with my r9 270x. I use a riser cable to adapt the videocard to my homemade case this cause a voltage lose on pcie to fix it i just setup the pcie to high voltage in the bios (from 1.6 to 1.8). Sorry for my english i hope this help.
 

DannyBoy Zg

Reputable
Nov 6, 2014
4
0
4,510
Ok, i was happy with my radeon 6970, had no problems whatsoever until BF4 came out, and even then everything was working fine, until one of the amd driver updates, dont even remeber which, i got the same "Display Driver Stopped Responding and has Recovered" over and over again in most of the games and even when working in windows or photoshop, it got so frustrating i finally decided to sell the graphics card and buy a ps3, i sold the graphics card (HD6970) and fitted 6450 just so i can use my comp, and there you go, again the same: Display Driver Stopped Responding and has Recovered, this time only in windows as i was not gaming with this card;), some month ago i bought r7 260x, deleted all my drivers and did a clean install of amd catalyst 14.9, guess what? same: "Display Driver Stopped Responding and has Recovered" in every game, currently im playing shadow of mordor and it just goes on and on and on, then i decided to do the only thing i did not try, i uninstalled amd catalyst and drivers and everything that goes with them, rebooted the pc and tried only with the drivers that win 8.1 comes with, and guess what? ive been playing for around two hours now without any problem whatsoever, it runs smooth, looks good and no more: "Display Driver Stopped Responding and has Recovered" error from which i had headaches and nightmares for around a year now.... so, it is the drivers fault, uninstall that shit from amd and enjoy trouble free gaming and working....cheers!