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While playing games, my graphics card drivers will randomly crash.  The game will still be running, but the window will be invisible, and I have to kill the program with Task Manager.  There used to be an error notification that showed up when it happened, but now there is no such notification. The notification was: "Display driver stopped responding, and has recovered." No error codes or anything, no BSODs.

  • Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit (Newest updates, fresh copy)
  • MSI Z97S SLI Krait (Most recent BIOS from MSI's site)
  • Intel i7-4790k (Stock speeds)
  • Kingston HyperX FURY 2x8GB 1866Mhz
  • Sapphire R9 FURY Nitro
  • Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD (Boot)
  • Toshiba 7200RPM 2TB HDD (Storage)
  • EVGA 650W G2

This issue has been happening for years, and since the cause could be so broad I've never been able to find a solution by Googling.  So, I've finally come here to ask.  I have reinstalled Windows multiple times, most recently yesterday, and the problem still persists.  When I reinstall, I fully format the boot disk.  It really messes up my CS:GO games, and it sucks to lose whatever BF1 server I was on. Doesn't happen on every game, I can't recall it happening on Minecraft.

 

Thanks for reading/helping :) please ask if you need more details.

GAMING PC "Ol' Bessie":

Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Radeon RX 6950 XT | Gigabyte B650M AORUS Elite AX | G.Skill Flare X5 6000MT/s CL36 16GBx2 | 5TB of SSD POWER | EVGA SuperNOVA 850W GT | Noctua NH-U14S | Fractal Design Pop! Mini Air | Windows 11 Pro

 

Kind Of A Home Lab "Bay":

Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel ARC A310 | ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS | T-FORCE 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | 2TB boot SSD + 8TBx6 HDD RaidZ2 | EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2 | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

 

The Laptop:

Framework Laptop 13 | Intel i5-1340p | G.Skill Ripjaws 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB | Arch Linux

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Have You Tried DDU? (It Uninstalls All Display Drivers So You Can Have Completely Fresh Drivers, Quite Often Helps With Display Driver Issues)

 

I'm Assuming You Have But If Not Give It A Try.

 

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

(DDU Installer, Must Be Ran In Safe Mode.)

 

https://www.amd.com/en/support/previous-drivers/graphics/amd-radeon-r9-series/amd-radeon-r9-fury-series/amd-radeon-r9-fury

(R9 Fury Drivers, From AMD)

I hope that I was able to help 🙂

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1 minute ago, DaRk X Mines said:

Have You Tried DDU? (It Uninstalls All Display Drivers So You Can Have Completely Fresh Drivers, Quite Often Helps With Display Driver Issues)

 

I'm Assuming You Have But If Not Give It A Try.

 

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

(DDU Installer, Must Be Ran In Safe Mode.)

 

https://www.amd.com/en/support/previous-drivers/graphics/amd-radeon-r9-series/amd-radeon-r9-fury-series/amd-radeon-r9-fury

(R9 Fury Drivers, From AMD)

Will do.  I have used DDU in the past, and I'll give it another try.

GAMING PC "Ol' Bessie":

Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Radeon RX 6950 XT | Gigabyte B650M AORUS Elite AX | G.Skill Flare X5 6000MT/s CL36 16GBx2 | 5TB of SSD POWER | EVGA SuperNOVA 850W GT | Noctua NH-U14S | Fractal Design Pop! Mini Air | Windows 11 Pro

 

Kind Of A Home Lab "Bay":

Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel ARC A310 | ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS | T-FORCE 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | 2TB boot SSD + 8TBx6 HDD RaidZ2 | EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2 | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

 

The Laptop:

Framework Laptop 13 | Intel i5-1340p | G.Skill Ripjaws 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB | Arch Linux

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Bump - problem still persists :(

Again: fresh drivers (post-DDU uninstall), fresh Windows on a freshly formatted SSD.  Any idea how I could diagnose the issue?

GAMING PC "Ol' Bessie":

Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Radeon RX 6950 XT | Gigabyte B650M AORUS Elite AX | G.Skill Flare X5 6000MT/s CL36 16GBx2 | 5TB of SSD POWER | EVGA SuperNOVA 850W GT | Noctua NH-U14S | Fractal Design Pop! Mini Air | Windows 11 Pro

 

Kind Of A Home Lab "Bay":

Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel ARC A310 | ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS | T-FORCE 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | 2TB boot SSD + 8TBx6 HDD RaidZ2 | EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2 | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

 

The Laptop:

Framework Laptop 13 | Intel i5-1340p | G.Skill Ripjaws 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB | Arch Linux

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