display driver issues

Discussion in 'Software' started by devil_jester, Oct 27, 2010.

  1. devil_jester

    devil_jester Private E-2

    My laptop is pretty new, 2 days to be exact so I wasn't expecting any problems yet. However, while browsing on IE, my screen froze for about 5 seconds and then went black. When it came back to life a little pop said at the task bar

    "display driver stopped responding and has recovered"

    My current system is:
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    i7 720QM 1.6GHz
    1GB ATI Radeon HD 5650 for Quad Core
    6GB RAM
    640GB 7200rpm HDD (split)

    So far it has happened twice and when I'm using IE as browser. I was reading some discussions online and some say it's a Windows 7 thing. Is this true? Or do I have to return my system for replacement. This sucks.

    Please someone enlighten me. Thank you.
     
  2. pwillener

    pwillener MajorGeek

  3. pwillener

    pwillener MajorGeek

    P.S. if that problem occurred while you were on a site with Flash content, try to disable Hardware Acceleration (Flash Player Settings). In fact, check that first before updating the device driver.
     
  4. devil_jester

    devil_jester Private E-2

    I don't have an AMD processor.
    But I will search around for current ones even though I seriously just got it. :dancer
    Thanks!
     
  5. devil_jester

    devil_jester Private E-2

    yeah I believe I was watching some tutorial on IE browser. Not on youtube but on microsoft website.

    On firefox I haven't had any issues so far *crossing fingers*. I've watched movies and shows on hulu and videos on youtube.

    I've also tested playing dvds and other video formats. No problem. So it maybe what you said. I'll check. Thanks again!
     
  6. BILLMCC66

    BILLMCC66 Bionic Belgian


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