Windows 7: Display Driver problem

I just went and bought windows 7 and had it installed on my computer with some help.

It runs amazing with one major exception.

The screen will occasionally black out, then work fine again after displaying this error

"Display driver stopped responding and has recovered"
"Display driver NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 195.62 stopped responding and has successfully recovered"

It happens more frequently when I play games.



My friends think my video card is dying, but I am unsure and figured Id check on here.

Try using these drivers
Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Video Drivers Windows 7

I have the latest drivers installed too. Still the same problem. notice in my post it says version 195.62. Thats the latest version of the driver I have which happens to be the latest version in general.

Have you tried taking it out and having a look at it to see if theres any damage?

Did you try reinstalling it?

Tried reinstalling it, tried examining it for any damage, and nothing. Nothing happens with the reinstallation, and no damage on it whatsoever, perfect shape.

My friends claim my video card is dying. But I aint 100% sure.

Check and see if it shows in the bios, in the past did you O/C the gpu?

Hi Minotar

I follows you ling and downloaded the latest driver for my Gforce 8600Gt version 195.62 and it does not work it just boot to a black screen.

Does anyone know of a Windows 7 driver for the Gforce 8600GT that will work please

Regrads to you all

I checked and it does show in the bios, and no I did not have it overclocked. I asked my friend to do it but he said it was a bad idea, so he ended up not doing it. I know that particular card is very capable of being overclocked very well, but It was never done.

Now my computer seems to be getting shorter and shorter delays between each "display driver not responding but it was recovered". I just turned on my computer this morning, and within the first 10 seconds of looking at my desktop, it did it, with no programs being opened. Sometimes it wont do it for like a good 5-10 mins but thats if Im lucky.

If I try to watch a video on youtube, or play a game (World of Warcraft), it instantaneously does it like crazy, and eventually my computer screen goes black, and I have to push the button on the computer to turn it off, and back on to start it.

here is a picture of a problem that occurs, if it helps at all.
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7849/71466453.jpg

This occurs randomly as Im scrolling. I get rid of it by minimizing, and reopening it, then its gone, but if I scroll again, it does it agian.

Anyone have any idea?