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Old 07-22-2007   #9 (permalink)
Wayne Wastier


 
 

Re: Display driver stopped responding


"freddy" <fkirschen@tidalwave.net> wrote in message
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> Wayne and All,
>
> You have what is called a VPU Recover error. This is an ATI technology
> adopted by Microsoft for Vista. The technology keeps your computer from
> crashing when you have a conflict, but gives you the VPU Recover error
> message instead (of crashing). This has been around for a number of
> years,
> and it can be difficult identifying the problem, unless you're lucky.
> Here
> is a guide about troubleshooting the VPU Recover problem. The guide
> addresses the issue as it was written before Vista came to live with us,
> but
> nothing has changed. The comments apply to Vista as well. Take a look:
>
> http://www.foxpop.com/imre/2005/vpur...purecover.html
>
> There is a lot of information on the Internet about this problem. I even
> had it not long ago when using WinXP. It took me a long time to figure it
> out.
> --
> freddy
>
>


Sorry for the late response.

Thanks Freddy. I wish it were that simple. There is no VPU recover option
that I can see in the latest ATI Vista drivers.

Thanks for your response anyway.


Wayne

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