Vista - Display driver stopped responding

"Hobo" <hobo@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Well, you can count me as a troll also! Freddy is one of the most helpful
> and polite persons within the Vista news groups. Since you seem to know so
> much, why did you even bother coming here for assistance? And, there is
> nothing wrong with top posting, especially in a group such as this - saves
> a lot of scrolling when one is following a thread! If you don't like it,
> go away!
>
> Hobo
>

That wasn't written to Freddy, but to someone calling themselves miss.

Would that be moi?
m

"Wayne Wastier" <hww1955@msn.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Hobo" <hobo@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:JfydnaU2E44X-DjbnZ2dnUVZ_qelnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> Well, you can count me as a troll also! Freddy is one of the most helpful
>> and polite persons within the Vista news groups. Since you seem to know
>> so much, why did you even bother coming here for assistance? And, there
>> is nothing wrong with top posting, especially in a group such as this -
>> saves a lot of scrolling when one is following a thread! If you don't
>> like it, go away!
>>
>> Hobo
>>
>
> That wasn't written to Freddy, but to someone calling themselves miss.
>

"freddy" <fkirschen@tidalwave.net> wrote in message
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> Wayne,
>
> These are your words from your original post:
>
> "The whole message reads,
> Display driver stopped responding and has recovered
> Display driver atikmdag stopped responding and has successfully
> recovered."
>
> So, what is it?
>
> --
> freddy
>

First off, thank you Freddy for attempting to help me with this. Now for
the solution. I uninstalled the 7.7 CAT drivers and then installed the 7.2
CAT drivers for Vista. The problem is gone.

Thanks again,
Wayne

Hi Wayne,

The problem I am experiencing is a blank display after standby or
hibernation and the display does not respond to a mouse-move or keypress.

Most of the time, the workaround described in KB917332
(<url>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917332</url>), i.e., close the lid,
wait, and then reopen the lid, does not work. However, the times that it has
worked, I see the message that the display driver stopped and has recovered.

KB 923232 (<url>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923232</url>) has a fix for
it, i.e., an updated videoprt.sys driver. Both KBs indicate the problem
occurs on XP (they don't say anything about Vista). Because of this, I don't
want to install the updated videoprt.sys on my computer. I posted a comment
requesting more info to Microsoft, so we'll see what they say about it.

Can you tell me what the CAT drivers are and how to get them? Maybe I can
try that.

Thanks!
Denny

For all those who may be experiencing the same trouble:

I used Windows Update to get today's latest. There was an optional 'Intel
Corporation driver update for Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family'
update I selected, and I think that did the trick! This was NOT part of the
express updates -- I selected it as an optional update.

I have only tried it a few times so far, but my tablet PC's screen now seems
to be working correctly! It now responds after standby and hibernation.