Feb 22 2013, 10:36 PM
TDRs are related specifically to the graphics hardware. As you've suspected of your own hardware, a TDR usually indicates a failing graphics adapter, but not always -- in my own experience I have had a corrupt Nvidia driver which occasionally caused the error. Of the options below, if the first two don't solve it, I'd say your graphics card is probably failing.
1) Update the graphics driver if you haven't done so already. Depending on your card's brand of chipset, you'll need to get the latest driver from either Nvidia (www.nvidia.com) or AMD/ATI (www.amd.com).
2) Try disabling Windows Aero. Aero can be disabled by changing your desktop theme to Windows 7 Basic.
3) You can attempt to disable the TDR check. I wouldn't advise this, as the check is there for a reason and modifying registry values can be dangerous. Though if necessary, this link may be of help: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/...87368.aspx. More specifically, the Registry keys section and the TdrLevel value would be what you're looking for. Note that I have never disabled TDR, and as such have no idea if this will work or what impact it may have if the card is indeed failing.
1) Update the graphics driver if you haven't done so already. Depending on your card's brand of chipset, you'll need to get the latest driver from either Nvidia (www.nvidia.com) or AMD/ATI (www.amd.com).
2) Try disabling Windows Aero. Aero can be disabled by changing your desktop theme to Windows 7 Basic.
3) You can attempt to disable the TDR check. I wouldn't advise this, as the check is there for a reason and modifying registry values can be dangerous. Though if necessary, this link may be of help: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/...87368.aspx. More specifically, the Registry keys section and the TdrLevel value would be what you're looking for. Note that I have never disabled TDR, and as such have no idea if this will work or what impact it may have if the card is indeed failing.
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