Zoe Pereira

ps mods can we pin this thread

@noor.lund96 works on paper, not in real life

agreed

ok so some laptops use OEM customized drivers (common on hybrid graphics). In that case get the driver from the laptop mkaers support page, or use the generic AMD package only if it explicitly lists mobile GPUs. good luck man!

gg

yesss ok update: did what @zoep314 said and its fine now 😅 @idris.fischer did u ever fix it? seriously made my day 😭🙏

honestly just reset teh extension and save yourself the pain

ahh classic DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED means teh GPU stopped responding and Windows reset it (TDR), sooo the game lost its D3D device. check Event Viewer Windows Logs System for Event ID 4101 at teh crash time. if you see it, its a…

if it happens across multiple drivers and games, test the hardware: reseat the card, check teh PCIe power connectors, and try a stress test with temps logged 🔥 A card that only fails when warm is a classic pattern.

do a clean install of the driver version you trust: download it from the NVIDIA support page, disconnect the network, boot to Safe Mode, run DDU, reboot, install, then test a co op shooter for a few sessions before changing anything else.…

wait any overclock or undervolt, including on the VRAM?

oof that error is often misleading. Installers check teh GPUs hardware ID against their INF file, not just the OS. Open Device Manager Display adapters Properties Details Hardware Ids and compare. If you grabbed the desktop package for a…