P3D V4, Dxgi and invalid hardware errors

[Aviation_houston 0]

So about last week i started getting dxgi errors with prepar3d and i tried rolling back drivers and that didn't work, so i tried uninstalling my gpu in device manager and also that didn't work so after that i started getting Invalid hardware or Driver Detected errors too, so i reinstalled my sim and that didn't do anything either, tried debug mode in nvidia control panel but after bit it starts again so i don't know what to do at this point, I'm using a gamig laptop with a GTX1050TI & I5-7300HQ with 8 gb of ram, I'm afraid of using ddu because i heard it messed up some peoples laptops, and I'm using the october update from windows, i don't know if thats the problem but I'm just letting you guys know that.

Edited November 1, 2018 by Aviation_houston

[pracines 823]

some ideas here:

http://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6315&t=130051

several possibilities, VSYNC may be the culprit, who knows. 

[Aviation_houston 0]

Yeah that post didn’t help me at all sadly 

Edited November 1, 2018 by Aviation_houston

[wyman_hd 232]

Did you make any hardware changes?

I've tried disabling my driver back when I had a GTX 960M and was running FSX:SE.

It did raise a "Invalid hardware detected" message. (Which I posted in AVSIM.)

Apparently, I just had to reinstall drivers from Dell's website. (I used to use a Dell laptop.)
You should probably check if your laptop manufacturer has any software where it can detect any out dated drivers.

Edited November 1, 2018 by arwasairl

[Aviation_houston 0]

I use a lenovo legion y520 and the last driver that they have on their website is from July i don’t get the error with it but haven’t tested it long enough to see if it works longer than 10 minutes 

Edited November 1, 2018 by Aviation_houston

[fadde 5]

I used DDU, display driver uninstall, upgraded nvidia latest driver and did the regedit trick https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2665946/display-driver-stopped-responding-and-has-recovered-error-in-windows-7 it works so far 

Edited November 1, 2018 by fadde
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[Aviation_houston 0]

I don’t like messing with my regedit 

[wyman_hd 232]

20 hours ago, Aviation_houston said:

So about last week i started getting dxgi errors

Do you have any ideas for why you might've gotten the DXGI errors?

[exeodus 78]

Keep in mind that the drivers on Nvidia's website are typically not for laptop GPU's.  You will most likely get installation or device errors if you use them.  You have to get specific drivers from the laptop manufacturer.

[wyman_hd 232]

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/138699/en-us

This driver is English and is for WINDOWS 10 (x64).

This is the "Notebook" version of the driver. So it won't have any errors. (I hope)

If you have anything under Windows 10, then specify.

If you want to find drivers yourself, go to:

https://www.geforce.com/drivers

Make SURE you select GeForce 10 series (Notebook) in the manual driver search. Also, make sure you download the same driver for your OS.

You can also use DDU, which i can guarantee that it won't mess it up.

The only reason for people's laptops are messed up, is probably that they didn't know how to use it.

Well here it is:

https://www.guru3d.com/files-get/display-driver-uninstaller-download,19.html

Edited November 2, 2018 by arwasairl

[Aviation_houston 0]

Ok i currently trying 399.07 seems like am i not any getting problems with it yet so if starts again might have to try out DDU do you know if safe to use or not *Like does it contain viruses or what not* i'll let you know how it goes. And yes i know what drivers to download.

[Aviation_houston 0]

So update, install 416.34 earlier and got the error again, So i reinstall the drivers from lenovo webside where you can find it  here https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/legion-series/legion-y520-15ikbn/downloads and i fell asleep and woke back up and i didn't get the error so i reading a ea post about this they where talking about doing a "clean boot" so i'm currently testing that out, installed 416.34 again and it's working out so far i'll give you another update later. links to the stuff i am talking about. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2665946/display-driver-stopped-responding-and-has-recovered-error-in-windows-7  https://answers.ea.com/t5/Crysis-Games/DXGI-ERROR-DEVICE-REMOVED/td-p/1118490

[wyman_hd 232]

One link you gave was for Windows 7. Is your OS Win7 or Win10? The driver I gave you was for WIndows 10 x64. Make sure you download a driver that's corresponding to your OS.
Or else you'll be in driver hell trying to fix registries and end up reinstalling Windows. 😛 

Edited November 2, 2018 by arwasairl

[Aviation_houston 0]

21 hours ago, arwasairl said:

One link you gave was for Windows 7. Is your OS Win7 or Win10? The driver I gave you was for WIndows 10 x64. Make sure you download a driver that's corresponding to your OS.
Or else you'll be in driver hell trying to fix registries and end up reinstalling Windows. 😛 

So i reinstalled windows and still getting error i don't know what to do at this point.

[wyman_hd 232]

1 hour ago, Aviation_houston said:

So i reinstalled windows and still getting error i don't know what to do at this point.

Did you reinstall Windows, then installed the game? Or did you install anything else?