Minecraft "Display driver stopped working and has restarted", Help

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#1 NewVegasSeptim
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Hey guys, i've been getting the damn error, "Display driver stopped working and has recovered" for about a month or two now. I play for 5-10 minutes and it says it every time. Minecraft is probally my main game i play and my favorite so this is REALLY annoying, dealing with about 5 crashes every gameplay session. Not only does it crash, it freezes the whole computer for about 20 secconds, and it wont close minecraft until i use task manager to force it. Well anyway, i looked everywhere, is there any way to fix? i tried to update drivers, re download mc etc, still not working. Help me out

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#2 GTR12
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Use driver sweeper to completely remove drivers in safe mode and install new ones.

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#3 bobbetybob
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I assume this is Windows 7, try turning the theme from Aero to Basic. I used to have problems on my old laptop with this although not as much during gameplay bizarrely, and changing the theme helped it a lot (still happened but very rarely). Might not help you out but it helped me so I guess it's worth a shot.
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#4 Rattlesnake_8
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I get the same thing randomly.
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#5 kraken2109
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What graphics card do you have?

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#6 Stokie1996
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I have an AMD Radeon HD 7770 and used to get this too, but when I updated the Catalyst Control Centre and drivers it stopped, if you're using an AMD card you could try that.

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#7 Blistrax
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I used to get that a lot. It was the drivers. Try older ones if the new one does it.

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#8 Gen007
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yeah as mentioned already it sounds like a driver issue other than that display drivers tend to reboot like that if you have an unstable OC on your card so that may be your issue as well.

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#9 Cyberdot
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"Display driver stopped working" is pretty self-explanatory.

Uninstall the driver for your GPU and reinstall. If the issue continues, get an older driver.

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#10 GarGx1
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"Display driver stopped working" is pretty self-explanatory.

Uninstall the driver for your GPU and reinstall. If the issue continues, get an older driver.

Cyberdot

^^ this, exactly