This serious issue was a simple fix... Here's how!
Summary
TLDRIn this troubleshooting video, the host addresses common video card issues, particularly the dreaded TDR (Timeout Detection and Recovery) failure. After inducing a problem on a known good graphics card, the host guides viewers through a step-by-step solution using Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) to perform a clean driver removal. The video emphasizes the importance of disabling Fast Boot and automatic driver installation to prevent Windows from reinstalling outdated drivers. The host demonstrates entering Safe Mode with networking to download DDU, and then uses it to uninstall the GPU driver completely. After a system reboot, the latest driver is manually installed, resolving the issue and showcasing a method to fix many video card problems.
Takeaways
- 🔧 Troubleshooting graphics card issues often stems from corrupt or layered drivers.
- 💻 The 'Video TDR Failure' can result in black screens, crashes, or freezes, commonly caused by outdated or conflicting drivers.
- 🛠️ DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) is a powerful tool to fully remove all driver remnants for a fresh install.
- ⛔ The built-in 'Clean Install' option in AMD and Nvidia drivers isn't always effective, as it doesn't clear all registry keys or files.
- 🖥️ Safe Mode is essential for properly wiping out old drivers, as it prevents non-essential drivers and services from loading.
- ⚡ Fast Boot in Windows can reapply outdated driver profiles, leading to crashes after a new graphics card installation or driver update.
- 🚫 It's critical to disable automatic driver downloads in Windows to avoid reinstalling outdated drivers after performing a clean uninstall.
- 🔄 Always power cycle your system after uninstalling drivers to prevent strange behaviors during restarts.
- 📝 Installing new drivers on top of old ones can cause problems, especially for people frequently updating drivers for gaming or performance improvements.
- 👍 Disabling Fast Boot and performing clean driver installs resolves most graphics card issues, avoiding the need for drastic steps like reinstalling Windows.
Q & A
What is a video TDR failure?
-A video TDR (Timeout Detection and Recovery) failure is an error that occurs when the graphics driver stops responding, and Windows cannot recover from it. It often results in a blue screen or a freeze, indicating a problem with the graphics card or its driver.
Why is it important to use Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) when troubleshooting video card issues?
-DDU is crucial because it performs a clean uninstall of the graphics driver, removing all associated files and registry keys. This ensures a fresh start when reinstalling the driver, which can resolve issues caused by driver corruption or conflicts.
How can you enter Safe Mode in Windows to perform a driver cleanup?
-To enter Safe Mode, you can either use the automatic recovery option by crashing the system multiple times, which triggers a recovery, or hold the left Shift key while clicking the Windows key and then the power button to restart into the Advanced Options menu, where you can select Safe Mode.
What is the role of Fast Startup in causing video card issues, and how do you disable it?
-Fast Startup can cause issues by retaining old driver profiles that may not be compatible with new or different graphics cards. It can be disabled by going to Control Panel > Power Options > Choose what the power buttons do > Change settings that are currently unavailable, and then unchecking the 'Turn on fast startup' option.
Why should you avoid using the express installation option when updating graphics drivers?
-Express installation often performs an incomplete cleanup, leaving remnants of old drivers that can cause instability and conflicts. It's better to perform a clean install, which ensures that only the latest driver is installed without any remnants of previous versions.
How can you tell if Windows is automatically reinstalling an old driver after a clean uninstall?
-If you see a message saying 'An installer is already running' when trying to install a new driver, it indicates that Windows is automatically reinstalling an old driver in the background, which can negate the purpose of a clean uninstall.
What steps should you take to ensure a proper clean installation of a graphics driver?
-To ensure a proper clean installation, you should: 1) Use DDU to completely remove the old driver, 2) Disable automatic driver installation in Windows settings, 3) Perform a full shutdown and power cycle your system, and 4) Manually install the latest driver from the manufacturer's website.
Why is it recommended to update graphics drivers after changing or updating a graphics card?
-Updating or changing a graphics card may require a new driver profile for optimal performance and stability. Failing to update the driver can lead to crashes and other issues, as the old driver may not support the new hardware correctly.
How can you prevent Windows from automatically downloading and installing drivers?
-You can prevent automatic driver downloads by going to Device Installation Settings in the System Properties dialog, and setting 'No (your device might not work as expected)' for the option 'Do you want Windows to automatically download driver software for your devices?'
What is the significance of the blue screen that appears during a video TDR failure?
-The blue screen that appears during a video TDR failure signifies that the system has encountered a critical error it cannot recover from. It often indicates a problem with the graphics driver, which needs to be addressed by uninstalling and reinstalling the driver.
Outlines
🖥️ Troubleshooting Video TDR Failures
The speaker introduces the topic of video TDR (Timeout Detection and Recovery) failures, a common issue reported by viewers after previous troubleshooting videos. They explain that these issues often occur with video cards and can happen during general usage or specific games like 'New World'. The speaker shares an incident where they accidentally induced a video card problem, which serves as a practical example for demonstrating how to fix such issues. They show a live demonstration of a TDR failure, where the screen freezes and goes black, followed by a blue screen error. The speaker then outlines the steps to resolve this issue, including using a utility called DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) to clean the graphics card drivers.
🛠️ Using DDU for a Clean Driver Uninstall
The speaker emphasizes the importance of using DDU for a thorough uninstallation of graphics card drivers, as opposed to the 'clean install' option provided by AMD and NVIDIA, which they claim is not truly effective. They explain that a true clean install involves wiping all registry keys and files associated with the drivers to prevent corruption and stacking of old drivers. The speaker also discusses the need to disable 'Fast Boot' to prevent Windows from applying an incorrect driver profile based on the previous graphics card. They guide viewers on how to access safe mode with networking to perform the driver cleanup and how to disable the automatic driver installation feature in Windows to ensure a clean driver installation.
🔄 Uninstalling and Reinstalling Graphics Card Drivers
The speaker provides a step-by-step guide on using DDU to uninstall the graphics card drivers. They explain how to select the appropriate options within DDU to ensure a complete removal of driver components and registry keys. The speaker also discusses the importance of performing a full system shutdown after the uninstallation process to avoid any automatic driver reinstallations by Windows. They then guide viewers on how to manually install the latest driver version, choosing the 'clean install' option to avoid any driver conflicts or crashes. The speaker illustrates this process with a live example, showing how the system stabilizes after the proper driver installation.
🔧 Final Steps to Prevent Future Driver Issues
In the final paragraph, the speaker highlights the last steps to ensure the graphics card operates smoothly, including disabling 'Fast Startup' in Windows to prevent the system from applying incorrect driver profiles. They explain how 'Fast Startup' can cause issues when switching between different graphics cards or when updating drivers. The speaker demonstrates how to access the power settings to turn off 'Fast Startup' and emphasizes the importance of these steps in maintaining system stability. They conclude by summarizing the video's content, reiterating that the demonstrated methods are effective in resolving most graphics card-related issues, and encourage viewers to share the video with others who might be experiencing similar problems.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡TDR Failure
💡DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller)
💡Safe Mode
💡Fast Boot
💡Clean Install
💡Graphics Card Driver
💡Registry Keys
💡NVIDIA Drivers
💡Automatic Driver Installation
💡Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
Highlights
Video TDR failure is a common issue that can be resolved with the right troubleshooting steps.
The video demonstrates how to fix video card problems easily and for free.
The presenter accidentally induced a problem, providing a real-world scenario for troubleshooting.
Using Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) is crucial for a clean graphics card driver removal.
Entering Windows Safe Mode is necessary for a thorough driver uninstallation.
Disabling automatic driver installation in Windows is key to avoiding corrupted driver layers.
Fast boot or Fast Startup can cause driver issues and should be disabled for optimal performance.
The presenter provides a step-by-step guide on how to use DDU to clean uninstall graphics card drivers.
A full system shutdown is recommended after using DDU to prevent driver auto-installation.
The video shows how to manually install the latest graphics card driver to avoid Windows auto-update.
The importance of performing a clean driver install rather than using the express option is emphasized.
The presenter explains how to disable Fast Startup to prevent driver profile conflicts.
The video concludes with a demonstration of a successful driver installation and system stability.
The presenter shares personal anecdotes and experiences to relate to viewers facing similar issues.
The video serves as a comprehensive guide for resolving graphics card driver issues.
Transcripts
[Music]
all right so here's the deal
more often than not
whenever i do a troubleshooting type
video we'll talk about this right here
video tdr failure i get people that will
write me one into uh hey jay here's my
problem can you do a video about my
problem well i find that almost all
these types of problems i get especially
after the new world video i get people
writing me all the time just going i've
got this weirdness happening with my
video card or this is happening this is
happening not just new world but just
general usage problems and i
accidentally
induced a problem
that's the perfect opportunity to take
you guys along for the ride to how to
fix a lot of these issues
easily and for free so you'll notice
right now everything's fine mouse is
moving look i'm moving this cursor
around it's gonna freeze
oh it froze once it's gonna freeze again
wait for it there it is it's done
system's gonna go black
and that display port now is completely
inactive watch i'm unplugging it i'm
plugged into a different display port
the screen will come back on but with
the blue screen that didn't show up and
that's when it had that video tdr
failure now that time's not coming back
on i showed you guys the blue screen a
moment ago but that's fine here's what
we're going to do we are going to show
you guys how to fix this
and most of your video card problems
today
we interrupt this video to bring you a
special message from ifixit no we
interrupt this interruption with this
interruption about new stuff from my
fixit pushing you grab this card but
inventory sucks fix the inventory
problems with ifixit whoa don't drop it
can't fix that with that fixer just
kidding yes you can
wish you could take ifixit with you
anywhere but your pockets aren't big
enough introducing you more and then the
new nino take them with you anywhere
so can i fix it for your loved ones or
just get them for yourself
okay so the main thing we've got to do
is we've got to download a utility
called ddu now i know people right now
oh really clickbait is ddu video no i
want to demonstrate to you how important
ddu actually is we've got a known good
graphics card on here it's our rtx 2080
what's happening right now is because we
crashed several times
on
our startup
uh it detected that it wasn't like there
was a problem in windows
the only way that you can get to safe
mode which is where we're going to
perform this fix
is by either having a solid known
working boot which as you guys see i got
like all of six seconds to try and get
that to work
or
have the system fail or crash like this
more than once usually the third time
will then initialize an automatic
recovery option so what i'll show you
first is how to get into this with the
automatic recovery so we do advanced
repair options go down to troubleshoot
go down to advanced options go down to
startup settings and then when you hit
restart that will then give us
our restart options if you do have a
working system
and you're just getting like blue
screens or crashes with weird driver
messages popping up with all kinds of
gibberish you don't understand
but your
your windows is otherwise not locking up
like we're demonstrating here you just
hold left shift while going to clicking
the windows key then clicking the power
button left shift restart hold left
shift until you see it says restarting
and then you can let go it will then
bring up this exact menu that i just
showed you where we drilled down to this
setting where we can get to startup
settings so now that we're on the same
page here
the other thing you're going to need and
if you
don't have a system that will allow you
to boot to windows you'll need to do
a safe mode with networking
or if you have another computer like a
laptop or something with a usb drive get
a usb stick and download
ddu
which is a driver or display driver
uninstaller
just do a google search ddu driver and
then you'll find the install i'm not
gonna put a link down below because
every time i do that i accidentally end
up ddossing whatever repository it is
and because of how many of you are gonna
download it i don't want to do that so
you all can find different places to get
it it's all essentially the same
we are going to enable
um
enable safe mode with networking because
i want to see if we can actually get it
and download it from there because there
is an update
versus the version that we have now the
reason why this might seem like such a
simple fix
both amd and nvidia drivers include in
the options
a clean install
the problem is the clean install from
within the driver installer
is a placebo effect it's not truly
wiping all of the registry keys it's not
really wiping all of the files it's ripe
wiping
main driver components
and ddls and such or dlls but it's not
wiping everything and if you're not
wiping everything and you start
installing
driver on top of driver on top of driver
you're the kind of person that
hey i every time a new game ready driver
comes out or whatever they're calling it
from amd you're just like installing so
you're doing it every other week every
time there's a new title there's a new
driver you'd be surprised how stacked
layered and corrupted that driver can
become over time the best thing to do
quite honestly if you're going to change
your graphics card
or update your driver is to do a true
wipe of your driver first
then install a clean install
the other thing you're going to have to
do
before you can truly get a good clean
install is you're going to have to one
disable fast boot what what fastview
essentially does is it kind of keeps a a
profile running of the driver
but it just applies that profile on the
next boot regardless of what graphics
card is placed in there so for instance
if we had we have a 2080 on there right
now and i was to take that 20 80 off of
there and stick a 2080 ti on there of a
different brand with a potentially
different power limit different boost
clocks and all that such
it's going gonna apply the 2080 driver
the way it's installed
to the 2080 ti kind of ignoring what the
v bios is saying it's capable of doing
which can lead to crashes and such so
it's something that i've noticed people
do they'll buy a new graphics card
whether they're updating from an old
card to a new card but if they're of the
same brand like nvidia or whatever
they take their old card off they just
plop the new one on and go hey it's
nvidia it'll just work
if fastboot's enabled it'll apply that
old driver to it and you will get all
sorts of weird weird issues
it's sort of like when you port over an
image to a new phone
you got a new phone you back up the old
image and you just copy it over to the
new phone with the android or apple and
you start seeing all kinds of weirdness
happen where the best thing to honestly
do is just a complete fresh wipe of
everything to start from scratch it's
kind of like
the amount of people have told me that
they've actually reinstalled windows to
fix these types of problems that are
completely unnecessary when these steps
would truly fix it
so the first thing we're going to do and
i think we can access this in safe mode
is we're going to do advanced
system
settings right here right
so now we're going to do is we're going
to also disable
the automatic installer see the other
half of this coin is right now if i d to
you and wipe the driver in safe mode
which you want to do in a safe mode
that's the best place to get all the
registries wiped because in safe mode
nothing loads except the basic vga which
is why it looks like this there's no
desktop background image
the bare
basic drivers are loaded to make windows
run which is basic vga adapter and all
of that without any of the the brand
drivers involved allow you to truly go
in there and wipe the registry if any of
those elements are still active in
windows when it's trying to wipe it
won't be able to do it because they're
currently active so you have to do it in
safe mode to completely wipe the
registry correctly
but what happens is if you leave the
automatic downloaded installation of
drivers on in windows when you put your
graphics card on or you restart your
system it's going to automatically
reinstall an old version of the driver
whatever the oldest
wickle version is it's like really old
452 in this instance we're currently on
472. then you're stuck putting a new
driver on top of an old driver again and
although doing it from scratch from the
basic first download to the latest
driver is not as bad as having 15
drivers stacked in between there it
still kind of negates the purpose of why
we're doing this video so we have to
turn that off and do that you do
advanced system setting properties we go
to advanced
hardware
go down here to device installation
settings
and we want this do you want to
automatically download download
manufacturer's apps and custom icons
available for your devices and we're
going to say no
save changes okay so now that we've
disabled the automatic install um we
also had i to to do the non
like to disable the fastboot shutdown i
mentioned we have to do that within the
full version of windows not in safe mode
which is fine
what we're going to do now is we are
going to go ahead and use ddu
and again we're going to do this inside
of
safe mode now i'm downloading a latest
version the latest version
um
is it's always recommended obviously to
download the latest version so we've got
our latest version we need to extract it
it's going to extract ddu
180 1804.4
and now we can run that
okay so we can kind of ignore
all the typical stuff but this is where
you can sort of determine what all you
want it to remove so we can remove uh
remove the driver filter if we want with
amd stuff remove physics
yes all of it because that will all
reinstall with the new driver right
store config file for roaming folder we
don't want that
prevent downloads from drivers from
windows update when windows searches for
device driver device we want that boom
we don't want it downloading more stuff
on us
so now that we've done that go over here
to device type you can use this for
audio drivers as well but obviously for
video we want to uninstall
our amd drivers and nvidia drivers see
our test bench we obviously put a lot of
different hardware in there like i think
we've had four different graphics cards
on there today alone and every time we
throw a new graphics card on there it
reloads the driver or if we update the
driver it goes on top of that particular
profile if we switch to amd then it
enables that driver because we had amd
drivers and nvidia drivers so when i'm
done with these types of tests i will go
ahead and remove all the drivers and as
you saw at the start of this video
we had obviously a problem that we have
to fix so this became a necessary
procedure for us one that we were
planning on showing you already it just
happened
rear and ugly bug head in the middle of
shooting this video so we decided to go
ahead and take you guys legitimately
along for the ride on how we're fixing
this
so we're going to uninstall the gpu
which is a nvidia driver and we're going
to click clean and do not restart i just
don't like it to automatically restart i
like to do it myself this part can take
several minutes two three five
ten depending on how slow your system is
and depending on how many old drivers
and registry keys you have in your
system so wait until it pops up and says
complete because it might sit here for a
while
there might be times where it gets to
the to the registry key portion and it's
just sitting there and you'll think it
froze it probably didn't just give it
time it might take a few moments it will
say it's done when it's done
so we'll come back when it's ready
all right so it tells us now clean
uninstall completed would you like to
exit now yes we're gonna exit
which is fine they didn't exit for me
and we're going to do a power cycle a
shutdown not a restart
um
i find that restarts sometimes act weird
after doing this so i prefer to do a
full power cycle let it shut down
walk your butt back over to your system
or lean out of your chair or whatever it
is and push the power button
you know i've been debating actually
wiring like a a power button under my
desk
at home
because where it is with black ice it's
like way over to the side so it could be
like one of those emergency police call
buttons for like a bank teller
and then that turns on the pc and think
about doing that the lifestyles of the
fat and lazy
[Music]
okay so if it worked like we set it up
it should not auto install the driver it
should not but this is windows however
it often will do whatever it wants
anyway so i'm looking to see if install
manager host or whatever appears to see
and so far it doesn't appear to be
installing anything
system interrupts okay that's fine
system iq
corsair services have
started people always give iq a hard
time they use too much power now i mean
look it's point one percent of the cpu
it's they've really cleaned up 0.3.5 at
the most 0.7
they've really cleaned it up it's good
um okay so
i'm not seeing service host windows
update
i
don't know
if that's it trying to install it if it
is then i'll be mad
can i just end that task
um yes shut down
okay
that's fine so now what i'm going to do
is i'm going to go to the driver i
downloaded
which is 472.12 which is the latest
because i don't want it auto installing
the old one
if the settings that we set were correct
and by the way every time windows
updates it kind of like re reactivates
that whole download drivers
automatically thing
which is really annoying it's like how
many times have you uninstalled one
drive only to have windows updates put
it back see how it's saying checking
system compatibility if you had the
driver installing in the background you
would have had a red message pop up that
says an installer is already running
that's how you know windows is
installing it for you already in the
background you don't want that because
it won't be the latest it'll be like 15
versions behind
i don't like to install geforce
experience i don't like geforce
experience agree and continue
we can do express
because we don't
have any drivers installed now
if you
want you can click custom and when you
go to next you can click perform a clean
install the problem is almost everyone
uses express for all their driver
updates and that's what causes to the
fragmented driver installation
over itself a bunch of times it then
starts to lead to problems
so i'm going to let it clean install
i think it's clean install there's no
driver on there yet right if i right
click the desktop
there's no driver install
so we'll wait for that to be done which
can take you know a minute or two
and it shouldn't need a reboot because
there's no driver that i had to clean or
remove first
so
then we can show you how to disable
fastboot another way you can tell that
that crash that we were experiencing
with the black screen and then the blue
screen that i showed you or the fact
that it didn't come back on at all
was driver related
because no driver is loaded well it just
loaded the driver now but no driver was
loaded and nothing was freezing that
should come back on see our windows is
not crashing now
so that's the kind of problem
that someone would experience and be
like what the heck something's wrong
with my graphics card it said video
failure i don't know and that's fine
most people are not fluent in blue
screen or understand the problem where
sometimes the blue screen is just a
symptom of a problem but not actually
telling you what the problem is
that was actually a clean driver install
that we did right before this video went
live
only because i forgot to turn off the
device you know installer that's
automatic
it corrupted it legitimately corrupted
itself on camera
and so we started this video over and i
went hey because i forgot to turn that
off something happened between the
driver it actually installed on the
download and me trying to install the
new one it corrupted the driver and
that's the experience we were getting so
i accidentally created a situation where
somebody that's not experienced with
computers might have freaked the f out
only i did it on accident and you can
see now everything is perfectly fine
with the system
because we now have
the proper
latest driver installed on here with
nothing underneath it
472.12
we're perfectly fine now we got to show
you how to disable that fastboot so now
we're going to do edit
power plan
power
choose options
the power buttons do now see how
this right here was not showing up in
safe mode that's because this is part of
the regular windows install so you see
how i had to click enable disabled stuff
turn on fast startup recommended
freak you microsoft that's not
recommended trust me this is for if you
value your system
you would turn that off and just wait
the few extra seconds it takes your
system to boot so turn off fast startup
that will stop if you have multiple
graphics cards or you change your
graphics card
and then you it looks like the driver
reinstalled itself and everything's fine
it recognizes the card but it's actually
applying the wrong profile to your card
that can also cause problems because
we've had overclocks try to apply or
boost clocks
that msi afterburner saves into the
profiles of its of its system or its
folders try to apply to a card that
looks the same but isn't as stable at
the higher core clocks because it might
be a higher to your card and then you
enable you enable crashing accidentally
because of that button right there
so there you go you can see everything
is working now everything is fine
that's how we deal with a lot of these
graphics problems when i start getting
any sort of weird problems you'll hear
me say all right guys we got to ddu this
we got to wipe it start from scratch
wipe amd wipe intel wipe uh nvidia wipe
all three
and that will usually get us back up and
running exactly as you saw here i hope
this video has helped you if you know
someone having graphics problems
crashing in games getting weird error
messages you may have to just share them
this video
i'm telling you nine out of 10 times
this fixes the problem thanks for
watching guys subscribe if you're new
around here and as always we'll see you
in the next
Посмотреть больше похожих видео
Windows 10 Clean Install Guide | The ENTIRE process | How to Install Windows 10
Fix Screen Flickering or Blinking Problem in Windows 11/10/8/7 Laptops & PC | Screen Flashing
Launching a Windows VM in Proxmox
Card AMD bị lỗi Driver, fix thành công và có thêm x2 FPS!!!
Видеокарта с ozon intel arc 770 16gb
ELDEN RING!!!! I FIXED IT!!!! No lagging/stuttering/freezing ABSALUTLY FLAWLESS!!!!! This will work.
5.0 / 5 (0 votes)