VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE 🪟 Windows

Blue screen: VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (0x00000116) — nvlddmkm.sys / atikmpag.sys / igdkmd64.sys

The graphics driver stopped responding and Windows couldn’t reset it in time.

Seen on: Windows

Meaning

Timeout Detection and Recovery (TDR) restarts hung GPU drivers; when recovery fails, Windows bugchecks. Driver bugs, GPU overclocks, overheating or a failing graphics card are typical.

Common causes

  • Corrupt/buggy GPU driver
  • GPU overclock or factory OC instability
  • Overheating or power issues
  • Failing graphics card

⚡ Quick fix

  1. Clean-install the GPU driver (DDU in Safe Mode)
  2. Remove overclocks; check temperatures
  3. Try an older stable driver

Detailed fix by platform

Windows

  1. powershell
    # Safe Mode → Display Driver Uninstaller → reinstall the latest WHQL driver
dxdiag /t %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\dxdiag.txt

How to diagnose

  1. Driver — Which .sys in "What failed"
  2. Temps — GPU temperature under load
  3. OC — Afterburner/OEM tools

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