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Your rendering device has been lost! Application closing!

Anonymous
2021-07-09T00:25:24+00:00

I got an Acer laptop with an intel core i5 and NVIDIA GTX GeForce 1050 and It has worked pretty well until a couple of weeks ago where it would automatically close Valorant while in a middle of a match. After that, it would kick me out of any game I'm running but not before showing a sign with the description "Graphics Driver Crashed! Make sure your graphics drivers are up to date." I thought it might have been an update issue, so I updated with what appeared to be optional updates for NVIDIA. Now I would get kicked out almost immediately from any game with the sign "Your rendering device has been lost! Application closing!" or something similar. (SIDE NOTE: it would also automatically restart my computer whenever it kicked me out of Valorant).

At this point, is this a software issue or should I go to the shop to get it looked at?

(Another side note: could this be a cooling issue and could overheating already have screwed up my graphics driver?)

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  1. @CmdrKeene 90,626 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-07-09T02:46:34+00:00

    It could be your card overheating, make sure your system is well-ventilated for sure.

    It could also be a driver issue, I'd recommend you get drivers from Acer directly, as they built/configured the system and will have a more specific driver than the general one that Windows Update provides.

    Finally, if it still continues, you might considering turning off the "automatically restart when errors occur" so that you can potentially get a chance to see the exact error message instead of immediately rebooting without a chance to see what happened. Here's how to Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure. Note that next time a failure occurs, you might have to reboot yourself by holding the power button, but this might help you troubleshoot.

    • Press Windows Key + R then type sysdm.cpl and hit Enter to open System Properties.
    • Now switch to the Advanced tab then click on “ Settings ” under Startup and Recovery.
    • Make sure to uncheck “ Automatically Restart ” under System failure.
    • Click OK then click Apply followed by OK.
    • Reboot your PC to save changes.

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