VIDEO_TDR_ERROR

What is 0x00000116?

0x00000116 shows up as a high-severity Windows operating system fault. An attempt to reset the graphics driver and recover after timeout failed. It's most often caused by severely unstable GPU overclocking and card physical malfunction. The steps below are ordered to resolve this efficiently.

Common Causes

• Graphics card temperatures outside the limit
• Severely unstable GPU overclocking
• Card physical malfunction

Step-by-Step Fix Guide

• 1
  Increase timer limit TdrDelay and TdrDdiDelay in registers to 8 seconds

  Start with Increase timer limit TdrDelay and TdrDdiDelay in registers to 8 seconds — it clears the most frequent root cause behind 0x00000116 in the majority of cases we've seen.

• 2
  Underclock the GPU

  A recurrence usually points to a rarer windows instability cause, which is what the following steps are meant to catch.

• 3
  Perform a clean install of the GPU drivers

  Try "Perform a clean install of the GPU drivers" next if the issue persists — it addresses a secondary cause.

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