cf30 mk3, screen goes black, then "video driver recovered" message

Hello all,

For the last month or so, my cf-30 mk iii, will on occasion (say once or twice a week) go dark for a moment, and then will come back on with a balloon message at the bottom of the screen telling me something like "video driver recovered." The message fades pretty quickly, and I can't find anything in my windows control panel that has recorded the problem--nothing in "action center" for example. Any ideas about what might be happening? Thanks for your help.

 

First thought...uninstall video driver and reinstall...
Second is bad ram

 

I agree,reinstall the driver and if it keeps doing it pull a ram stick and let it run. Crashes,switch sticks. Let us know what happens.

 

Just forget about it. There is nothing wrong and it will repair itself

 

"For the last month or so, my cf-30 mk iii, will on occasion (say once or twice a week)"

i agree , this could be a symptom of RAM going bad .
you can do the stick pull-n-swap , but , if you have known good compatible RAM , putting it in place of the suspect RAM is even better .

 

Thanks guys. Will try drivers first, then if necessary RAM.
I'll let you know what happens.

 

A brief update on the problem. Via Glary utilities pro (great program in my opinion), I found out that there was an update for my display adapter drivers, so I thought that might kill two birds with one stone: update drivers and correct problem. But the updated drivers screwed with my ability to adjust screen brightness with fn/f1&2. So, removed update, and used a driver backup that I'd done back in the fall. So far so good.

 

I am guessing that you used drivers downloaded direct from Intel..
If any problems persist, I suggest you uninstall those and install drivers from Panasonic.

 

Thanks Shawn, will do.