STOP 0x000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER

A device driver problem is causing the system to pause indefinitely.

Typically, this problem is caused by a display driver waiting for the video hardware to enter an idle state. This might indicate a hardware problem with the video adapter or a faulty video driver.


You may receive one of the following Stop error messages:

STOP 0x000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER

STOP: 0x100000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER_M



When you run a video-intensive program, such as a movie or a video game, you may receive one of the following stop error messages and bugcheck information:

STOP 0x000000EA, (0x81774538, 0x81a8fc78, 0x8193e490,0x00000001)
THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER


Note that the four parameters after the stop code may be different.


After you enter and resume from standby, hibernate, or both multiple times, you may receive a "Stop 0xEA" error message.