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Windows blue screen THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER Bug Check 0xEA: THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER Windows stopped with a THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER bug check because a driver thread became stuck in an endless loop, usually while waiting for hardware to become idle. This commonly points to graphics drivers or the underlying hardware they manage.
Observed message
Bug Check 0xEA: THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER Why it happens
A device driver entered an infinite loop while waiting for hardware to respond. A display or GPU driver is faulty or incompatible with the current system state. The graphics hardware itself is unstable, overheating, or failing. How to fix it
Update or roll back the graphics driver first, especially if the stop code started after a GPU-driver update. Check GPU temperatures, stability, and power behavior under load to rule out hardware failure or overheating. Remove recent overclocking from the GPU or system memory if the issue appears during graphics-heavy workloads. If the system crashes repeatedly during display activity, test with a clean driver install and minimal display configuration. 