What does BSOD 276 (VIDEO_SHADOW_DRIVER_FATAL_ERROR) mean?

 
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VIDEO_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR AGP_INTERNAL

VIDEO_SHADOW_DRIVER_FATAL_ERROR

Legacy display shadow-driver path

VIDEO_SHADOW_DRIVER_FATAL_ERROR is bug check code 0x00000114. The built-in table identifies it as VIDEO_SHADOW_DRIVER_FATAL_ERROR; the useful diagnostic question is what Windows component raised the stop and which invariant failed.

This code belongs to older display-driver architecture paths where a shadow or mirror-style video driver participates in the graphics stack. It is not the same as a normal user-mode display-driver crash.

How to read the parameters

  • Use the stack and loaded video modules to identify whether a mirror, remote-display, accessibility, capture, or virtualization component is present.
  • Arguments are less useful without private symbols; the module list and stack are usually more informative.
  • The code is related to display-driver integration rather than ordinary application rendering.

What to check in the dump

  • Inspect installed remote-control, screen-capture, virtualization, and legacy mirror-display drivers.
  • Check whether the machine uses old WDDM-incompatible components or vendor display filters.
  • Compare with VIDEO_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR if the stack is in the modern dxgkrnl path.

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