T61 Video driver issue when battery ran out

When battery ran out the display goes back to default. I
need to uninstall & reinstall the Nvidia drivers in order to correct the
issue.
Can you please advise? How to fix it permanently?

elementx, welcome to the forum,
if you could post your type and model number and which OS you have this would be a help. If your model number ends in CTO please provide some details about your T61 i.e. which graphic chip. This would help us to help you.
Which driver are you installing, maybe you could provide a link to it?
If you have a factory installation you could try installing the original driver which can be found in C:\swtools\drivers\video.
Thanks in advance
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Oh, You mean Did I saw the light was blinking exactly the moment when the machine seems off, Right?
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But I talked to AppleCare technician in Seoul-where I'm located-on the phone this morning, I told my situation for half an hour or so, then he said he would take rundown test with same Macbook Pro Mid 2010 15" (not exactly same configurations, difference in CPU model-his one is i5 2.4 and mine is i7 2.66, and his display is standard one and mine is customized Hi-res. display) then call back when it is done, and in the afternoon, he called me back and said he tried the discharge battery completely twice via giving high workload like watching multiple high-definition videos with multiple wireless configuration simultaneously with highest power consuming setting he could get possible, when It is 91% charged, make whole battery discharge, then charge 30% and to start another whole discharge again.
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