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BSoD after installing ATI Graphics Card on laptop
Good day everyone,
I'm new here and I'm a noob on tech stuffs. So please explain something by spoon-feeding me if possible.
Here is my problem:
2 days ago, I was playing DotA 2 on Steam for roughly 3-4 hours when suddenly while I was in-game, the game froze, I waited for about 2 minutes then the display had an "artifact"(where the display gets jumbled in color). Few seconds after that, I got the BSoD.
The system auto restarted and I saw it was atikmpag.sys if I'm not mistaken. So I reformatted the system, installed the drivers from the CD which came with the laptop and it was working fine for about 12 hours or so(not playing any games, just watching some stored movies from my backup drive). Then when I opened YouTube, I had the BSoD again. I did a reformat again and after installing the drivers I get BSoDs right after the windows logo.
So I again, reformatted the system, this time I did not install the ATI driver. So now I am able to open my laptop but with terrible graphics. (I keep reformatting, because I can't uninstall the ATI driver even in safe mode)
Things I did:
~Opened the laptop under-hood and cleaned the fan connected with the heat sink.
~Removed the HDD and RAM for blowing off dust(there aren't many). I let it sit for a few minutes to cool down(I'm also open to something got overheated which caused the BSoD)
~Did a MemTest for 10 hours. No errors.
~Hard Disk Sentinel states = 100% Performance, 99% Health, Max Temp measured 48c, Min Temp measured 41c, Max Temp during entire lifespan 63c and have 2 weak sectors.
Questions:
~If possible, what can I do to fix this by myself since I'm low on cash right now due to Christmas season?
~Is it possible that I have damaged the slot of VGA in my MoBo? Or perhaps damaged my MoBo?(I did nothing though, I don't know how to overclock or something, maybe because of overheating?) By the way, there is no Video Card, just a chip.
~Which hardware is faulty? MoBo? HDD? RAM?
~If I continue running my laptop without the graphics driver, what will happen/what are the risks?
My laptop specs are provided in my profile. Also, attached is my diagnostic tool result.
Any kind of help will be greatly appreciated,
Adrian