Random Reboot's for past week?

Captain Zero said:

puppetmstr said:

... because the graphics card needed more than 300w.

Nonsense. Where are you getting this rating from? There is nothing in your case that draws any significant power. The 300w PSU it came with would have been sufficient. But that aside, you may have a faulty PSU, or you could simply check for dust that's clogging airflow, etc.

Im confused here. The requirements say 400w or more PSU. ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 4600 Series System Requirements

Thats why I used the PSU in the first place because the old one wouldn't let my graphics card work without shutting the computer down.

Tews said:

Your .dmp file points to your ATI graphics driver (atikmdag.sys) as the cause of your crash... Use driver sweeper and do a clean install of the 10.5 CATs, then download/install the latest available drivers for your card...

Code:

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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 3B, {c0000005, fffff88003f3a765, fffff88003a114b0, 0}

Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\atikmdag.sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for atikmdag.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for atikmdag.sys
Probably caused by : atikmdag.sys ( atikmdag+118765 )

Followup: MachineOwner

These drivers should be updated as well...

Code:

VSTDPV6.SYS  Wed Oct 15 20:57:45 2008
VSTCNXT6.SYS Wed Oct 15 20:52:22 2008
VSTBS26  VSTBS26.SYS  Wed Oct 15 20:54:06 2008
wanarp.sys   Mon Jul 13 20:10:21 2009

I kinda figured it was the drivers. Just needed to know for sure so I dont waste my time trying to fix something I have no idea how to fix

Anyways, I have no idea what those last 4 drivers are.

Also, since were on the subject of drivers. When playing certain games or running certain programs, my monitor blacks out randomly for around 3-5 seconds then reappears. This only happens when I have my Vizio TV hooked up through HDMItoDVI but when I use my 19in PC Monitor, it never blacks out. That was the main reason for me updating my graphics card in the first place, but then it caused this issue lol.

So far I figured out the first 3 are a PCI Modem (Conexant Systems, Inc.) which I dont use but the official website only has drivers up to 2006. And what you posted says 2008.

The 4th is a Microsoft Operating System Driver and I can't find how to update that at all.

Tews said:

These drivers are not necessarily causing the problem, I only brought them to your attention because they were old...

Ok

I used driver sweeper and reinstalled CAT10.5. Idk if it fixed the problem yet, I guess ill find out if I go to bed. Ill try playing a game to see if it gives me the black screen then post back here if it happens. Thanks a lot guys.

LOL the screen just blacked out for a few seconds as I was posting. My resolution is 1680x1050.

Tews said:

If your monitor has its own drivers, make sure that they are up to date as well...

Its a Vizio TV hooked up by HDMI. I never knew TV's had drivers for computers. Do they actually have those?