I am currently experiencing the famous BSOD 116 or atikmpag.sys driver failure.. Everytime I play a game sc2, mafia, cod4 etc. after playing for 2-5 min the game crashes then BSOD comes out or Driver failed and recovered.
I updated to ATI 10.8 no help. I tried to roll back to 10.5 still no luck.. I reformatted my OS still no luck... I am lost here.. can anyone help?
I would download CCleaner and DriverSweeper and run these removing all ATi drivers and such after you uninstall your ATi software. I know there are those who feel this is unnecessary but I like working with a clean platform. Download ATi version 10.3 of CCC and driver but do not install it yet. Uninstall the video driver and then reboot. It will boot up in 800x600 mode which is like being in SAFE Mode, then install the ATi CCC which will install your driver, I find 10.3 to be the most stable driver on the XFX 5870 XXX Edition I have an should be of benefit until they fix some of the issues they are currently having.
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Vista 64 Ultimate, Windows 7 64 Ultimate, Ubu...i7 975 3.3 GHz Extreme (Factory OC'd to 3.6 GHz)18 Gb Tri-Channel 1066ATI 5970 2048 Mb
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DELL XPS Studio 435T
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Vista 64 Ultimate, Windows 7 64 Ultimate, Ubuntu 9.10
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those bsod comes from alot of areas driver failure card overheat -----also check fan speed and try a new direct x since you installed a new game you might have to do that ussual makes the game stable let us know if it works
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yup i always use those softwares everytime I uninstall a driver. sometimes the card doesnt produce any error but when i try to push the card like doing a stability test furmark after 5-10 min it freezes and then restarts or bsod. Since my motherboard has 2 pcie x16 slots i tried to reseat my card to the 2nd pcie slot then wala no more crashes. so im wondering if my 1st pcie slot is broken?
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I have the latest directx update. I even downloaded the directx 9.0c and installed it. hmmm I think there is something wrong with the mobo.
"Since my motherboard has 2 pcie x16 slots i tried to reseat my card to the 2nd pcie slot then wala no more crashes. so im wondering if my 1st pcie slot is broken?"
Sorry, pressed the wrong keys. I know this post is old but to Pyar. Is the second lane on your motherboard also x16? And try removing one of your RAM modules. I know it sounds stupid but one of my computers had the same problem and it seemed to work. F knows why though.
have you tried putting it back in slot 1? also noticed the ram you are using is it the ripjaw 1600/2000mhz ram if it is there have been reports of it causing problems. A friend of mine was using it but it kept crashing his PC so i swapped it for the ram i had, same latency different manufacturer and not the 1600/2000 just 1333/1600 and no more problems.
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windows 7 64 bit and dual boot PinguyosPC, intel i7 920 2.7ghz, laptop i7 720PC 6GB, laptop 2GB, me 2 seconds after 6 pintsPC Asus eah5870,laptop, ati hd 4580
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home built PC. Laptop studio1557
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windows 7 64 bit and dual boot Pinguyos
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PC, intel i7 920 2.7ghz, laptop i7 720
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PC, Asus P6t .laptop probably rubbish from dell
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PC 6GB, laptop 2GB, me 2 seconds after 6 pints
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Sharp 42" HD TV using HDMI + HDMI to onkyo surround amp
