Random Blue Screens

[PseudoXenon]

Hi I recently acquired a custom built pc and it has blue screened several times since I first got it. It is running windows 7 home premium sp1.

Its specs are:

 

Processor: Amd A10 7700, Quad core 3.4GHz

Ram: Kingston ValueRAM KVR13N9S8K2/8 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3

Hard disk: 500GB

Motherboard: Asrock FM2AA88X-ITX+

GPU: AMD A9 270x, 2gb GDDR5

Power supply: 500W

Case / cooling: EVGA Hadron air

 

 

Here are the blue screen details: http://pastebin.com/Dz6sBHg4

 

Any help at all would be great.

 

Thanks.

 

[Liam-McShane]

Yep, ATI driver error. It has been happening to me and others with AMD graphics. The only way i have found to fix it, is run driver sweeper and re-install your graphics drivers.

[DaRk0]

@PseudoXenon

 

This is what I found as a possible solution:

 

Symptoms: Bluescreen or Stop Error 0x0000001E caused by atikmdag.sys, or often get a message: “display driver atikmdag.sys stopped responding and has successfully recovered“.

Solution: Replace the atikmdag.sys file with a newer version

 

This is also a well-known fix for this issue if you have an ATI graphic card. During the installation of most graphic drivers in Windows Vista, an old version of atikmdag.sys is copied into C:\Windows\System32\Drivers and not the current one in the install. As a result the new drivers are attempting to access the file dated 2006 instead of 2010. To fix this, atikmdag Stopped Responding

 

 

Step 1: Download and install the latest ati graphic driver.

Step 2: Then go to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers and rename atikmdag.sys to atikmdag.sys.old.

Step 3: Go to ati directory (usually in C:\ATI) and find the file atikmdag.sy_.

Step 4: Copy the file to your Desktop directory.

Step 5: Open cmd.exe by going to Start -> type cmd in the search box and hit enter.

Step 6: Change the directory to Desktop by typing chdir Desktop.

Step 7: Then, type EXPAND.EXE atikmdag.sy_ atikmdag.sys. Or,
expand -r atikmdag.sy_ atikmdag.sys

Step 8: When the expansion is complete, copy the new atikmdag.sys from your Desktop to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers

Step 9: Restart your computer and the problem should be resolved.

 

Original link - http://www.computertipsfree.com/fix-43029-atikmdag-sys-blue-screen-bsod-in-windows-7/

[PseudoXenon]

Yep, ATI driver error. It has been happening to me and others with AMD graphics. The only way i have found to fix it, is run driver sweeper and re-install your graphics drivers.

Hi Liam, i followed your instructions but the following day it blue screened again (http://pastebin.com/N65CDPtn)

[PseudoXenon]

@PseudoXenon

 

This is what I found as a possible solution:

 

Symptoms: Bluescreen or Stop Error 0x0000001E caused by atikmdag.sys, or often get a message: “display driver atikmdag.sys stopped responding and has successfully recovered“.

Solution: Replace the atikmdag.sys file with a newer version

 

This is also a well-known fix for this issue if you have an ATI graphic card. During the installation of most graphic drivers in Windows Vista, an old version of atikmdag.sys is copied into C:\Windows\System32\Drivers and not the current one in the install. As a result the new drivers are attempting to access the file dated 2006 instead of 2010. To fix this, atikmdag Stopped Responding

 

 

Step 1: Download and install the latest ati graphic driver.

Step 2: Then go to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers and rename atikmdag.sys to atikmdag.sys.old.

Step 3: Go to ati directory (usually in C:\ATI) and find the file atikmdag.sy_.

Step 4: Copy the file to your Desktop directory.

Step 5: Open cmd.exe by going to Start -> type cmd in the search box and hit enter.

Step 6: Change the directory to Desktop by typing chdir Desktop.

Step 7: Then, type EXPAND.EXE atikmdag.sy_ atikmdag.sys. Or,

expand -r atikmdag.sy_ atikmdag.sys

Step 8: When the expansion is complete, copy the new atikmdag.sys from your Desktop to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers

Step 9: Restart your computer and the problem should be resolved.

 

Original link - http://www.computertipsfree.com/fix-43029-atikmdag-sys-blue-screen-bsod-in-windows-7/

Hi Darko, I was following the instructions up until they asked me to find the file I the ATI folder, it was not there unfortunately, thanks for the help guys

[Liam-McShane]

I've tried both methods mentioned here and neither is fixing my issue anymore. I would always blue screen when opening a video or a youtube video. I disabled hardware acceleration and it hasn't blue screened since. Perhaps you could try this.