PLEASE HELP! Blue Screen- atikmpag.sys what on earth is this?

claypigeon101 · 25 Sep 2010 at 00:01

Hey guys, really need your wisdom here.
I've recently got my new system running (in my signature) and every now and then I get blue screens and the system dies.

It's when I'm running a game, it's done it in HAWX directX10, Call of Juarez DirectX10, Left 4 Dead 2 etc- the screen flickers or distorts, or just locks up and I get:

STOP 0x00000116 (0x8784C510, 0x89B398B0, 0x00000000, 0x00000002)

atikmpag.sys address 89B398B0 base at 89B34000

Datestamp 4c75c164

I don't know what any of this means but i know the atikmpag.sys is of importance, it's something to do with drivers for my ATI XFX HD4870x2

i searched atikmpag in my computer and it came up with a driver related file 'atikmpag.sy_' i was wondering if the fact that it says '.sy_' and not '.sys' has anything to do with it.

If you can shed any light, it would be brilliant!
Thanks so much, Ben

bJN · 25 Sep 2010 at 08:24

Definitely sounds like the problem is spawning from the GPU; have you tried reinstalling drivers / updating to the newest ones available?
Also, have you ever tweaked with the voltages in BIOS for the GPU? As that could upset it a bit as well...

Serpantine · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:53

My 2900XT did this for a while, then died a death of fancy colours. The driver is talking with the gpu and the gpu is saying crazy things back.

Cycrow · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:59

sounds like a corrupt graphics driver.
u could try completly removing it, then reinstall and see if it fixes the problem.

other than that, it could be gpu itself at fault.
u could try underclocking it to see if you still get the error

claypigeon101 · 25 Sep 2010 at 14:32

ok guys thanks i will look to it. can anyone tell me where to find the correct voltages for my 4870x2? i dont have a manual with the card. no ive never messed with it at all, but i recently purposefully reset the whole cmos and didnt reset any voltages afterwards so i will try and look at that first in case it has changed them and it is not having enough power, or too much power. it always runs really hot but i think thats standard for a 4870x2.

it just happened 5 minutes ago during left4dead 2, i have only 1280x1024res but everything turned up full, inc 8xAA and 16xAF. it runs smoothly and fine but i went into a dark room with lots of fire being rendered and it crashed, maybe its not getting enough power under load or something.

thanks!