BSOD due to atikmpg.sys, tried everything

Anox

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I have been having a major headache with a BSOD that's been bugging me all month. I initially swapped my motherboard for a new one and this is where the issues have begun. The system kept crashing, with BSOD code 116, the file is atikmpg.sys, as I took every possible step, reinstalled drivers, cleaned bad reg entries etc, I replaced the card thinking it was that, nup nothing. I reinstalled windows several times, flashed the bios, changed pci-e slots and nothing is working. Im asking before I return the mobo as faulty if there is anything else I can try?


My specs are:
CPU: AMD FX 6300 @ stock
Mobo: Asus m5a97 r2.0
GPU: Asus HD7770 ghz edition @stock
RAM: 8gb Geil Black dragon 1600 mghz

Thanks
Anox :D
 
I would check your board is using the latest bios. Also use the very latest amd CCC drivers for your card. Asus usually excellent on compatibility front so does seem odd.

Best of luck
 
My psu is an OCZ ZS 550w

It looks like that when I look at the dump file, it appears to be the amd drivers that keep crashing
 
It doesn't really matter what is crashing, 99% of AMD/Nvidia driver crashes are unstable systems and the minority are down to the graphics card, or even faulty hardware, just unstable settings.

Your motherboard may be undervolting the cpu, or maybe the memory. WHo knows, AMD/Nvidia are just the biggest and most complex drivers, so they are by far the most likely driver to cause a BSOD when the system is unstable as they are the driver that uses the most cpu or gpu load.

Most often it would be memory that say wants 1.65v, but is getting 1.5v at stock, or a bios that sets overly aggressive settings. Most often I find these are memory, occasionally cpu voltage with mobo's that have heavy vdroop.

Of course it can be faulty hardware but unless you're doing something crazy when you replace most of it, it's not that likely.

BSOD info is essentially useless, it sometimes can tell you what crashed, not why that thing caused the crash.
 
The crashes only occur when the system is on a heavy load, so etc gaming or rendering it will do this, Ill have a looksy in my bios to check
 
Checked bios, all settings are exactly as stock values, nothing changed, all ram timings and voltages are perfectly fine

Im quite close to being very angry with this board as I cant play any of my games on it
 
get the bios chipset drivers etc. and read that link i posted above
as i said i have the same mobo and not a problem with it, only that i cant oc the cpu but im not bothered anyways
 
OvEr_KiLL said:
get the bios chipset drivers etc. and read that link i posted above
as i said i have the same mobo and not a problem with it, only that i cant oc the cpu but im not bothered anyways
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Tried that too mate, no joy whatsoever, nothing will work with this, I suppose it may have come faulty, i dont suppose ram would cause this?
 
Well, I just got this
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*edit* installed old drivers to see if fix
 
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Anox said:
Checked bios, all settings are exactly as stock values, nothing changed, all ram timings and voltages are perfectly fine

Im quite close to being very angry with this board as I cant play any of my games on it
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How do you know all the settings are firstly as stock values and second, fine?

If the mobo or PSU is undervolting slightly then "stock" voltage might actually be providing less than stock and be causing slight instability. Turn voltage up slightly on memory, maybe cpu also, that is usually the first place to start. Then manually input timings, if no joy, slacken the timings a little.
 
right Anox, i was getting error messages similar to that when i was playing bf4 and it was crashing... the problem was my gfx card was overheating and causing artifacts on the screen and yes it was overclocked, until i gave the card a good clean out i ran it at stock speeds and it was fine,
so have you overclocked your gfx card and have you given it a good clean :p and have you been monitoring the temps
edit. it could also be the psu is giving up
 
I used to get that same error when I had an AMD card. Changed to Nvidia, fresh windows install and never had the problem again.
 
I have now swapped my board, and I can only deduce that the gpu is incompatible with the motherboard
 
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