AMD Driver atikmpag.sys BSOD

MSTwaterbug · Nov 24, 2013

I previously made a thread before about my AMD drivers crashing and having to manually restart my computer to fix it.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1887684/driver-amdkmdap-crash-windows-tdr.html#11962301
I got a new psu like this guy suggested (the old one had melted the power chord anyway) and I thought the problem had been fixed but now its returned but a bit different this time.

Every time I play any game for a while (depending on the game) the screen goes black and comes back repeatedly a few times, then blue screens.

I have tried many things that I've seen suggested, altering the registry, uninstalling and reinstalling drivers, reinstalling windows, updating bios.

Current system spec:
AMD Phenom II X4 965
4 gb of ram
Gigabyte 2 GBAMD Radeon 7750
ASUSTek Computer Inc. M5A88-V EVO

Ive had the display driver crashing occasionally for years and its recently gotten to the point where its constantly crashing..

gamerk316 · Dec 3, 2013

Its almost certainly the GPU or GPU Drivers. No other error can generate this BSOD.

0x116: VIDEO_TDR_ERROR

Essentially, the display driver crashed, and when Windows attempted to restart it, the driver crashed again, causing this BSOD to be generated. The root problem is the display driver crashed, which occurred either because of a driver problem (best case), or a faulty GPU (worst case).

First thing to do is remove ANY OC you may have on the card. After that, use a different official driver release from AMD, and see if the problem goes away. If the problem remains, then its HIGHLY LIKELY you have a faulty GPU. Most vendors are good about getting replacements, providing you are still under warantee.

MSTwaterbug · Dec 8, 2013

Ok I had no overclock. I downgraded a few versions and now the crash isnt causeing a bsod anymore.
Not sure what else to try aside from getting a replacement.

Jakko · Mar 17, 2014

I had this issue myself, the solution is use Driver Sweeper to get rid of AMD software, then install latest AMD driver. When you install the driver, choose custom install not express, and un-tick Catalyst Control Centre so you still get all the proper drivers, you'll just have to OC with MSI Afterburner or something.
Win 32bit Driver - http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+32
Win 64bit Driver - http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64
MSI Afterburner - http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

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