Woops, misread, thought it was graphics
However, it's probably worth reinstalling graphics drivers anyway, as they are most likely the culprit.
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| Author: | Lord Metritutus [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Every so often my PC screen sometimes goes black then returns to normal and it says that the PC has 'successfully recovered'. Sometimes however, it does not. The bluescreen that happened when I was asleep said it was an error with atikmpag.sys but the actual DMP file says it was dxgkrnl.sys. After some Googling things seemed to suggest a driver issue, but not necessarily the graphics drivers (it could be something else interfering). I followed the guide here: http://jcgriff2.com/driver_verifier.htm My PC did indeed bluescreen on reboot, but there was no real helpful error message. In addition, a dmp was not even stored, so I'm back to square one. Does anyone have any ideas of good ways to go about checking for some kind of broken driver? EDIT: Does anyone know if System Restore deletes Minidump files as well? I want to try and clarify this in case I need to run verifier again, then grab the dmp file whilst in Safe Mode, then restore. |
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| Author: | azcn2503 [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
I'm sorry I don't think I can help with any of the issues here, but good luck in finding an answer. |
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| Author: | Skillers [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Surely the easiest solution is just to clean up the drivers and install them again fresh? |
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| Author: | Lord Metritutus [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Skillers wrote: Surely the easiest solution is just to clean up the drivers and install them again fresh? I do not know which driver is at fault. |
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| Author: | Harry [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Do it for all drivers, starting with GPU. |
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| Author: | Skillers [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Woops, misread, thought it was graphics However, it's probably worth reinstalling graphics drivers anyway, as they are most likely the culprit. |
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| Author: | Lord Metritutus [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
I did update them fairly recently, but the issue has been around for longer than that. |
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| Author: | Skillers [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Reinstall, including full cleanup, not just update. |
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| Author: | Harry [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Try using older drivers for a week? |
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| Author: | Lord Metritutus [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Skillers wrote: Reinstall, including full cleanup, not just update. I'll see to it. Any idea if AMD do any specific cleanup applications for purging all of their drivers from a computer? Or should a simple uninstall suffice do you think? Harry wrote: Try using older drivers for a week? I was using older drivers until I updated them, as I do every few months. If memory serves this issue is very rare, but it has been persistent throughout. |
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| Author: | Harry [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Try baking your card? I should say, baking has a 100% fix rate for my graphics card, it's fixed every issue that has been thrown at it! Also, what OS are you running, and what service pack are you running? |
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| Author: | Hawke [ Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Maybe you need to do a few more calibrations. |
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| Author: | Harry [ Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Serious one here, in the registry somewhere, there's a few keys involving the timings (well, timeouts and a few others I believe) in regards to the GPU, maybe try there? |
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| Author: | Lord Metritutus [ Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
A few days ago I uninstalled my graphics drivers (and in fact every option the uninstaller gave me, so the Catalyst Control Center, Catalyst Install Manager, etc...), rebooted, then reinstalled them. I rebooted again, reinstalled DirectX, then rebooted. Again. So far I haven't had a bluescreen since. Posting this just in case it helps anyone with a similar issue. |
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| Author: | Lord Metritutus [ Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Scratch that, it bluescreened with the same problem again last night. I'm going to update my graphics drivers to the just released 12.4. EDIT: I'd like to add that this thing only seems to occur when I leave my PC idling, say overnight. I've yet to have this particular bluescreen happen to me whilst I'm using the PC. |
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| Author: | Hawke [ Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Nuke the GPU... or let me. I have a hammer that can do the same effect 
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| Author: | Harry [ Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Hawke wrote: Nuke the GPU... or let me. I have a hammer that can do the same effect That would be a major breakthrough in Science. I hammer that can create nuclear reactions! |
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| Author: | Skillers [ Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
That's essentially what this is. |
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| Author: | Si [ Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Lord Metritutus wrote: EDIT: I'd like to add that this thing only seems to occur when I leave my PC idling, say overnight. I think I may have found the workaround. |
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| Author: | Lord Metritutus [ Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Si wrote: Lord Metritutus wrote: EDIT: I'd like to add that this thing only seems to occur when I leave my PC idling, say overnight. I think I may have found the workaround. It serves as my alarm clock. |
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| Author: | Hawke [ Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Lord Metritutus wrote: It serves as my alarm clock. All the more reason to use a hammer on it. Watch this video on Youtube. |
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| Author: | Si [ Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Lord Metritutus wrote: It serves as my alarm clock. Buy a more energy efficient alarm clock. |
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| Author: | Harry [ Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Si wrote: Lord Metritutus wrote: It serves as my alarm clock. Buy a more energy efficient alarm clock. http://www.raspberrypi.org/ |
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| Author: | Si [ Fri May 11, 2012 11:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Harry wrote: You don't mean my new PC do you... 
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| Author: | Hawke [ Fri May 11, 2012 1:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I think there's a broken driver on my computer. |
Si wrote: You don't mean my new PC do you... Wait for the "I have no money" card to be played... wait for it... waaaaaaaait for iiiiiit..... (alternatively: the "I would prefer to get this PC fixed rather than buy a new system" card) |
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