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wild bill
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Before i call alienware and yell at them id like ato ask a question

 

My computer keep BSODing on start up and randomly.

 

error consists of atikmpag.sys and atikmdag.sys

 

its pretty clear this is a video card related problem

 

ive done all that i know to fix the problem and nothing worked.

 

any one know of a solution cause it may be fixable or it just might be a card problem.

 

if you dont have a legit answer dont post pl0x

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i dunno id have to restart my computer to find out for sure and if i do that my computer will just crash again and again

 

it is quite a frustrating experience. im quite sure i dont have a giga though

 

and windows 7

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Legit answer:

 

 

Your bios needs to be updated.

 

Go to control panel/devices/hardware. Your mobo should be listed there. Search up the latest bios update and get it.

 

The problem lies within you probably updated your graphics card, but the new drivers are calling an outdated sys file and it's reading it like a foreign newspaper.

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Guest The_Monkey
Why are you telling him to upgrade his motherboard bios? Where are you getting this information?

 

Referring to the motherboard bios makes me draw a blank.

 

The drivers hook into the os which hooks into the hardware. So his problems will most likely not be fixed by updating the bios, as crosshair has stated.

 

A google search returns that there are problems with windows 7 and how it treats video card hiccups. It is quite possible that after boot and on os load he is having a random hiccup initializing the graphics driver, which causes the bsod.

 

Some have reported that fan speeds may be playing a factor, or even gpu clock speeds. Out of process of elimination, download the ati tool and override your fan speeds to 100%, and reboot a few times.

 

If the problems persist, it could be hardware related.

 

As I have stated before, uninstall ALL of your graphics drivers, then reinstall the latest. If you have already done this, then try the fan speed fix.

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I think he is referring to the motherboard bios...which still makes me draw a blank.

 

The drivers hook into the os which hooks into the hardware. So his problems will most likely not be fixed by updating the bios, as crosshair has stated.

 

A google search returns that there are problems with windows 7 and how it treats video card hiccups. It is quite possible that after boot and on os load he is having a random hiccup initializing the graphics driver, which causes the bsod.

 

Some have reported that fan speeds may be playing a factor, or even gpu clock speeds. Out of process of elimination, download the ati tool and override your fan speeds to 100%, and reboot a few times.

 

If the problems persist, it could be hardware related.

 

As I have stated before, uninstall ALL of your graphics drivers, then reinstall the latest. If you have already done this, then try the fan speed fix.

 

Yeah I meant BIOS whoops...Good advice monkey, sounds like a video card driver issue, he should be able to use ATI tool and see what his temps are and it should be obvious if its overheating or not :rock:

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*cough* Alienware/Dell are no name mobo's *cough*

 

Should of built it yourself. 'Cause now, finding info on these mobo's is a bitch... Best bet, send it to Alienware if you can.

 

What have you tried so far? So we can rule stuff out. What might of caused this? Have you added new hardware before this happened?

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yep there are no drivers for my mother board that i can find easily . fail

 

Why are you searching for motherboard drivers? We told you what the problem was.

 

But if you are looking for alienware drivers, try going to the dell/alienware site.

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