Are you using ATI Graphics AND VISTA? BE SCARED, VERY SCARED!

[Isclay]

If you are...sooner or later you are going to have problems. I have been using my ATI Radeon HD 4350 for several months with EU and had no problems until 3 days ago. I was running along in Amethera when my screen froze and I had to do a hard-restart of my PC. Upon reboot I got the Blue Screen of Death and a notice about my video driver causing a problem. I have not been able to use my ATI video card since. Windows has a conflict with the video driver and gives BSoD every single time!

I tried everything...Searched the internet, Microsoft.com., ATI and guess what? NO real SOLUTION. Literally 1000's of people are having this problem. This is an ATI and Windows VISTA/Windows 7 (also later versions of XP) problem...make no mistake. A bunch of links offer solutions and I tried them ALL to no avail.

So I just wanted to send out a warning. Please check your DRIVERS file for this file: ATIKMDAG.SYS - Here is the path:

C:\windows\system32\drivers

Search Google or any search engine for: ATIKMDAG.SYS BSoD, crash, fix, boot problems etc.

nVidia graphics are also having similar problems with Windows VISTA/Windows 7 as well... You will see this in the posts about the BSoD's.

 

[Mr Trayles]

While the warning may be helpful to an extent, the over-dramatiztion is just a little rediculous.

 

[Sunab Naverith]

While the warning may be helpful to an extent, the over-dramatiztion is just a little rediculous.

Spend that much on a new video card, only to have it burn out (or be fried in the bios/etc) and see how perfectly calm you remain .

 

[Isclay]

Thanks Mr. Trayles! Your response, although certainly witty and painless, didn't offer anything productive. Your spelling skills did make me laugh a little and I puked a little in my mouth.

Thanks a bunch!

 

[Mr Trayles]

Spend that much on a new video card, only to have it burn out (or be fried in the bios/etc) and see how perfectly calm you remain .

There are 8 computers running in my house. I have experienced every sort of problem, software or hardware.

I have never found any software or hardware so flawed that I felt a need to tell everyone that they will have a problem with it and that they should be scared of it.

 

[Mr Trayles]

Thanks Mr. Trayles! Your response, although certainly witty and painless, didn't offer anything productive. Your spelling skills did make me laugh a little and I puked a little in my mouth.

Thanks a bunch!

The productive message I was going for is that sometimes people make a bigger issue out of something that isn't quite so big.
Glad you had a good lunch.

 

[Ancient]

The productive message I was going for is that sometimes people make a bigger issue out of something that isn't quite so big.
Glad you had a good lunch.

You may have 8 computers, but I am guessing you are a complete noob in EU.

 

[Isclay]

It's important that people know about the problem. It's a big one and you want to quibble with me about semantics? Enough already.

 

[Manique]

I had intel+ati
I had intel+nvidia
I had amd+ati
I have atm, amd+nvidia (Phenom II 550 BE @3.7ghz + GTX260 216shad.cores OC@700/1500/1100) and wind7 64 bit.
All the system tryed vista+win7, some got to try XP.
Never really got any problems ... I can't see why this ppl is getting all this probs :s.
But for sure it ain't a good thing

 

[Mr Trayles]

It's important that people know about the problem. It's a big one and you want to quibble with me about semantics? Enough already.

As I said, it may be a problem. But you make it sound like the people with this card and driver are going to be crashing and burning.

After doing the recommended search, it looks like the issue has been around for a long time as most posts were in 2008. I find it hard to believe that something that is so fatal would be that wide spread and still be around.

Again, not questioning the problem, just the severity of it.

Ancient: Bad guess. But thanks for playing.

 

[The Nightbird]

I have ATI and Vista, it works great. No BSOD or crash in 2 years. Then again, I'm not a nub at maintaining my computer.

 

[Nobatbbi]

As I said, it may be a problem. But you make it sound like the people with this card and driver are going to be crashing and burning.

After doing the recommended search, it looks like the issue has been around for a long time as most posts were in 2008. I find it hard to believe that something that is so fatal would be that wide spread and still be around.

Again, not questioning the problem, just the severity of it.

Ancient: Bad guess. But thanks for playing.

Even before that - http://www.vistax64.com/vista-hardware-devices/3707-atikmdag-sys.html - was initiated in 2006!

 

[Isclay]

Thanks Dusty...

 

[Isclay]

Do the research Nightbird. Your assumption shows a lack of information. Besides that...You don't even know me. Usually it takes hours for someone to figure out I'm a "nub" at maintaining my computer!

 

[Thorn]

I`ve always used ATI cards but I resista the Vista! Never had problems with ATI. Microsft products in the other hand.....need I say more...I think not.

 

[antonioliveira]

Same here

I bought the optimal requirements PC (MA recommended) only to find out it crashes.

First I thought it was the hardware and took it back. After a series of run tests and playing other games, no problem was discovered.

Support said it could be the Explorer, so I started running EU exclusively, no other program on RAM besides Antivirus. Crashes continued.

Then could be the drivers: Completely updated but rechecked. Problem continued...

I've been playing Blue Mars handjob and crysis, and can have whatever I want running on background for hours, no problem whatsoever.

I start EU, and just EU, and after ten minutes crash or auto reboot.



What bugs me most is that I bought exactly what they posted as optimal, to run the program in perfect conditions, and then it doesn't

 

[TommygunxX]

not to be a jerk but......... Ctrl Alt Go Purchase a better card

 

[Xavier_Jr]

I used ati 4350 with vista ultimate 64 bits, and now i am using ati 4890 with vista ultimate 64 bits. I have not any problem.. but i must to say that i used nvidia gtx 260 core 216 black edition with vista ultimate 64 bits.. and.. very scared very scared! nvidia crashed my pc and many other pcs of many players... lol

Ati is the best card at this universe lol

 

[Mega]

I'm using ATI (and have been since 1996) and XP and I sleep well.

 

[xgengrant]

In October when the frist Argo raid hit Twin Peaks ,I had the same thing happen to mycomputer. The screen turned to finger painting and locked up. Also had to hard reboot and got the same message about vidieo drivers. An I know how to maintain my computer.

Intel Core 2 E6300
Vista 32
ATI/Readon 3870 OC 512

The Computer had not giving me any problem's until then. That computer is still off line

 

[Trina Xenophage]

Im not a believer in over clocking or stressing hardware but it seems to me that all having this problem state they are over clocking in their specs when listed...

From what I understand that is a sensative thing when running near max...

With all the changes happening in EU as of late would it not be prudent to stop doing this until they finally stabalise and keep things where you can KNOW they will be?

 

[Isclay]

I don't over-clock anything on my machine. From the research I have done, this problem has nothing to do with over-clocking. I did read one post on the web where someone had this problem and they UNDER-clocked the vid-card by 10 and it solved for them. I tried this and it didn't work for me.

Thanks for your response.

 

[Ed Ward]

Im not a believer in over clocking or stressing hardware but it seems to me that all having this problem state they are over clocking in their specs when listed...

From what I understand that is a sensative thing when running near max...

With all the changes happening in EU as of late would it not be prudent to stop doing this until they finally stabalise and keep things where you can KNOW they will be?

I agree.
I'm not a specialist in video cards, but i know that some requires a 1066 Mhz motherboard for example, which meens a bigger power supply.
Did you just went to a shop and bought a product with flashing colors and changed it yourself?

 

[Isclay]

I agree.
I'm not a specialist in video cards, but i know that some requires a 1066 Mhz motherboard for example, which meens a bigger power supply.
Did you just went to a shop and bought a product with flashing colors and changed it yourself?

No. I checked the system specs for my machine and bought my video card to match. And that was after looking for recommendations for cards that work well with EU. Also my card doesn't require extra power as some cards do. I followed the installation instructions exactly for both software and hardware.

This problem is strange b/c I ran the card for almost a year with no changes to the machine and then poof...all of a sudden it crashed and hasn't worked since.

Thanks for your response.

 

[Prot]

This was just a stupid post.. u should rather asking for help in technical or something, instead of go out warning everyone about the hardware

 

[DiAngel]

It is not for certain its the GFX card.. After latest Vista driver at my wifes pc she hasnt bee able to use it at all..(got several blue screen with "dumping physical memory etc... I installed in Win7 64bit and re-did entire setup.

Everything works perfectly on her pc now, and it has infact gotten alot faster

GL!

 

[ALEXANDER]

If you are...sooner or later you are going to have problems. I have been using my ATI Radeon HD 4350 for several months with EU and had no problems until 3 days ago. I was running along in Amethera when my screen froze and I had to do a hard-restart of my PC. Upon reboot I got the Blue Screen of Death and a notice about my video driver causing a problem. I have not been able to use my ATI video card since. Windows has a conflict with the video driver and gives BSoD every single time!

I tried everything...Searched the internet, Microsoft.com., ATI and guess what? NO real SOLUTION. Literally 1000's of people are having this problem. This is an ATI and Windows VISTA/Windows 7 (also later versions of XP) problem...make no mistake. A bunch of links offer solutions and I tried them ALL to no avail.

So I just wanted to send out a warning. Please check your DRIVERS file for this file: ATIKMDAG.SYS - Here is the path:

C:\windows\system32\drivers

Search Google or any search engine for: ATIKMDAG.SYS BSoD, crash, fix, boot problems etc.

nVidia graphics are also having similar problems with Windows VISTA/Windows 7 as well... You will see this in the posts about the BSoD's.

Sit down , E

There is no real and massive problem with win7/vista combined with ati or Nvidia cards . Only for people that don't know how to set-up their PC properly

 

[~CHOPPER~]

This problem is strange b/c I ran the card for almost a year with no changes to the machine and then poof...all of a sudden it crashed and hasn't worked since.

Thanks for your response.

It could of been a simple component failure, nothing lasts forever.. also if your a gamer.. after a year, it's about time to upgrade your graphics

 

[Isclay]

This was just a stupid post.. u should rather asking for help in technical or something, instead of go out warning everyone about the hardware

It's just a warning so calm down.

I didn't put this post in Technical, EF did. I originally posted it in General.

 

[Isclay]

Sit down , E

There is no real and massive problem with win7/vista combined with ati or Nvidia cards . Only for people that don't know how to set-up their PC properly

Yeah great another one who hasn't done the research. Your comment shows lack of information and imagination. No real and massive problem huh? Wow, that statement is amazing.