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dd11 · 29-05-2010, 12:19

Ok so I upgraded the power supply from the OCZ 500w to a Corsair 750w and it made no difference atall.

Out of curiousity I left the computer on the frozen startup screen for a while a couple of times, I then noticed that after a while I would get a BSOD with the error 'atikmdag.sys' which it seems is the issue. Upon some online research of this, I found out it was quite a popular problem and saw various solutions which work for a handfull but not the rest.

So anyway theres nothing much more I can do and i've had enough with it now, so I went back to using nVidia cards and ordered a GTX260 last night which came this morning and has been working flawlessly so far, I finally have this new machine completed! Only problem is it doesn't have HDMI output, so i have to use an DVI->HDMI adapter and use the jack on the mainboard for audio, but hey, not to bothered.

Thanks for your help though guys!

29-05-2010, 12:19	#14
dd11 Inactive Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: London Services: XL V+ HD - 50mb Broadband, XL Phone - Free Satellite Posts: 369	Re: XFX Radeon HD 5770 Windows 7 64 bit Freezing Ok so I upgraded the power supply from the OCZ 500w to a Corsair 750w and it made no difference atall. Out of curiousity I left the computer on the frozen startup screen for a while a couple of times, I then noticed that after a while I would get a BSOD with the error 'atikmdag.sys' which it seems is the issue. Upon some online research of this, I found out it was quite a popular problem and saw various solutions which work for a handfull but not the rest. So anyway theres nothing much more I can do and i've had enough with it now, so I went back to using nVidia cards and ordered a GTX260 last night which came this morning and has been working flawlessly so far, I finally have this new machine completed! Only problem is it doesn't have HDMI output, so i have to use an DVI->HDMI adapter and use the jack on the mainboard for audio, but hey, not to bothered. Thanks for your help though guys!