Bluescreen is back.

[micker377]

About twice a month, I come in to find my system bluescreened. This always happens when I am away from the computer, so it is nothing I am doing. This has been going on for a couple of months. (CPU core temps are 110, and 115 F.)
I get an "ATI.XXX" error in the report. I have already removed and reinstalled the drivers (Radeon HD 6670 card). Also there has been a driver update since the last time, so I don't think that is the problem.
The card comes with 2 gig memory. Since this acts similar to "bad" system memory, is there any way to test the memory on the vid card? Or should I just give up and replace the 6 month old video card?

 

[rclarke250]

I wouldn't replace the video card, My Nvidia card was acting similar to that, so I replaced it with a newer one, and the driver still bombs out once in awhile, but doesn't blue screen, it stops, and then restarts the driver, and I get a message about the driver messing up. Used 5 different drivers, and went with some beta drivers, found one that was mostly stable, and still allows me to play the games I want. I think its a windows 7 issue, but who knows.

 

[MarcLodge]

Hi Micker,
Have a look at this url and see if anything applies:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...en-error/31189b2c-e1fd-43f3-a1fe-0a61524b0e17

Marc

 

[micker377]

MarcLodge
No, that discussed a conflict between Nvidia HDMI audio drivers, and default MS HDMI Audio drivers. I checked, and I have only the Nvidia drivers. It did give me some more leads to pursue the problem.

 

[linney]

There might be something like these to test the Video Card RAM.

Repair Tool of the Week: Video Memory Stress Test

http://www.technibble.com/repair-tool-of-the-week-video-memory-stress-test/

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=t...&ie=&oe=&redir_esc=&ei=rZS6T--0JcmbiQe475yGCQ

 

[micker377]

Thanks linney, that was what I was looking for.
Well, I ran the VMT test (full overnight). No errors.
Memory O.K. - drivers O.K.! So my next "check" is to put in a different vid card, and wait for a couple of weeks to see if it blue screens again.

 

[micker377]

Just to clean this up: I've been using a different card. Haven't had a "blue screen" since. I'm in contact with Diamond for possible warranty replacement.
Thanks for helping me track it down!