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Guest wrote at: 2006-06-10 16:53:01
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Problem with ATIKMDAG.SYS ATI Radeon Kernel mode driver Vista Beta 2, build 5384, Asus P5WD2-Prem, ATI-X1900XTX Anyone have a solution? . |
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Guest wrote at: 2006-06-25 17:28:02
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I believe the answer is...patience. This is a common problem and one waiting for a solution to a beta release. "tomhyde2" wrote: > Problem with ATIKMDAG.SYS > ATI Radeon Kernel mode driver > Vista Beta 2, build 5384, Asus P5WD2-Prem, ATI-X1900XTX > Anyone have a solution? . |
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Guest wrote at: 2006-08-16 07:34:01
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I have a problem with my RADEON caard also, maybe microsoft is partial to NVIDIA? Shame on you microsoft... . |
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Lilo Lentz wrote at: 2007-05-05 02:16:17
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Try this :) http://www.driverheaven.net/vista-radeon-display-drivers/133188-vista-7-3-display-driver-atikmdag-stopped-responding-error-3.html "Laacagoia" <Laacagoia (~=~) discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i meddelelsen news:C0BA91CB-119E-4720-8947-3BF04A47D8B9 (~=~) microsoft.com... > > Hi, > I have the same problem as you with Catalyst 7.4, and I use Windows Vista > Home Premium 32b with Peak Radeon X1950GT 512 MB GDD3. > How have You resolved the problem? > Thanks if you'll can help me. > Best Regards > snoopy > > > "tomhyde2" wrote: > >> Problem with ATIKMDAG.SYS >> ATI Radeon Kernel mode driver >> Vista Beta 2, build 5384, Asus P5WD2-Prem, ATI-X1900XTX >> Anyone have a solution? . |
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astronautbaby wrote at: 2007-08-29 22:02:54
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Ive recently built a new computer with vista 64Bit and Msi's new 260 diamond plus card thinking wow this is gonna be a decent mid rang computer. ive had this thing for a week now and after countlessl bouncing my head off the wall and locking myself in my computer room t trouble shoot this atikmdag file stuff and after trying everything fro drivers to ati tools to rivatuner (btw area pain in the rear to ge working in vista even if you get it to) to control the fan speed becaus that seems to be the issue here. when the fan needs to kick in m favorite error pops up to tell me that another attempt has failed afte tirelessly trying everything i could think of i decided to take matter in my own hands. what i did is not ment to be done in any way shape o form by someone without the know how here it is im not gonna say 100 its gonna work for you but if your up to it and you have the nads thi is what i did its really rather simple i took a old case fan with the pin connector on it and cut the wire off the fan NOT THE PLUG you wil need the plug late . next i unplugged the fan from the graphics card notice i sai UNPLUGGED. then i took the fan wires and cleaned off some insulation o the ends and stuck those ends into the fan power (MATCH THE COLORS U BLACK to BLACK and RED to REDdont worry about that yellow wire o there).connector(make sure you use some electrical tape so the wire dont come out after that i plugged the 4 pin connector into any old plu comming off the power supply returned the card to its rightfull plac double checked my work and powered the computer up (which was kind nerve recking) but waala fan was powered up to 100% and i was gammin again with no crashes ive been throwing every game i can at it to see i i can crash it and i cant. the reason i did it this was was 1 the card fan can allways be put back to normal whenever ati or microsoft whoeve feels its time to fix this issue 2. i dont like giant box fans sittin next t my pretty new computer it looks tacky and there obnoxious 3 it just fun for me to do stuff like this well any how this solved m problem try it if you dare otherwise you may be like the nvidia guy sitting around 6 months or whatever waiting on driver support good luc if you attempt this its at your own risk peace:smile -- astronautbaby . |
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BadMouth wrote at: 2008-04-08 17:25:11
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::How to prevent “-Driver failed to respond “Atikmdag.sys, but has recovered-” message.:: ::First my systems specs::: ::--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:: ::DELL DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E4500, 2200 MHz:: ::MB: Intel G33:: ::Ram: DDR2 SDRAM Dual Channel 2 sticks at 1 gig each.:: ::PSU: 300 watts:: ::1 DVD drive:: ::1 Floppy:: ::2 SATA drives 500 – 200 gigs respectively:: ::GPU: ATI HD 2600 XT, 512mb:: ::Monitor: Dell E228WFP LCD Digital + Analog signals 22inch.:: ::System: Vista Premium 32bit:: ::----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:: ::AMD Athlon 64 3200+ custom made.:: ::MB: Abit KN8:: ::Ram: DDR3 DIM 1 stick at 2 gigs.:: ::PSU: 450 watts:: ::1 DVD drive:: ::1 Floppy:: ::1 SATA drive 200 gigs:: ::1 IDE drive 100 gigs:: ::GPU: Nvidia BFG 8600 GT, 512mb:: ::Monitor: Gateway FPD1810 LCD Digital + Analog signals 19inch.:: ::System: XP Professional 32bit:: ::----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:: ::After a couple of weeks battling this error type, from viewing over 55 or so forums, and over 1000s posts and trying out some of the following promising leads to fix this error::: ::1. Downloading and installing ONLY the ATI driver software.:: ::2. Editing the registry.:: ::3. Removing a stick of ram.:: ::4. Trying a more powerful PSU.:: ::5. Removing and replacing devices one at a time such as hard drive, etc…:: ::6. Buying extra cooling fans.:: ::7. Throw the dam ATI card into the trash bin.:: ::Did all of the above, except the seventh one, was not ready to give up that easy!:: ::Most posts that I have read from the ATI (RED TEAM) that it was not there drivers causing this issue. In addition, Nvidia (GREEN TEAM) for some Nvidia users has posted similar responses. Their remedy to fix this problem was to remove one stick of ram, buy a new PSU, Buy a new motherboard, or ‘what the heck buy a completely new PC’ LOL!:: ::My Instructions are too long to post within this thread, therefore I created a link to my instructions for those who are having crashes after crashes and message pop ups, and cannot wait for ATI team members to come out of their holes and fix this issue.:: ::For those who are curious as to what my instructions did for me here are the before and after results::: ::Before::: ::On my average day of computer time, I would receive about 20 blue screens, 67 crashes, 111 ATIKMDAG.SYS message pop ups, all totaling up to 198 reboots. :: ::NOTE: Not including (Catalyts Control Center) software package.:: ::After::: ::After doing my steps, I went from 20 blue screens down to zero, 67 crashes down to zero, 111 \"ATIKMDAG.SYS\" message pop ups down to zero, with a total of zero reboots.:: ::NOTE: Including (Catalyts Control Center) software package.:: ::I say “WHAT A DAM DIFFERENCE”. :: ::Your results will vary depending on your system, card, and driver versions you pick and use within my instructions.:: ::The instructions are found here: 'RapidShare: 1-Click Webhosting' (http://rapidshare.com/files/105950403/ATI_Problem_Solved.pdf):: ::Note: I am keeping them up only for a week or two, therefore if you are curious whether you will benefit from my instructions I suggest you grab it before it is too late. You will also need Adobe Reader to view them, which you can download and install on your own.:: ::Assumption to the problem::: ::The ATI kernel driver is crashing because one or more of its relative components are sending a false value sent by the video card, or by DirectX 9/10 interface, thereby causing the kernel to crash.:: ::This false value or data is sent after the signal of the LCD monitor has changed, or when initializing DirectX 9/10 interface components and or vice versa.:: ::It is not a Vista problem, or an XP problem, nor a hardware problem.:: ::Is it the drivers?:: ::You betcha it is!:: ::Conclusion to the problem::: ::To the (ATI (RED TEAM)) and (Nvidia (GREEN TEAM )) I hope you will STOP cramming so much crap into these drivers just so you can save space and a little time and money. As you can see what I had to go through just to make these dam drivers work with my card. Instead of cramming all drivers for all the cards into one package, you should have special driver packages for a particular or similar card models. This also will save time in debugging hard problems such as this type, because you will not need to test every dam driver and or card model. A package such as this is not destined to fit all, PERIOD.:: ::I suggest both teams should look into this problem very deeply, instead of guiding customers to false theory such as buying a new powerful PSU. As you can see, my DELL has a 300-watt PSU throwing 22 amps at a +12 volt rating enough to run all my devices and more. This annoying error and crashes also occurred in an XP system using a 450 PSU, BAH!:: ::B.M:: -- BadMouth . |
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BadMouth wrote at: 2008-04-10 18:48:49
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::Since my previous post, I have been helping coworkers, and neighbors in modifying their drivers.:: ::For those who have downloaded my instructions, and are still having trouble making them work, try the following modification combination::: ::1.:: ::Download the 8.3 standalone driver package, and the full package 7.6 from the ATI site.:: ::2.:: ::When you have extracted both packages as in my instructions, instead of coping two files from the 7.6 package, we are going to copy all files EXCEPT the following::: ::atikmdag.sy_:: ::3.:: ::Paste all files into the 8.3 directory.:: ::4.:: ::Now install the drivers as you would normally.:: ::Note: you can install the 7.6 (Catalyts Control Center) software package if the modification works for you.:: ::I have also tried this on my DELL and I am currently using it now, the difference with this modification is that both the games that I had previous mention had some minor issues, work fine now, however the game Crysis although runs normal, does not run as smooth as it did with the previous driver modification. But then again we cannot have it all.:: ::For those who have laptops, I did a few of them using the following packages::: ::8.3 standalone driver package, and the old 7.4 package. Within the old, package 7.4 copy ONLY the following files into the 8.3 directory::: ::atiumdag.dl_:: ::atiumdva.dl_:: ::This seems to work fine for the laptops I did.:: ::This is my last post; I hope some of you got those drivers to work, such as I did!:: ::I am going to take a vacation now, and give my computer a rest since it has been on for 3 weeks straight.:: ::I encourage anyone NOT to give up; you will find a modification that will work for you as I did, until ATI Team members get off their lazy F#&*! (~=~) A%$#& and do something about it.:: ::Until then may the wind blow behind you always!:: ::B.M:: -- BadMouth . |
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BadMouth wrote at: 2008-04-14 01:13:21
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::No ATIKMDAG.SYS message pop up driver packages::: ::Ok folks I know I said this previously that it will be my last post, but there was something bothering me as to why some modifications of the drivers worked and others did not.:: ::After analyzing the driver packages, I came to the conclusion that the start of the ATI driver bug begins with the 7.6 drivers. Doing further study, I also realize that the old driver versions such as 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 are the only drivers that are ATIKMDAG.SYS message free. I used one of my old ATI cards with the above packages and no crashes, blue screens and message pop ups occurred. However, I could not run some of my games because the card was too old.:: ::From this, I decided to convert a mixture of the 7.4, and 7.5 drivers into recognizing my card ATI HD 2600 XT PCI-EX and newer cards that the 8.3 driver package recognizes.:: ::The following are the results of these driver packages::: ::7.4 driver package::: ::1. Vista performance test pass.:: ::2. No crashes, blue screens and ATIKMDAG.SYS message pop ups.:: ::3. All games that I have previously mentioned in my instructions run good, except the BIA still crashes occasionally on to the desktop with a (General Protection Fault) message box.:: ::4. When un-installing the drivers as soon as the driver is removed, you will get a black screen, you then need to shutdown, or restart your computer.:: :::: ::7.5 driver package::: :: 1. Vista performance test pass.:: ::2. No crashes, blue screens and ATIKMDAG.SYS message pop ups.:: ::3. All games that I have previously mentioned in my instructions run good, except the game Crysis slow as crap. However, this can change by setting medium and low graphic options.:: ::4. When un-installing the driver removes normally.:: :::: ::Now for the driver package 7.4 mixed with 7.5 files::: ::1. Vista performance test pass.:: ::2. No crashes, blue screens and ATIKMDAG.SYS message pop ups.:: ::3. All games that I have previously mentioned in my instructions run good, except Crysis still very slow in the introduction and main menu. I would need to repeatedly press the [ESC] key and left mouse button to pass the introduction and load my save game. Nevertheless, as soon as the game loads whoosh fast as hell.:: ::4. When un-installing the driver removes normally.:: ::Now I am not going to say that the driver packages are going to work with every card especially the newer cards. However, they do work with mine and with some old and newer cards. Also, note that these drivers are ONLY for Radeon type cards and no other type.:: ::I would like to also point out that since these are old driver versions, don’t expect to utilize the full graphics potential of your card, since they do not support special graphic operations that your card model may include.:: ::I cannot stress this enough, if you are not going to follow the directions in removing the current drivers you are using, DO NOT even bother to install these older driver packages. I got a call last night from a neighbor asking me as to why the 7.4 driver package crash her system. I said did you remove the driver’s accordingly to my instructions. She said, “Yes I used the Program and Features to remove them!” I said did you go into safe mode and used the driver cleaner to remove left over components? She said, “O, I forgot!” This is why you must remove them as stated in my instructions, because the setup program is not going to overwrite newer driver components already in your system. If you don’t you will have a mixture of the old and new driver components, which can crash your system or worse.:: ::For Vista 64-bit users I am sorry, I did not create such a package, since I am not using or ever going to use a 64-bit system again. I had my fills with these 64-bit systems and I feel the extra 16-bit processing power is not worth the headaches.:: ::For those who are new and have not downloaded my instructions they can be found here::: ::http://rapidshare.com/files/105950403/ATI_Problem_Solved.pdf:: ::All must do the following steps as in my instructions before and after installing the driver packages::: ::1.:: ::Do steps 1 – 9 to remove the drivers.:: ::2.:: ::Install the drivers.:: ::3.:: ::Then do steps 16 – 19.:: ::Note: I am not going to reply to any comments whether positive or negative, I did what I had to do in making my system run smooth until the ATI team members fix these issues in their new release.:: ::The driver packages, which are in WinRAR format, are located here::: '::_http://rapidshare.com/files/107305840/7-4_vista32_dd_ccc_enu_44985.rar_::' (http://rapidshare.com/files/107305840/7-4_vista32_dd_ccc_enu_44985.rar) '::_http://rapidshare.com/files/107309981/7-5_vista32_dd_ccc_enu_46757.rar_::' (http://rapidshare.com/files/107309981/7-5_vista32_dd_ccc_enu_46757.rar) '_::http://rapidshare.com/files/107319789/7-4_Mixed_with_7-5_vista32_dd_ccc_enu_44985.rar::_' (http://rapidshare.com/files/107319789/7-4_Mixed_with_7-5_vista32_dd_ccc_enu_44985.rar) ::Realize that these old driver packages are only here for 15 days, and will be deleted after that, so get them while you can. Also, note you can install the (Catalyst Control Center) software package version 7.6 which you can download from here::: ::'Previous Catalyst™ Display Drivers for Windows Vista (32 bit)' (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/vista32/commonprevious-vista32.html):: ::I have not tested the control center with driver package 7.4, so I do not know if it will work.:: ::Now I can rest!:: ::B.M:: -- BadMouth . |
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BadMouth wrote at: 2008-04-15 17:01:34
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Just for the record folks: This DELL system is the first prebuilt system I ever bought in my life, and if god willingness will be my last. I always build my own systems, because I like to know what I have, but since I am in a budget I had to either pick from buying a prebuilt system, or build one from scratch. Since building a system would cost me way over what I would pay for this crappy system, I decided to buy this S (~=~) #%. The first thing that went when I unpacked it was the operating system, and the partitions. I like to install my own system; not having any crap that I am not going to use is a waste. As for the advice from ‘axmt’, about power management that is the first place I go when I first install my systems. Yes, I have all set properly for a desktop system. Now for some results: 1. After my last post, my son and I ran the computer a total of 15hrs straight, from running programs to running the games. Result AOK. 2. Before I went to work, I enabled the multithreading feature, and ran the random image-creating program that I had made way back. This program will take 5 pictures that I have taken and will combine them into one then save the result into a file. I set the randomization to a total of 50, which means it will create 50 images from several pictures before actually saving the image. Now this program is a total CPU pig, if anything is going to happen it is going to be with this program. Results FAILED. 3. After step 2, rebooted my system, ran Crysis. Results CRASH! From the above results, we can say it is related to the following: 1. RAM 2. Monitor signal 3. Drivers I am not upset with the results considering I am actually using the drivers and the Control Center, with no constant crashes like I used to get. I am very pleased with the results :). I am leaving the multithreading enabled and I am going to make more changes, and will post the results later. B.M -- BadMouth . |
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BadMouth wrote at: 2008-04-16 23:31:33
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Well folks after numerous testing with the ATI HD 2600 XT PCE the results are: 1. With multithreading enabled the system crashed extensively. 2. With multithreading disabled the system occasionally crashed. 1. With DEP disabled and multithreading on, the system crashed extensively. 2. With DEP disabled and multithreading disabled, the system crashed occasionally. 1. With DEP and DDC/CI enabled and multithreading enabled system crashed extensively. 2. With DEP and DDC/CI disabled and multithreading disabled system crashed occasionally. 1. With DEP and DDC/CI enabled, and background services set to full performance, system crashed extensively. 2. With DEP and DDC/CI enabled, and foreground services set to full performance, system crashed occasionally. Now the above tests were done with the 8.3 drivers and the control center installed. These test range from Printing, Gaming, Movies to productive programs such as CAD, Paintshop Pro, Visual studio 2005, Visual studio 6.0, Delphi 7.0, Burning studio, Databases, Word etc... Now from all the tests, that I have done so far for the past month and up to now is that the ATI drivers are not completely the blame. What I mean is that they are partially to blame for this bug. It is not the whole driver package causing this mess, and I have no reason to believe that the Catalyst Control Center is the culprit. In fact, back a few weeks ago I ran the standalone driver and still got the same results as if I had the control center installed. Now I decided to go on ahead to Circuit City and talk to one of my friends, got a good deal on a GeForce 8600 GT, now mind you that this card is similar to the ATI HD 2600 XT card. Ran all the tests the same way, no special tweaks or settings, and guess what? ALL PASSED! So my solution to this problem folks is this: 1. Removed ATI favorites from my internet explorer, and in with Nvidia. 2. Deleted all my packages that I have created to run the 2600 XT, freed up 1.g 3. Deleted all references of ATI from my registry. 4. Deleted all email documents from ATI Techs. For those who are curious as to what I did with the ATI HD 2600 XT: WHOOOSH--- BING---BANG---CLING---CLANG---CLAMP And in with the good! B.M'[image: http://www.driverheaven.net/images/smilies/smilie.gif]' (http://www.driverheaven.net/images/smilies/smilie.gif) -- BadMouth . |
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