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    reinstalled amd catalyst and updated my driver but it causes blue screen

    Sorry for this very late reply (and also identical solution to another problem here), but for anyone still having similar issues... A common cause of a BSoD is an overheating CPU. Check it's temperature when using hardware acceleration, Catalyst Control Center/AMD Settings, converting files, or...
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    AMD GPU drivers above v14 cause blue screen of death

    Sorry for this very late reply, but for anyone who happens to stumble upon this and has similar issues... A common cause of a BSoD is an overheating CPU. Check it's temperature when using hardware acceleration, Catalyst Control Center/AMD Settings, converting files, or anything else that could...
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    BlueScreen caused by atikmdag.sys on Windows 7 with AMD RADEON HD 7700

    A common cause of a BSoD is an overheating CPU. Check it's temperature when using hardware acceleration, Catalyst Control Center/AMD Settings, converting files, or anything else that could possibly cause your CPU to work harder. Anything above 80 degrees celsius (176 F) is too hot. If it IS...
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    AMD GPU Driver BSOD. Help!

    A common cause of a BSoD is an overheating CPU. Check it's temperature when using hardware acceleration, Catalyst Control Center/AMD Settings, converting files, or anything else that could possibly cause your CPU to work harder. Anything above 80 degrees celsius (176 F) is too hot. If it IS...
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    R9 290x Keeps crashing PC

    A commond cause of a BSoD is an overheating CPU. Check it's temperature when using hardware acceleration, Catalyst Control Center/AMD Settings, converting files, or anything else that could possibly cause your CPU to work harder. Anything above 80 degrees celsius (176 F) is too hot. If it IS...
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    atikmdag.sys BSOD(s) amd r9 290

    Crash logs after a BSoD often point to certain files or drivers. But in some cases, the root cause of the BSoD is actually an overheating CPU (which is probably why it's not functioning properly and generating inaccurate error logs). Check it's temperature when using hardware acceleration...
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    R9 290x Keeps crashing PC

    What worked for me... 1. Uninstalled Catalyst Control Center (CCC). 2. Disabled Hardware Acceleration in Adobe Flash (mainly used for YouTube). When I first got this gfx card (Gigabyte Radeon R9 290x), I was getting blue screens every 2-3 days on average. They would occur weather I'm running a...
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    atikmdag.sys BSOD(s) amd r9 290

    What worked for me... 1. Uninstalled Catalyst Control Center (CCC). 2. Disabled Hardware Acceleration in Adobe Flash (mainly used for YouTube). When I first got this gfx card (Gigabyte Radeon R9 290x), I was getting blue screens every 2-3 days on average. They would occur weather I'm running a...