BSoDs when I play games, need help finding source.

[SalmonSailor]

Now, I was convinced before that my CPU was overheating with temps of up to 100 degrees celcius, so I changed out the stock Intel CPU cooler, moved my case fans, re-applied thermal paste and all of yesterday was gravy.

So I go to play warframe today and lo-and-behold I get the same thing, a blue screen and crash dump whatever it is.

I really have no clue what it could be as my temps don't go above 65 and my memory diagnostic came back clean.

 

[te100]

use whocrashed or bluescreenview to analyze the dump files

 

[SalmonSailor]

use whocrashed or bluescreenview to analyze the dump files

On Sat 10/05/2014 23:34:08 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\051114-15771-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x75BC0)
Bugcheck code: 0xA0000001 (0x5, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
Error: CUSTOM_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.

(I have no idea what any of this means)

 

[te100]

its caused by a driver make sure all your drivers are up to date especially video might have to uninstall and reinstall it. might need to run sfc /scannow from cmd prompt

 

[SalmonSailor]

its caused by a driver make sure all your drivers are up to date especially video might have to uninstall and reinstall it. might need to run sfc /scannow from cmd prompt

I scanned for hardware changes in the device manager and it installed some new drivers for some pieces of hardware. Will post back if I BSoD again, if I don't then thanks for the help.

 

[SalmonSailor]

its caused by a driver make sure all your drivers are up to date especially video might have to uninstall and reinstall it. might need to run sfc /scannow from cmd prompt

I booted up Mirrors edge, because this was one of the games that had been giving me problems before, and I got a BSoD again. This time I opened up WhoCrashed and it seems to be a graphics card issue

On Sun 11/05/2014 16:33:48 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\051114-16021-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: atikmdag.sys (atikmdag+0x277CE)
Bugcheck code: 0xA0000001 (0x5, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
Error: CUSTOM_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\atikmdag.sys
product: ATI Radeon Family
company: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
description: ATI Radeon Kernel Mode Driver
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: atikmdag.sys (ATI Radeon Kernel Mode Driver, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.).
Google query: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. CUSTOM_ERROR

 

[te100]

I had alot of bsod with atikmdag.sys I had to completely uninstall the ati driver then reinstall dont just install over old one.

 

[SalmonSailor]

I had alot of bsod with atikmdag.sys I had to completely uninstall the ati driver then reinstall dont just install over old one.

I tried that. I uninstalled from the control panel, then I used DDU, re-installed the 14.4 drivers, but still blue screens.

 

[Supernova1138]

Try rolling back to Catalyst 13.12, I've had some issues with the 14.4 driver, I don't think it's entirely stable. Most of the 14 series Catalyst drivers have had issues, and you probably shouldn't be using them unless you need Mantle support, are playing a very new game, or you have a card that only came out this year and only has driver support on the most recent driver revisions.