Laptop AMD Radeon HD5650 Graphics card issue

[thats.ayush]

I have an old Sony Vaio model VPCEA16FG (Intel i5@520M, 6GB DDR3 RAM) and I am getting atikmdag.sys BSOD error every time I start my windows.

I have looked in other forums, tried the EXPAND command (EXPAND.EXE atikmdag.sy_ atikmdag.sys) and replaced the atikmdag.sys file in system32/drivers. Even tried reinstalling window, but still facing the same error.

I tried cleaning up the graphics card and applying new thermal paste but it still didn't work.

Is buying a new laptop my only option or is there anything else I can do to remedy this issue.

 

[nvincent_08]

it could probably caused by old components that usually had such an old latest driver that were not designed for newer os. my old laptop from 2012 have a lot of bsod issue when i upgraded to windows 10, solved most problems, but still have several instability, so bsod still pop up several times