Windows Vista x32 bit BSOD GPU Related

[Pipos Petre]

First of all greetings! This is my first thread on this site.For the past month I have been getting BSOD's with the error ATIKMPAG.SYS file, accompanied by screen flashes, grey square pixels arranged like a checkboard all over the screen.My GPU is a Sapphire Ati Radeon HD 4830 and I have it for about 3-4 years now working without a hitch.No overclocking,drivers up to date.About a week ago I had mannaged to fix this BSOD for a while after a clean Windows install, setting power options in Control Panel to balanced performance.I played Aura Kingdom, Crysis 2, other programs in the background without a flaw.I thought i had solved it but the problem has appeared again.I don't know what else to think of and the lack of funds makes it impossible for me to buy a new card.Here is a list with what I have done so far to narrow things down and make it less frustrating for anyone who thinks they can help:

-Cleaned Card of dirt/dust (word of note I have noticed the thermal paste on the gpu was dried)
-Applied new paste(Arctic Silver 5 on the gpu, when my PC is idle temps are around 33-35 degrees C, when gaming they are 45-55 degrees max.
-Cleaned Fan all pc components
-Atimkdag/Atikmpag expanding sys file.
-Installed a few driver Ati CCC versions did not help
-Found the BIOS for my GPU,flashed it.
-Added Tdr delay values to registry, no go
-Attempted seppuku (lel)
-Ran Furmark and the card goes Ditto in about 1 minute, odd?
-Took out ram's one by one, no go
-Memtest is ok
-Card has been tested on another pc, same screen pixels
-Psu is 420 W



I have a few logs from WhoCrashed, here they are:





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System Information (local)
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computer name: ALEX-PC
windows version: Windows Vista Service Pack 1, 6.0, build: 6001
windows dir: C:\Windows
Hardware: G31M-S2C , Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd., G31M-S2C
CPU: GenuineIntel Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50GHz Intel586, level: 6
2 logical processors, active mask: 3
RAM: 2145140736 total
VM: 2147352576, free: 2048966656




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Crash Dump Analysis
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Crash dump directory: C:\Windows\Minidump

Crash dumps are enabled on your computer.

On Sat 2/22/2014 8:29:20 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini022214-03.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: dxgkrnl.sys (dxgkrnl+0x7AD76)
Bugcheck code: 0x116 (0xFFFFFFFF86E71510, 0xFFFFFFFF8835486E, 0x0, 0x2)
Error: VIDEO_TDR_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\dxgkrnl.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: DirectX Graphics Kernel
Bug check description: This indicates that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.
Google query: Microsoft Corporation VIDEO_TDR_ERROR



On Sat 2/22/2014 8:29:20 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: dxgkrnl.sys (dxgkrnl+0x7AD76)
Bugcheck code: 0x116 (0xFFFFFFFF86E71510, 0xFFFFFFFF8835486E, 0x0, 0x2)
Error: VIDEO_TDR_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\dxgkrnl.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: DirectX Graphics Kernel
Bug check description: This indicates that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.
Google query: Microsoft Corporation VIDEO_TDR_ERROR



On Sat 2/22/2014 8:27:25 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini022214-02.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: dxgkrnl.sys (dxgkrnl+0x7AD76)
Bugcheck code: 0x116 (0xFFFFFFFF8485B008, 0xFFFFFFFF8835186E, 0x0, 0x2)
Error: VIDEO_TDR_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\dxgkrnl.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: DirectX Graphics Kernel
Bug check description: This indicates that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.
Google query: Microsoft Corporation VIDEO_TDR_ERROR



On Sat 2/22/2014 8:17:35 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini022214-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: dxgkrnl.sys (dxgkrnl+0x7AD76)
Bugcheck code: 0x116 (0xFFFFFFFF8489C510, 0xFFFFFFFF8834A86E, 0x0, 0x2)
Error: VIDEO_TDR_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\dxgkrnl.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: DirectX Graphics Kernel
Bug check description: This indicates that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system that cannot be identified at this time.
Google query: Microsoft Corporation VIDEO_TDR_ERROR




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Conclusion
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4 crash dumps have been found and analyzed. A third party driver has been identified to be causing system crashes on your computer. It is strongly suggested that you check for updates for these drivers on their company websites. Click on the links below to search with Google for updates for these drivers:

dxgkrnl.sys (DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation)

If no updates for these drivers are available, try searching with Google on the names of these drivers in combination the errors that have been reported for these drivers and include the brand and model name of your computer as well in the query. This often yields interesting results from discussions from users who have been experiencing similar problems.


Read the topic general suggestions for troubleshooting system crashes for more information.

Note that it's not always possible to state with certainty whether a reported driver is actually responsible for crashing your system or that the root cause is in another module. Nonetheless it's suggested you look for updates for the products that these drivers belong to and regularly visit Windows update or enable automatic updates for Windows. In case a piece of malfunctioning hardware is causing trouble, a search with Google on the bug check errors together with the model name and brand of your computer may help you investigate this further.

 

[smorizio]

could be the gpu ram went bad from age. have you seen if the card under warranty from the vendor some gpu vendors have life time warranties.

 

[terry4536]

You should update the GPU drivers. Apparently the drivers have been corrupted.

Here are some directions:

http://www.sysnative.com/forums/windows-tips-and-tricks/668-ati-video-cards-driver-only-installation-procedure.html

 

[Pipos Petre]

terry4536

Will try now the guide at your link will post results.Just now I have played the online game without any BSOD's.


smorizio

This card has 4-5 years warranty I think.Sadly I cannot find the box that came with it so I cannot confirm that.

 

[Pipos Petre]

Update:I have tried to instal as provided in the guide but for the love of god could not go past step 9(deleted the video related stuff by Ati and kept chipset).It kept saying the driver already present is up to date.I have installed the new driver without CCC by asking to choose a driver from the signature driver list, adding the .info file located in my latest driver directory.Will provide another update if BSOD or anything else appears.

 

[terry4536]

Try unistalling the driver first.

 

[Pipos Petre]

Updateid installation this time as provided in tutorial, ran PC for a whole day without any BSOD or artifacts.A little while ago they started again.Will provide a picture with my PC screen when it will happen again.

 

[terry4536]

It sounds like we are making headway. Do you have a motherboard speaker?

If you haven't already done so, try reseating your RAM.

Here is a checklist to help diagnose your video issues:

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1893016/post-system-boot-video-output-troubleshooting-checklist.html

 

[Pipos Petre]

Update:A bit odd but I managed to make the GPU working properly by installing my graphic driver as you posted the first time + increasing voltage to my FSB with easytune.