Vista - atikmdag error

**xsmallheartx** · 09-08-2009

Hi,

I have been getting a lot of atikmdag errors in games and I have no idea why. I somewhat recently formatted and reinstalled vistax64, have the latest drivers and even on the 2nd partition (Win7 x64) I get the error. I used to get it with my old Nvidia 9800GT and now I get it with my ati card. Is there anyway to solve this issue, it is very, very annoying.

Thanks,

**thepizzaman** · 09-08-2009

hm......... what are your card temps? it be getting close to overheating and that might be why you get it

**xsmallheartx** · 09-15-2009

Here is a screenshot, I tried to put fan up to 100% and it still seems to happen. I think it could be something to do with my ram that it doesn't quite like and maybe because I have 8GB of it. It also seems to happen a lot in different games that aren't necessarily more graphically intense.

Around about 60-70 maybe 75 MAX degrees in game

Bonggler · 4 Weeks Ago

Seems to be happening to ATI and Nvidia cards, which makes me thing it's an operating system problem. Seems to happen most with Vista-64Bit. I've heard stories of ppl switching back to Win XP 32 bit and no more problems. Also more bad news, it's been going on for years with no fix.

My Specs:
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium x64 (Fully Updated
Motherboard: Gigabte GA-MA790X-UDP
Processor: AMD Phenom II 940 x4 Black Edition
Video Card: Visiontek Radeod HD 3870 x2
Memory: 8 Gigs Corsair Dominator Dual Channel PC8500 DDR2
Hard Drives: 2x Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Power Supply: Rosewill Performance Series

09-08-2009	#1 (permalink)
xsmallheartx Vista x64 Premium 16 posts	atikmdag error Hi, I have been getting a lot of atikmdag errors in games and I have no idea why. I somewhat recently formatted and reinstalled vistax64, have the latest drivers and even on the 2nd partition (Win7 x64) I get the error. I used to get it with my old Nvidia 9800GT and now I get it with my ati card. Is there anyway to solve this issue, it is very, very annoying. Thanks,
My System Specs

09-08-2009	#2 (permalink)
thepizzaman Vista Home Premium 32bit and Ubuntu 9.10 32bit 1,280 posts	Re: atikmdag error hm......... what are your card temps? it be getting close to overheating and that might be why you get it
My System Specs

09-15-2009	#3 (permalink)
xsmallheartx Vista x64 Premium 16 posts	Re: atikmdag error Here is a screenshot, I tried to put fan up to 100% and it still seems to happen. I think it could be something to do with my ram that it doesn't quite like and maybe because I have 8GB of it. It also seems to happen a lot in different games that aren't necessarily more graphically intense. Around about 60-70 maybe 75 MAX degrees in game Last edited by xsmallheartx; 09-16-2009 at 03:49 AM..
My System Specs

4 Weeks Ago	#4 (permalink)
Bonggler Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit 2 posts	Re: atikmdag error Seems to be happening to ATI and Nvidia cards, which makes me thing it's an operating system problem. Seems to happen most with Vista-64Bit. I've heard stories of ppl switching back to Win XP 32 bit and no more problems. Also more bad news, it's been going on for years with no fix. My Specs: Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium x64 (Fully Updated Motherboard: Gigabte GA-MA790X-UDP Processor: AMD Phenom II 940 x4 Black Edition Video Card: Visiontek Radeod HD 3870 x2 Memory: 8 Gigs Corsair Dominator Dual Channel PC8500 DDR2 Hard Drives: 2x Seagate Barracuda 1TB Power Supply: Rosewill Performance Series
My System Specs

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