I have a brand new Toshiba laptop. Very shorly after buying it i began
getting the error message "Display driver atikmdag stopped responding and has
successfully recovered" multiple times followed by a complete lockup of the
entire system.
I've updated all drivers but to no avail.
I've poked around both Microsoft and ATI's support pages and each seem to be
saying it's a problem steming from the other company.
I just want my computer to work and don't want to have to take it back under
warranty and start from scratch.
Anyone know of a simple fix?
I'm getting the impression this isn't a problem specific to me.

A long shot here...

ATI uses a driver interface that is based on .NET
Framework. Letaly, there have been several patches
to .NET that have been causing various problems. You
may have picked up one or two with Windoes Updates.

I would do a System Restore back as far as you can and
see if the problem goes away.

"casey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:07456485-B236-4D2B-8DD4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a brand new Toshiba laptop. Very shorly after buying it i began
> getting the error message "Display driver atikmdag stopped responding and has
> successfully recovered" multiple times followed by a complete lockup of the
> entire system.
> I've updated all drivers but to no avail.
> I've poked around both Microsoft and ATI's support pages and each seem to be
> saying it's a problem steming from the other company.
> I just want my computer to work and don't want to have to take it back under
> warranty and start from scratch.
> Anyone know of a simple fix?
> I'm getting the impression this isn't a problem specific to me.

Thanks for the vote of support Ryan,
So far the problem isn't specific to any one program or even type of
program.
I'm running Vista Ultimate. It shuts down running; Explorer, Office or just
about any other program. This happens on average twice a day or more. A
simple google search of the error message yelds tons of others with the same
problem and even a few dedicated web sites. I've scrolled through the many
possible solutions but the ones I've tried haven't helped and the ones I
haven't seem pretty invasive given my skills/knoledge and the fact that they
don't seem to work for a large number of those who attmept them.
The frusterating thing I'm not really coming close to taxing the system. I'm
just expecting to have it function for basic tasks out of the box and it
can't even do that!

I appreciate you advice thoug and I'll keep listening here for advice.

"RyanHell078" wrote:

>
> What exactly are you trying to use. This sounds like a non-Vista
> program. I say non-Vista as in a rare occurance of software that is not
> Vista friendly. I bought a Vista HP lappy in 2007 and it ran FLAWLESSLY
> and I love Vista now, howver I never played any games other than WOW on
> it. I assume it is a program. I wish I could be more help faster for
> you. Stick here and wait it out. Sooner than later someone will help you
> out. Probably isn't too bad. I had that issue myself but it just went
> away! I did nothing. My girl has the new Toshiba and I love that thing.
> Good choice!
>
>
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>
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Thanks V
I don't know, this problem has been happening since I bought the computer
and I'd hope that if Microsoft was including something in it's Windows
Updates that was causing a problem, that they'd quickly undo or correct it in
the next update. I'm thinking this is a bigger problem than a buggy update.

"V Green" wrote:

> A long shot here...
>
> ATI uses a driver interface that is based on .NET
> Framework. Letaly, there have been several patches
> to .NET that have been causing various problems. You
> may have picked up one or two with Windoes Updates.
>
> I would do a System Restore back as far as you can and
> see if the problem goes away.
>
> "casey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:07456485-B236-4D2B-8DD4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have a brand new Toshiba laptop. Very shorly after buying it i began
> > getting the error message "Display driver atikmdag stopped responding and has
> > successfully recovered" multiple times followed by a complete lockup of the
> > entire system.
> > I've updated all drivers but to no avail.
> > I've poked around both Microsoft and ATI's support pages and each seem to be
> > saying it's a problem steming from the other company.
> > I just want my computer to work and don't want to have to take it back under
> > warranty and start from scratch.
> > Anyone know of a simple fix?
> > I'm getting the impression this isn't a problem specific to me.
>
>
>

Try this, casey:

a very simple way I have found to bypass the problem is this:

start your system up, let it load, then simply logoff. Log back on.

Problem completely goes away for me no matter what and doesn't return until
you restart the system.

At which point you can simply just log off and log on again and be good to
go.


If this helps anybody else, please let me know. I have currently been
investigating and going back and forth with high level Microsoft support for
several weeks now. There are aware of, and are investigating this issue. They
acknowledge my fix.... that a log off and log on temporarily solves the
issue.

Brian

At my pc, it works fine
jrk

"casey" wrote:

> I have a brand new Toshiba laptop. Very shorly after buying it i began
> getting the error message "Display driver atikmdag stopped responding and has
> successfully recovered" multiple times followed by a complete lockup of the
> entire system.
> I've updated all drivers but to no avail.
> I've poked around both Microsoft and ATI's support pages and each seem to be
> saying it's a problem steming from the other company.
> I just want my computer to work and don't want to have to take it back under
> warranty and start from scratch.
> Anyone know of a simple fix?
> I'm getting the impression this isn't a problem specific to me.

If you have the ATI Radeon 9550 try Catalyst 7.6

"jrk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CF30BFE7-1BCE-4A99-AD6C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Try this, casey:
>
> a very simple way I have found to bypass the problem is this:
>
> start your system up, let it load, then simply logoff. Log back on.
>
> Problem completely goes away for me no matter what and doesn't return
> until
> you restart the system.
>
> At which point you can simply just log off and log on again and be good to
> go.
>
>
> If this helps anybody else, please let me know. I have currently been
> investigating and going back and forth with high level Microsoft support
> for
> several weeks now. There are aware of, and are investigating this issue.
> They
> acknowledge my fix.... that a log off and log on temporarily solves the
> issue.
>
> Brian
>
> At my pc, it works fine
> jrk
>
> "casey" wrote:
>
>> I have a brand new Toshiba laptop. Very shorly after buying it i began
>> getting the error message "Display driver atikmdag stopped responding and
>> has
>> successfully recovered" multiple times followed by a complete lockup of
>> the
>> entire system.
>> I've updated all drivers but to no avail.
>> I've poked around both Microsoft and ATI's support pages and each seem to
>> be
>> saying it's a problem steming from the other company.
>> I just want my computer to work and don't want to have to take it back
>> under
>> warranty and start from scratch.
>> Anyone know of a simple fix?
>> I'm getting the impression this isn't a problem specific to me.

my acer did the same thing when i got it it stoped for a whil when i updated
windows it has started up again letely plz help it is very anoying

Wth is there any solution to this problem at all... apart from changeing
all your computer about isnt there a way you can stop it just by changing
like settings.
i have windows vista home premium 32 bit edition and a ati radeon x1650
series graphics card.
the two apparent downloads that are ment to fix this problem from microsoft
apparently did not fit my vista type i dont know why so dont ask im not sure
if it is thta its 32 bit or what.
sooo plz if anyone knows how to fix it without all the complicated bits plz
share

thanks matt

"chuckbam" wrote:

>
> I updated to Service Pack 1 and most problems were solved. I have CC 8.4
> and all is running fine now.
>
>
> --
> chuckbam
>

Has anyone aside from Level5Owner and U66888 tested this and found it to work
for them?

"Level5Owner" wrote:

>
> My System Engineer and I have after many headaches and ALOT of tylenol
> have Identified the apparent Cause of this Problem.
>
> What it is Not -
>
> Vista ( 32bit or 64bit ), XP ( 32bit or 64bit ), .NET framework, System
> Memory, Heat, Dual Monitors ( Extended Desktop or Clone Mode ) .
>
> What it appears to be -
>
> The ATI CATALYST CONTROL PANEL SOFTWARE ( Not the Stand Alone Driver )
>
> Basis For Conclusion -
>
> We tested all My Systems ( 4 of them ,2 XP ( 1 64bit and 1 32bit ) 2
> VISTA Ultimate ( 1 32bit and 1 64bit ) from the ground up with NUMEROUS
> CLEAN installs of the BASE OS to try and reproduce the Error After every
> Software install. We did this with the OS Updated and With the OS Naked.
> The Error only Occured AFTER installing the CATALYST CONTROL PANEL
> SOFTWARE.
> We then Did Clean installs on All the Systems and Installed ONLY the
> CATALYST SOFTWARE to see if it was a Conflict with any other software.
> The Error occured Almost Immediatly.
>
> We then Purged the Systems of All ATI Software and Tried to install the
> Software in the Individual packages the ATI does Provide. As soon as we
> installed the CATALYST CONTROL PANEL SOFTWARE the ERROR Occured.
>
> We thenPurged the Systems again of the ATI SOFTWARE and Installed ONLY
> THE DRIVER. We ran the Systems for 2 weeks the ATIKMDAG HAS STOPPED
> RESPONDING AND RECOVERED Error did not reassert itself.
>
> If you have the CATALYST CONTROL PANEL INSTALLED and Do a Seach of Your
> Primary hard Drive you will Find that the ATIKMDAG.SV file is ONLY found
> in the CATALYST CONTROL PANEL SOFTWARE PACKAGE.
>
> If you Remove the CATALYST CONTROL PANEL you will remove ATIKMDAG.SV
> from your System and this solves at least this Issue.
>
> The problem seems to be an encoding error in how the CATALYST control
> Panel Software Interacts with ICQ's in relation to The OS instructions.
>
> It should be Noted that ATI apparently is aware of the Issue as they
> Offer a Standalone Download of the Graphics Driver even thought they
> will not Officially Acknowledge the Issue.
>
> My System Engineer and I both have Notified ATI of our Findings. They
> have not responded.
>
> OF NOTE -
>
> Graphics Performance Does not appear to suffer when runnig ONLY the
> Graphics Driver. The Only Differance is that You Can Not use the
> Features that the CATALYST CONTROL PANEL SOFTWARE provides. However for
> graphics Stability it is a Small Price to pay.
>
> Also Before you Chuck your ATI graphics Card For an NVIDIA Graphics
> Card note that NVIDIA Graphics Cards Present a Simalar Error and More
> Importantly NVIDIA DOES NOT OFFER a Standalone DRIVER, you take thier
> CONTROL PANEL or Nothing.
>
> Hopefully ATI will address this issue in a Newer Release of the
> CATALYST CONTROL PANEL.
>
>
> --
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>
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> *Ram - 8GB ( 4 x 2GB ) OCZ DDR3 Platnium Editon 1333Mhz*
> *Sound - X-FI Fatality Pro Edition*
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> *WaterCooling - CPU, NorthBridge, Graphics*
>

Ok,

I followed the directions and so far so good. I uninstalled the CCC, ran
DriverSweeper and reinstalled just the Display Driver. I noticed though that
atikmdag.sys still installed with the Display Driver only.

What I did was renamed the file to atikmdag.sys.old. I did call ATI Tech
Support and they told me it's a hardware issue, which I don't believe. They
did tell me that the file is the Windows Kernel Mode Driver. But, he also
told me that Windows runs in User Mode, so basically, the file isn't needed a
whole lot anyway. We'll see if I get any crashes or not.

I'll post more in a few days and we'll see what happens.
"chuckbam" wrote:

>
> Darkvette;902395 Wrote:
> > Has anyone aside from Level5Owner and U66888 tested this and found it to
> > work
> > for them?
> >
> > "Level5Owner" wrote:
> > > > >
> > >
> > > They should have known that for over 12 months now
>
>
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