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Random BSODs with VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE, atikmpag.sys or atikmdag.sys
Hi Everyone,
I have been experiencing this BSOD problem from a long time now as far as i can remember. I had my PC assembled in 2014 and it started after some time then. And this continues till now. In between there have been periods when there were no BSODs and sometimes it goes on days without any crash. But it suddenly has gotten worse.
Now i had win 7 installed earlier but then i purchased win 10 and the error message still is related to atikmpag.sys or atikmdag.sys with VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE. I have read extensively about this online and it seems there might be problem with the graphic drivers (most likely) or with the hardware but i have installed the updated drivers for my graphic card which is AMD RADEON HD 5450. From my earlier post on this forum i got to know that that series of graphic cards are no longer maintained by AMD and fall under Legacy cards. Could that be a problem?
I am literally bashing my head against a wall here because i could not seem to find the cause of these random BSODs. I cleaned my PC today and checked for any hardware damage but everything seems to fine. The BSODs are increasing in frequency so much that i am posting this post in safe mode with networking because of a BSOD just now.
Any help would be greatly appreciated in resolving this frustrating crash problem.
Also i made a video of when a crash happens, i think that might help in diagnosing the issue:
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