Display driver atikmdag stopped responding...

[seriks]

hi, i just bought an asus 4850 about a week ago, and im seeing this message popup after the screen turns black for a second then recovers..

"Display driver atikmdag stopped responding and has successfully recovered."

a few minutes ago it started doing this 1 right after another maybe 5times, then the screen wouldnt come back. I rebooted and it runs fine after.

Does anyone know what would cause this problem? my first thoughts were maybe a powersupply problem, but im really not sure at all. the only thing i havent upgraded recently is the powersupply and maybe its not giving enough juice?

my specs are..

q6600 @ 3.0ghz
DFI LP DK P35-T2RS
4gb ram
asus EAH4850
74gb wd raptor -sata
500gig wd -sata
2x 80gig wd -ide
dvd drive..
24" display and 20something" tv as a secondary monitor..
500w s12 seasonic

anyway this is happening like once a day, just randomly as the pc is idling it seems.. runs games perfectly at 1920x1200... so far its just been idle when this happens

thanks

edit// running vista pro 64
edit again// everything ran fine with a 7800gtx i had before..

 

[oozish]

me has ominous thoughts of the notorious nvidia error...

 

[Mad_CatMk2]

funny thing is this is the exact same thing happening on my brother's computer:

C2D E8400 @ Stock
GA-EP45-DS3L
2x2GB A-DATA GAMING RAM
ASUS Radeon 4850
250gb Seagate
Corsair VX550

Running Vista Home Premium 32bit.

 

[CrimsonKnight13]

me has ominous thoughts of the notorious nvidia error...

Indeed, like watching a train wreck with the nvlddmkm.sys BSoD and/or recovery message. I'm not sure why the issue occurs with ATI & Nvidia cards but I haven't had any issues with a GTX 260.

The other thing is that I've seen the problem occur on XP x64 and not just Vista x86/x64 with both brands.

 

[pandora's box]

ive had this happen to me too. ive only gotten the error when opening a video file in windows media player. before the video is about to start the driver then crashes. closing windows media player then reopening it allows me to watch the video. havent had it happen during a game yet.