GPU randomly crashing while gaming

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Mangudai

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The error message stated " Stuck in thread device driver". The last time it happened VPU revercy was able to reset it but then it crashed again 5 minutes later. Its an Ati X800 agp and im using Catalyst version "09.3". That what it says in the the latest Catalyst control center. Its not overclocked either, should I try another device driver, I thought I should thoroughly delete it and try another version but what's the best process for deleting Catalyst?
 
[Testing the GPU]
Use Furmark or ATI Tool to stress test the GPU. If you see any artifacts, the GPU could be overheating, too overclocked, or faulty.

Also please list what PSU you have and the specs of the rest of your PC.

Use drivercleaner to fully erase any trace of a driver
 
My cousin an x800XL agp and the fucking thing crashed and VPU recovered CONSTANTLY.

I would try rolling back drivers. Go back 6 months to a year, to like 8.5 or 8.0, maybe older.
 
Oddly enough reinstalling the same drivers seem to do the trick..at least my gpu hasnt crashed since and it ran the furmark stability test for 9 hours without failing on to of hours of gaming. Kinda odd.
 
Driver cleaner is no longer freeware, so I used Guru3D's Driver Sweeper but after using ATI's uninstall utility there are still 23 files present, mainly in the c:/windows/system32/driver folder. When I choose to clean these files with Driver Sweeper they replace themselves as if they weren't just deleted. Even when I attempted to manually delete the files myself they immediately replaced themselves. Im' still having the same problem after using a catalyst from 12-08 so I went to download a catalyst from 2007 but now im realizing that the remaining catalyst files were never deleted in the first place.
 
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AMD Athlon XP 3200+
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ATI Radeon X800 XT
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80gb Maxtor IDE drive
LiteOn CD/RW IDE drive
 
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