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    M17x R4 amd display adapter / BSOD

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by kris187, Aug 23, 2016.

  1. kris187

    kris187 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi All,

    Im getting "amd display adapter has stopped responding and has recovered" also BSOD

    Bugcheck 0x116 - dxgkrnl.sys
    Bugcheck 0x001 - atikmdag

    Operating System:
    - Windows 7 x64

    GPU:
    - AMD 7970m

    - tried another video card, same problem
    - ran the uninstaller from AMD and guru3d and installed the latest driver from ATI, same problem
    - tried the driver version that works for my machine for 4 years ( 13.4 ), same problem.
    - removed 1 ram stick, same problem
    - clean install windows 7, same problem

    Please help.
     
    Last edited: Oct 16, 2016