What causes Atikmpag sys BSOD?

What causes Atikmpag sys BSOD?

sys BSOD error is caused by a faulty, incompatible or outdated graphic driver on your computer. More specifically, the atikmpag. sys blue screen error is related to the AMD graphics card. If there is something wrong with the AMD driver on your PC, you will get the atikmpag.

What does Atikmdag mean?

Atikmdag. sys is a system driver file that allows hardware components like a graphics card to communicate with software. Atikmdag stands for ATI Radeon Kernel Mode Driver Package. This file is pretty essential. Once it is damaged, the atikmdag.

How do you fix Driver_power_state_failure?

How can I fix Driver Power State Failure?

  1. Enter Safe Mode and remove recently installed drivers.
  2. Update your drivers.
  3. Perform an SFC scan.
  4. Change your Power Settings.
  5. Change your Power Plan Settings.
  6. Disable or remove your antivirus software.
  7. Revert your graphics card drivers to the older version.

How do I update Atikmpag sys?

Replace ATIKMPAG. SYS

  1. Hold the Windows Key and Press R.
  2. Find the file named atikmpag.
  3. Then, Hold the Windows Key and Press R again.
  4. Look for a folder called ATI.
  5. Once you find it, copy that file to your desktop.
  6. Hold Windows key and press X.
  7. In the black window, type chdir desktop and press Enter.

Where is Atikmpag sys located?

The atikmpag. sys file is located in the C:\Windows\System32\drivers folder. The file size on Windows 10/8/7/XP is 263,680 bytes. The driver can be started or stopped from Services in the Control Panel or by other programs.

What does Driver_power_state_failure mean?

Comments (4) (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) As Windows stop codes go, DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE is fairly interesting. It indicates that a driver on your PC has fallen into an invalid or inconsistent power state. Thus, it usually occurs as PCs resume normal activity from some kind of Sleep or Hibernation state.

What is a TDR failure?

TDR failure is one of the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) errors that crashes your computer erasing any unsaved task. TDR is a tool for detecting any failures on GPU and recovering them. If your graphic card is not responding, the TDR detects it and resets your graphic card.

How do I fix Driver_power_state_failure?

How do I stop the TDR crash?

To disable TDR, do the following:

  1. Right-click the Nsight Monitor icon in the system tray.
  2. Select Options.
  3. In the Options window on the General tab, set WDDM TDR enabled to False.