Blue screen error

[Cleth]

Model of the motherboard:Acer Aspire M5100 (AM5100-EF9500A)
Model of the memory:F2-5300CL4D-4GBPQ DDR2-667 PC2-5300 2GBx2
Model of the CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ ,~3.0Ghz

What is the problem? example: Blue screen on startup after windows symbol

[DINAMIK]

can you read the main error in the blue screen?

1)test each module separately.

2)maybe your bios is overclocked and the best settings for the new hardware cannot be set automaticaly (it should work with any problems with auto mode)

3) if they dont work... maybe a bios upgrade helps

[Cleth]

The error I recieve when I get to the blue screen has something to do with Atikmpag.sys, I'm not exactly sure what the main cause of the problem is though.

This happens with any combination of the RAM.

[Tradesman]

That's a GPU related error, might want to download the latest driver for your GPU and install that, have also seen where the error was traced back to the Avast anti-virus program where it didn't like one of the ATI files. While it could be RAM related it could also be a BIOS glitch as suggested above.

[Cleth]

I updated my GPU driver and tried the RAM again, still getting the error about atikmpag.sys.
Also, I do not have Avast.


How could I test to see if it is a problem with the BIOS, and if so where can I find an update for it?

[DINAMIK]

have you tried run a memtest?

[Tradesman]

They have a email and/or chat option available here

http://secure3.tx.acer.com/findsyste...ort&brand=Acer

Does your BIOS allow for making voltage changes to DRAM, CPU/NB, vCore or even DRAM Timings

[Cleth]

I ran a memory test, and after the first 2GB tested the computer would restart and try the process over again.

There were no options for DRAM CPU/NB, vCore, or DRAM timing other than:

OS Select for DRAM > 64 MB.

[Tradesman]

Did you try emailing Acer or going to their chat page to see if any BIOS updates available?

[Cleth]

There are no available updates for my current BIOS.

[Tradesman]

I'll drop GSkill a line and see if they have any info on this, hopefully they'll be in Mon-Tues

[GSKILL TECH]

Try a kit like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231122

It should work better.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH