Blue screen when loading games

[birddropping]

Hi!

I have just recently bought a new computer and am experiencing the BSOD while loading my newly installed games such as Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty 4. My specs are as follows:

Windows XP Home Edition
AMD Phenom II X4 955
MSI 890GXM-G65
ASUS GeForce GTS 250 Dark Knight

I was searching around and my problem mirrors this particular problem diagnosed in this other thread: forums.techguy.org/windows-xp/669512-solved-irql_not_less_or_equal-when-trying-watch.html

I have tried to follow the instructions given in the above-mentioned thread but i am unable to uninstall the ASUS enhanced video driver, apparently the cause of the problem, as i can't find any way to delete the driver. Consequently, i removed the NVIDIA drivers from add/remove programs in control panel and installed the latest drivers from their website but i am still experiencing the same problems.

Here is a log from one of the minidump files:


Loading Dump File [C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini042910-05.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: C:\WINDOWS\Symbols
Executable search path is:
Unable to load image ntoskrnl.exe, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ntoskrnl.exe
Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) MP (4 procs) Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Personal
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x8055c700
Debug session time: Thu Apr 29 15:50:36.359 2010 (UTC + 8:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:02:02.964
Unable to load image ntoskrnl.exe, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ntoskrnl.exe
Loading Kernel Symbols
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Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
.............
Unable to load image atkosdmini.dll, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for atkosdmini.dll
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for atkosdmini.dll
*************************************************************************** ****
* *
* Bugcheck Analysis *
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 10000050, {e2f89000, 0, 8053ab72, 1}

*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for atkdisp.dll
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for atkdisp.dll

Could not read faulting driver name
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for win32k.sys
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for dxg.sys
Probably caused by : atkosdmini.dll ( atkosdmini+14c2 )

Followup: MachineOwner
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Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

`Wes

 

[Tmagic650]

The mini dump was not processed properly... Is XP updated to Service Pack 3? What power supply are you using, and is it properly connected to the video card? Go ahead and reinstall the original driver supplied with the ASUS video card. Windows Update may have updates for this driver if you run Windows Update regularly