10pts. computer advice. about a driver..?

soo.. i kept getting this blue screen that told me that my ';driver was stuck in an infinate loop';. and i copied the name of the problem which is called ati2dvag . I searched on my comp and i found a few drivers and such with that name.


Since i know very little about drivers and computer info.. whats the next best thing to do to fix the problem.. shoudl i just disable these drivers.. or how shud i do it.. how do i know what they are connected to so i can find new ones for that.. specific advice wud be greatly appreciated. and of course 10 points.


this wud really help me as i am struggling here in college. i am alone.. and i have a huge paper i wrote.. but i keep getting this screen and i wud lik to fix the problem so i dont have to buy a new tower. thanks..10pts. computer advice. about a driver..?
Nice, except she didn't tell you how to do that right. Here is some advice on your video and how to resolve the issue:





You DON'T go into ADD/REMOVE, you go into Control Panel, System, Hardware Tab, Device Manager, click on it...then a tree will appear with the devices on your computer, click on Display Adapters by expanding the ';+'; sign. WRITE DOWN the name of your Display Adapter, you will need this to find the right driver for your video card.





Ok, click on the NAME of the display adapter and right click and choose PROPERTIES.





Click on the DRIVER tab.





Write down the VERSION of the driver.





Now, go to the ATI site and identify your operating system XP or Vista, and then from the NAME of the video card, select the video card by scrolling down the list on the right hand side. Here is where to go to get the driver:





http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html





Make sure its the right one! A wrong driver will screw things up.





Do not download the CATALYST program, just the DRIVER for the video card only, you can go back later toget the CATALYST program.





Download the driver to a temp file so you know how to find it, or download it to your desktop, for example if that is easier for you.





Now, go back to DEVICE MANAGER, right click, properties, DRIVER TAB, ROLL BACK DRIVER.





Roll back ALL drivers...until XP warns you that you will have no driver. Uninstall ANYWAY, just do it! This will force XP to use the stock VGA driver installed in the driver database as default driver.





Reboot the computer, and don't worry. EVerything will be in a horrible 480 X 640 resolution. Not to panic! This is the stock VGA driver working.





Find the driver file and click on it. Install the driver throught the ATI program that came as a file you downloaded.





Once installed, then right click on desktop, choose properties, Settings Tab, set Color quality to 32 bit, set your screen resolution with the slider on the left and you are DONE!





Now, if you want the fancy CATALYST program, you can go back to ATI and download it and install it. Make sure you have DIRECTX 9.0C installed and NET FRAMEWORK 2.0 or higher. Check this out in Add/Remove Programs.





CATALYST will NOT work if you do not have NET FRAMEWORK 2.0 or higher installed on your computer. If it is not installed, you can go to Microsoft and download, the current version is NET FRAMEWORK 3.5 and should include all the latest NET FRAMEWORK stuff.





THEN, install Catalyst and use the advanced controls to adjust your settings.10pts. computer advice. about a driver..?
Could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software. This problem can be solved by uninstalling new software, updating device drivers and making minor configuration changes . From http://fixit.in/bluescreenofdeath.html . You can also run a free registry scan using utilities from http://re7.info



It's for your ATI video card. Uninstall the ATI drivers from ADD/remove programs...then head over to ATI.com and download the drivers for your video card.