Atikmdag.sys causes to slow down Vista

Catalyst 7.9

 

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/gamesite/catalyst_79_release_notes.html

scroll down to " Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System" it refers to a topic number 737-25798 , which I cannot find on the AMD/ATI site anywhere. This link is broken for now, read below.

 

http://searchsupport.ati.com/promosearch/?site=us-en&la=en&qt=737-25798&selectsite=ATI&sp_a=sp1003a020&sp_p=all&sp-x-1=col&sp_f=ISO-8859-1&sp_q=737-25798&Search.x=10&Search.y=7, go figure.

 

I did do a search for "Resume and the article number"

http://searchsupport.ati.com/promosearch/?sp_d=custom&sp_date_range=-1&sp_a=sp1003a020&sp_q=resume&sp_p=all&sp-x-1=col&sp_f=ISO-8859-1&x=12&y=6

 

this issue has been around a while, i found this same resume problem in the 7.6 release notes also.

 

 

 

 

Release notes link is broken, so here is the cut and paste from the page.

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on known issues associated with the ATI Catalyst™. These include:

• Call of Juarez: Enabling CrossFire™ and setting the in-game graphics options to higher settings may result in the game failing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29541
• Call of Juarez: Enabling CrossFire™ may result in flickering being noticed when playing the DX10 version of the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29540
• City of Heroes: Attempting to play the game on a system with a dual link panel connected to it may result in the Windows Vista operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28495
• Day Watch: Playing the game on a system running Windows Vista may result in the flickering being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28825
• EarthSim2: Setting the desktop resolution to 1600x1200 32bpp may result in display corruption and the operating system failing to respond after a short period of game play. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29545
• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter: Pressing the Alt+Tab keys when playing the game may result in the Windows Vista operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28491
• GTA San Andreas: Enabling AFR mode and CrossFire™ may results in corruption being noticed in the opening cinematic of the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29543
• Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x may result in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28492
• Rainbow Six Vegas: Setting the display resolution to 1600x1200 and applying the in-game settings to high may result in corruption being noticed when using an HDMI display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28826
• Resuming from an S3 state may result in a longer than expected time for the Windows Vista operating system to resume. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25798
• Catalyst™ Control Center->OverDrive™: The OverDrive™ setting are not retained for individual accounts. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25805
• The Record function currently fails to work when using an ATI All-In-Wonder X1300 and time shifting is enabled. Further information can be found in topic number 737-22014
• A blank screen may be displayed after unchecking all the Component Video formats except when the 480i30 custom mode is applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27620
• A green or black screen may be displayed when configuring MCE to ATSC mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27622
• The 3D aspect may appear blank when launching a second instance of the Catalyst™ Control Center™. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28482
• The Catalyst™ Control Center version number may fail to be updated after the installation of a newer Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28493
• Dragging player window to secondary display while playing back HD content and moving it back to primary may result in blank player window. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28496
• Creating a secondary user account and switching from the secondary user account to the primary user account may results in CrossFire™ failing to be enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28786
• Connecting a secondary display device and enabling CrossFire™, followed by disabling CrossFire™ no longer results in CrossFire™ pages in the Catalyst™ Control Center showing that it is enabled. Further information on this issue may be found in topic number 737-28845
• The composite video slider values may be automatically applied without clicking on the Apply button. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28812
• Setting the language option to any of the supported languages other than English may result in the help page for Advanced Color failing to be displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28822
• Using live TV on a system containing an ATI HD 2900 XT product and running the Windows Vista operating system may result in the application failing if the Catalyst™ 7.6 driver is installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28823
• When running certain OpenGL samples, the ATI Radeon™ graphics adapter may not be running at the requested clock values on a CrossFire™ configured system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28824
• The Catalyst™ Control Center version number may fail to be updated after the installation of a newer Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28493
• Setting the display resolution to 1680x1050 and playing either an MPEG 2HDi/p, VC1, or H.264 interlaced content may result in the content not being accelerated and resolution restrictions being applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28828
• A Windows error message may occur when game settings are set to their highest levels. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28830
• Performing an express install of the Catalyst Control Center may result in an error message being displayed when rebooting the system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29532
• Hot-plugging an HDMI display device may result in the display device failing to be detected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29534
• Hot-plugging an HDMI display device to a system that has a CRT connected to it, followed by swapping the display devices may result in invalid refresh rates being listed in the Display manager. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29536
• Using PowerDVD to playback a Blu-ray title may result in the Windows Vista operating system failing with a 0x000000EA error. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29537
• A black window may be displayed when attempting to play a DVD title using WinDVD 7 when Overlay Theater Mode and clone mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29539
• Windows Dream Scene Content: Corruption may be noticed when attempting to run the preview for the chosen clips. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28856
• Enabling extended desktop mode and setting the display resolution to 1280x800 or higher, followed by playing an HD-DVD using PowerDVD, may results in the HD-DVD title failing to play. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29547
• Setting the display resolution to 1600x1200 or less may results in corruption being noticed when attempting to play an HD-DVD using the Cyberlink player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29550
• Setting the display resolution to 1680x1050 and playing either an MPEG 2HDi/p, VC1, or H.264 interlaced content may result in the content not being accelerated and resolution restrictions being applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28828
• Frame flipping may occur while playing certain VC-1 content titles. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27804
• Playing a HD-DVD or Blu-ray title using PowerDVD followed by rotating the display device by 90 degrees may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29552

Hi Carlitos85

Do you have the Inspiron 1501 with the (ATi Xpress 1150)  video built on the motherboard ?

 

If you do Dell has a new Bios to download that should fix the resume from standby mode.

The link for the Bios is here.

 

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R165210&SystemID=INS_PNT_1501&servicetag=&os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid=13120&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=7&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=1&fileid=222384

 

Read the Installation Instructions close it will show you how to install the new Bios !

If you do not have the { {Inspiron 1501 do not use these Bios}}.

The new Bios are to fix Issue .
1. Update the AMD errata
2. Enhance S3 resume function

 

If you fell you can not install the new Bios yourself call Dell support and let them help you !

Good Luck

 

 

Hi,

 

Thank you both for your great reply! I did't know what S3 was:smileysurprised:

I'm going to update the BIOS and see what happens! (Note: do you advise to download the" Ati South Bridge Driver?)

 

I have 1 other thing to ask: I have the Ati Xpress 1150 256 MB Hypermemory according to my order confirmation of Dell. My performance score on grafic desktop performance is 2.8 in Vista. The strange thing is that Vista tells me that i have a 128MB videocard, and the Catalyst Control Centre also.

 

Is it because the motherbord has a 128mb videocardchip and the other 128mb is from the internal memory? I know it's not a "real" videocard, because of the Hypermemory thing. (I have 2 gig RAM memory so that should be ok.)

 

Thanks

Carl

 

 

 

 

Hypermemory is shared memory, the card probably has 32meg onboard and the rest is shared/borrowed system memory.

 

Its another way to mis-represent a video card. I too have a ATI X300 hypermemory video card. :smileysad:

 

Ok, i just used the chat function on the website of Dell,and they explained it to me.

 

Do you know what the southbridge driver is, that i can download at the ati website?

Where did you get interested in the southbridege driver?

 

Ususally It is part of the chipset driver for your motherboard.

 

Not sure if the ATI card has one of these.

Ok done, thanks again.

I don't know, start a new thread with this question, maybe someone more informed can answer this.

 

Post in the Notebook/Video forum. Be sure to include the Model of Dell and OS.

Hi Carl

Yes I would install the ATI south bridge driver and any new drivers from Dell

or ATI they might help with your problems .

Any new drivers that come out for Vista i install because Vista is still new and

the drivers may improve Vista in one way or others !

Yes 2 gigs is just fine.

 See Yea