[Firekyo]

As some may know Vista and ATI drivers do not get along right now. Lately Atikmdag.sys gives Vista users errors resulting in BSOD. Well my problem is: after updating, rolling back, uninstalling, plugging into a different motherboard, my video card has just died. I even took the big leap and reinstalled Windows XP to see if my card would work then, but nope. The drivers given to me from both AMD.com and Windows.com both do not work (on Vista and, now, XP). Well now, after the massive errors and driver malfunctions it has received, my video card displays a bunch of dead stray pixels.

My only question is, is there any way to rollback the card back to factory defaults? Or is my only option now to buy another one?

Card: ATI ALL-IN-WONDER X800 XL
Dead pixel example (Taken straight from a screen grab)

EDIT:
On Event Viewer the error is called Atikmdag ID 45062 catagory CRT
Can supply Dxdiag file :\

[Compiler]

Vista is having a lot of problems with drivers, not just ATI.

Try another video card, Nvidia if you want.... it could be a bad card to begin with.

My solution on my latest computer... use WindowsXP

[Mosquito555]

But faulty drivers can't just kill a card! Did you overclock or tweak your card? Are u sure that you didn't do something wrong while installing your card to the other m/b? What about your PSU? Can you try another one? Of course your card could be dying anyway, its "death" just coincided with Vista installation...

[Gulo Luseus]

Firstly, Vista did NOT kill your card. Its an OS, not a hardware item. Ditto, as Mosq said, for the drivers. It is probable either the card is faulty, or was installed incorrectly, has a alck of power, or overheated. If its dead, you will need a new one I think