Many people will have heard of the Blue Screen of Death. What about the Gray Screen of Death? The Gray Screen of Death, also known as GSoD, is an ATI Radeon HD 5700 series graphics card. These cards are now a bit outdated.
This causes the screen to turn grey with vertical lines. GSoD is designed for computers portable and desktop computers that use ATI graphics cards.
This is how you get a Gray Screen of Death.
How to fix gray screen of death issues on your PC
1. Catalyst Controller hotfix 10.1
ATI has released a Catalyst 10.1 hotfix to resolve GSoD issues on its cards. Flickering gray screen for ATI Radeon HD 5800 series graphics cards using Catalyst 10.1 drivers.
If your card belongs to the ATI5800 series, you may want to consider installing this hotfix. It can be saved in Windows by clicking on the button Get it now en You can find this site here .
Catalyst Hotfix works with 64-bit Windows Vista or 32-bit versions of Windows 7.
2. Completely remove the ATI graphics driver.
The Gray Screen of Death can be fixed by completely reinstalling the latest ATI graphics driver.
The current video card driver should be completely removed using Display Driver Remover and CCleaner to look for any ATI bits that may still exist.
You can download the display driver uninstaller You can find this link "Y" Open this page Save the CCleaner installation on Windows.
Here's how to uninstall and install ATI drivers for your graphics card.
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To get started, click on the Control Panel Programme and functions To open the window in the image below,
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Click the button to select the AMD Catalyst installation manager There are always changes .
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Select the appropriate option Facility Manager In Catalyst Installation Manager, select Remove ALL AMD software components. The VGA drivers should remain.
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Then restart Windows in safe modeOn Windows 7 computers and older laptops, you can press F8 when Windows is starting up.
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Right-click the icon to open the display driver uninstaller and select As administrator . Choose AMD Delete ATI fragments using the “Selected graphics driver” drop-down menu.
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Launch CCleaner, then click the button You will be cleaner . Then click the button to select the System check boxes. It runs cleaner Deletes all found items.
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You can click on the CCleaner Registry icon Click the button to select all the check boxes and click the button Find the problem Then click You can solve certain problems after analysis.
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You can restart Windows as you normally would without entering Safe Mode.
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With AMD Driver Autodetect, you can install the latest driver for your ATI graphics card. Please click here Download This page Press the button to continue Run Opens the auto-detect window.
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The program automatically determines which driver is best for your video card. Then press the button Get it now Save the driver in Windows.
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To install the updated driver, you can open the setup window.
If the warranty is still valid, you can also return the graphics card to the manufacturer.
These fixes should resolve the Gray Screen of Death. You can find more solutions for AMD graphics cards in this Windows Report article.
3. Troubleshoot devices and hardware
The Settings page has a built-in Device and Hardware troubleshooter that can be used to diagnose the problem if it persists. It will run a scan of your device and fix any issues found.
Don't forget to restart your computer after running the troubleshooter.
We hope you were able to resolve the issue with this solution. You can also post any other methods you have tried.
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