more graphics issues

[calebmanch]

Hey I went through a problem with my graphics drivers in another thread, and after a few suggestions Bookworm had me Update Install my display driver, and everything seemed to be working fine. But now I'm getting the Blue Screen of Death every once in a while. I was getting it a lot while I was playing a game so I thought it might just be the game, but now it sometimes happens when I'm browsing the web. For a while it wouldn't shut down right away and I would get a message from my ATI software saying that it had to restart the 3D acceleration if I remember correctly. I wasn't sure if it was the ATI software so I shut that off and took it off of the startup list, but it still happened. I don't remember the exact wording, but the Blue Screen said it was a problem with something like the "ati2dvag." which means my graphics card something or other, anyone know what dvag means?
Also, I think it usually happens when something graphic intensive happens, like if I try to open up a couple tabs in firefox at once, or if in my game I have an abrupt change in environment.
The drivers are updated, Directx is the right version, I tested the 3D draw and what not in the dxdiag command and it worked fine. I was doing a lot of hardware switching recently, and somewhere along the lines I must have misplaced a screw and my graphics card has a different screw that doesn't tighten it down 100%, could that be the problem? even though I'm not bumping the case? any suggestions anyone?
I run Windows XP Professional, have a gig of ram, an ATI All-In-Wonder 8500 Series graphics card, 2.8ghz intel processor. If you need any more info, lemme know.

[Disk_Contented]

try to open up a couple tabs in firefox at once

This isn't intensive by any means, but shows it's also 2D that's affected.

When you move hardware, you allways clean the edge connectors with a pencil eraser. It helps, trust me.

First things first. The fan is spinning correctly and the fan/cooler is free of obstructions and fluff?

Clean the edge connectors of any card/memory you moved. Blow clean the sockets before you reinsert them.

You said the screw is wrong. As long as it tigtens right down and stays there, it's no problem. If it's slightly loose, problems will occur.

[calebmanch]

Originally Posted by Disk_Contented

This isn't intensive by any means, but shows it's also 2D that's affected.

When you move hardware, you allways clean the edge connectors with a pencil eraser. It helps, trust me.

First things first. The fan is spinning correctly and the fan/cooler is free of obstructions and fluff?

Clean the edge connectors of any card/memory you moved. Blow clean the sockets before you reinsert them.

You said the screw is wrong. As long as it tigtens right down and stays there, it's no problem. If it's slightly loose, problems will occur.

Well, I took out the video card and blew off the fan with some dust off. The fan was very dirty, and it seems to be working fine now. Guess I just let it get a bit too dirty.
But for future reference, I'm not sure what edge connectors are. What exactly do you do with a pencil eraser and what are edge connectors?