Problems with tecra A2

My tecra a2 sometimes crashes. The screen turn blue and it says "starting dump of physical memory". There is no consistency in what I do when this happens. Last time it was because I opened a pdf attachment, the time before when I was using msn. Last time the message was :Problem caused by: ialmrnt5.
All drivers are uppgraded.
I also have some problems with the screen. Both when it runs on batteries and on adapter. The screen seems to "blink" (turns black) for about half a second. this happens quite periodically and independent of what program I am using.
When I turn on the computer again everything seems to work as normal, but it is really anoying.
The computer was purchased in august, and has had this problem all along.
I am grateful to all who have comments or suggestions as to what causes the problem.

Ave aves !
The uninstallation of this Driver is not so easy as it seems ;)
You got 3 Choices to get rid of him :
1.) just search for ati*.* delete all of them...reinstall the correct driver...
2.) Or try downloading ATi's uninstaller from their website--it might get all the files you missed. If that doesn't work, search your Temp or Local Settings directories for an ATi dir.
3.)Probably have to clean the ATI drivers out of the driver.cab and SPx.cab files (I've used cab cleaner from Driver Cleaner 3.3 for this) and then unplug your internet connection so that it doesn't just download and install the WHQL drivers from the net.
bye...

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