If your system only gets the Blue Screen of Death from playing games, try uninstalling and restalling the ati drivers with the latest updates, and try your game again.
Otherwise, if your system permanently has the Blue Screen of Death after that incident, this is what I am thinking...
1. First, remove the Radeon 3870.
2. Place back in your 7600gt IF you do NOT have onboard graphics for your motherboard. No need to reinstall the drivers, just see if your computer works.
3a. If your computer doesn't work, then your pc cleaning program might have deleted something critical (then you would have to reformat your hard drive obviously).
3b. If your computer works, try removing your ati drivers, then reinstall the ati drivers with all the updates first before placing your Radeon 3870 back in. If your computer gets the BSOD again, it could be the ati drivers or faulty hardware. Try reading others' reviews on your same brand Radeon 3870 to see if any one else have had similar problems.
P.S. I've never experienced the BSOD before from my recollection, but from wikipedia, "Bluescreens can be caused by poorly written device drivers, faulty memory, a corrupt Registry, or incompatible DLLs." So I think it is safe to say that your power supply can't be causing the problem. Actually, if it was your power supply, your system would just shut off I believe.
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