The crash always seems to happen when the second display driver is trying to setup.
install "x" package will crash windows, etc. I should note that I have both Windows 10 and 8.1 installed and have tried under both systems.Īll of the guides I have read include something that screws up for my combination of hardware. if I set administrator password in security, will this open more options? Asus support refused to discuss any of this with me. Turning on the csm option gave me another option to enable Legacy PCEx oprom (which I enabled as well as disabled secure boot). From what I gather, I need to change an INIT DISPLAY option that I do not have. I did it anyway, and at 30% installing he told me that this would fix everything, have a nice day, goodbye. The ASUS support that I talked to was not helpful at all when I mentioned that resetting everything to default and reinstalling windows was something I had literally just done a couple hours before calling. radeon setting usually errors that no AMD hardware exists).
The catalyst 16.2.1 drivers seem to work, in both installing and not crashing my system, but I cannot get crossfire working (no options in CCC. eventually that was undone, and even by reinstalling Windows than this (the AMD installer on the disc that came with laptop) crashes whenever the second display is being set up. At one point, the driver disc that came with this let me install AMD UMD and I thought I was making progress. I have either not found the correct combination or I am doing this incorrectly. I have read so, so many posts on this in the past couple weeks, and tried damn near everything mentioned, however I have hit a few roadblocks:ĭrivers that I am to assume are for my product either cause it to crash when installing, or display incorrectly in device manager (ex: 7660G instead of 7660G+7670M or 7700M series alongside that, or not (Microsoft Basic Display adapter is usually there).
Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.Hi, sorry if this is posted in the wrong place and please be patient with my lack of expertise:Īt some point in the past year my laptop encountered troubles which seemed to result from a Windows update (or moving to Win10) in which my display was totally screwed up. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available. Moreover, check with our website as often as possible in order to stay up to speed with the latest releases. That being said, download the driver, apply it on your system, and enjoy your newly updated graphics card. Therefore, get the package (extract it if necessary), run the setup, follow the on-screen instructions for a complete and successful installation, and make sure you reboot the system so that the changes take effect. When it comes to applying this release, the installation steps should be a breeze, as each manufacturer tries to make them as easy as possible so that each user can update the GPU on their own and with minimum risks (however, check to see if this download supports your graphics chipset). It can improve the overall graphics experience and performance in either games or various engineering software applications, include support for newly developed technologies, add compatibility with newer GPU chipsets, or resolve different problems that might have been encountered. While installing the graphics driver allows the system to properly recognize the chipset and the card manufacturer, updating the video driver can bring about various changes. Browse to the folder where you extracted the driver and click Ok About Graphics Driver: If you already have the driver installed and want to update to a newer version got to "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"ħ. Choose to select the location of the new driver manually and browse to the folder where you extracted the driverĥ. Right click on the hardware device you wish to update and choose Update Driver SoftwareĤ. Go to Device Manager (right click on My Computer, choose Manage and then find Device Manager in the left panel), or right click on Start Menu for Windows 10 and select Device Managerģ. In order to manually update your driver, follow the steps below (the next steps):ġ.
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If the driver is already installed on your system, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix various issues, add new functions, or just upgrade to the available version. The package provides the installation files for AMD Radeon HD 7700M Graphics Driver version 20.7.