View topic - Radeon HD 6850 driver problem - Windows, Apple, Application, Abandonware and Game Beta Downloads/Repository

Wumbowalrus

I've always had driver issues with this card. The other day i put it back in my computer because I was using a 6770 for a while, slid in the 6850 driver disk, and installed the drivers again. (yes I delete the old card's drivers before putting a new one in) and every time I start up my pc I get "No AMD Vision graphics driver is installed or is not functioning properly" GPU Monitor gadget detects my GPU, What is the [censored] problem?! Also when I play Battlefield 3 with it, sometimes BF3 CRASHES and then I get a pop in the lower right hand part of the screen saying "AMD Display driver stopped working but has recovered" It's done THAT to me about 10 times. So fed up with this.

Will deliver with pics in a bit, I want to screenshot the popup.

Look in the bottom right hand part of the screen?! what the hell is this BS?

Update: when downloading updated drivers from AMD I got "could not download count not parse error"

I am so [censored] right now. So I got the CD driver that came with the card, asked me for permission if I wanted to install the driver, clicked yes, nothing ever popped up since and I still don't have a driver installed.

hounsell

You may have uninstalled the drivers, but did you uninstall catalyst? That looks like it could well be a catalyst/driver version mismatch - installing your 6850 drivers wouldn't change the catalyst version if it was newer than the one on the disk.

Wumbowalrus

hounsell wrote:

You may have uninstalled the drivers, but did you uninstall catalyst? That looks like it could well be a catalyst/driver version mismatch - installing your 6850 drivers wouldn't change the catalyst version if it was newer than the one on the disk.

No I still have Catalyst installed, and I'm still having the problem... Wait do I have to uninstall catalyst when I uninstall the drivers?

hounsell

It might be an idea. Catalyst versions can only handle a certain range of drivers.

Wumbowalrus

hounsell wrote:

It might be an idea. Catalyst versions can only handle a certain range of drivers.

So what should I do at this point?

Phenom II

Code:

@echo off
echo -------------------------------------------------------
echo Please make sure that you have UNINSTALLED all ATI
echo drivers and software through windows at programs and
echo features before continuing further.
echo -------------------------------------------------------
pause
@cls
taskkill /F /IM atiesrxx.exe
timeout /t 5
echo -------------------------------------------------------
echo Cleaning registry
echo -------------------------------------------------------
REG DELETE "HKCU\Software\ATI" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\ATI" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\ATI Technologies" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ATI" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ATI Technologies" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\AMD" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\AMD External Events Utility" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\amdkmdag" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\amdkmdap" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Atierecord" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\AtiHdmiService" /f
echo -------------------------------------------------------
echo Cleaning Files
echo -------------------------------------------------------
del "%windir%\system32\ati*.*"
del "%windir%\system32\drivers\ati*.*"
del "%windir%\ati*.*"
del "%windir%\sysWOW64\ati*.*"
rmdir /S /Q "%APPDATA%\ATI"
rmdir /S /Q "%LOCALAPPDATA%\ATI"
echo -------------------------------------------------------
echo Please remove this/these folders manually. You need to
echo take ownership of the folders before removal is possible
echo command is takeown /f <directory> /R
echo folders are printed if found below line after this
echo message
echo -------------------------------------------------------
dir /b "%windir%\system32\drivers\DriverStore\FileRepository\C7_*.*"
dir /b "%windir%\system32\drivers\DriverStore\FileRepository\CH_*.*"
echo -------------------------------------------------------
echo Also clean these registry paths between lines after this
echo message on second run of this tool note that the { } are
echo the ones to remove not only the last 'video' path.
echo -------------------------------------------------------
REG QUERY HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video /f "amdkmdap" /s
echo -------------------------------------------------------
echo cleaner complete please reboot your system and run this
echo file again unless doing so atm and then reinstall ATI drivers.
echo -------------------------------------------------------
pause

Save it in a text file as Cleaner.bat and run it twice after you have uninstalled your drivers and rebooted already

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=323254&page=2

Someguy2

Try disabling the old Graphics Card before installing the new one. Have you tired that, when I installed a new graphics card, either I uninstall it or disable it. If none works, restore the OS to the first time of installation or maybe just reformat it. The HD 6850 is a good card and I also know your Main PC specs, it's good.

Wumbowalrus

Phenom II wrote:

Code:

@echo off
echo -------------------------------------------------------
echo Please make sure that you have UNINSTALLED all ATI
echo drivers and software through windows at programs and
echo features before continuing further.
echo -------------------------------------------------------
pause
@cls
taskkill /F /IM atiesrxx.exe
timeout /t 5
echo -------------------------------------------------------
echo Cleaning registry
echo -------------------------------------------------------
REG DELETE "HKCU\Software\ATI" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\ATI" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\ATI Technologies" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ATI" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ATI Technologies" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\AMD" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\AMD External Events Utility" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\amdkmdag" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\amdkmdap" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Atierecord" /f
REG DELETE "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\AtiHdmiService" /f
echo -------------------------------------------------------
echo Cleaning Files
echo -------------------------------------------------------
del "%windir%\system32\ati*.*"
del "%windir%\system32\drivers\ati*.*"
del "%windir%\ati*.*"
del "%windir%\sysWOW64\ati*.*"
rmdir /S /Q "%APPDATA%\ATI"
rmdir /S /Q "%LOCALAPPDATA%\ATI"
echo -------------------------------------------------------
echo Please remove this/these folders manually. You need to
echo take ownership of the folders before removal is possible
echo command is takeown /f <directory> /R
echo folders are printed if found below line after this
echo message
echo -------------------------------------------------------
dir /b "%windir%\system32\drivers\DriverStore\FileRepository\C7_*.*"
dir /b "%windir%\system32\drivers\DriverStore\FileRepository\CH_*.*"
echo -------------------------------------------------------
echo Also clean these registry paths between lines after this
echo message on second run of this tool note that the { } are
echo the ones to remove not only the last 'video' path.
echo -------------------------------------------------------
REG QUERY HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video /f "amdkmdap" /s
echo -------------------------------------------------------
echo cleaner complete please reboot your system and run this
echo file again unless doing so atm and then reinstall ATI drivers.
echo -------------------------------------------------------
pause

Save it in a text file as Cleaner.bat and run it twice after you have uninstalled your drivers and rebooted already

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=323254&page=2

Thank you, Phenom II.

@Someguy2, yes I did uninstall the drivers for the old card.

Phenom II

Wumbowalrus wrote:

Thank you, Phenom II.

Any luck ?

Wumbowalrus

Phenom II wrote:

Wumbowalrus wrote:

Thank you, Phenom II.

Any luck ?

Yes, I no longer have the issue!

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