I have an AMD A6-5400k APU with a MSI FM2-A55M-E33 motherboard and after installing Catalyst drivers and rebooting it freezes at "Starting Windows" or I get a blue screen just after.
The issue is definitely linked with the Catalyst video driver because when I disable/uninstall it (from recovery) and revert to Microsoft VGA adapter the computer display is normal.
I have the same problem with Windows 7, Ubuntu and Mint.
I have installed drivers from MSI and AMD online sources as well as Linux package installers. I have also installed drivers that came with the CD. I have tried Catalyst 14.1 (beta), 13.12 (stable) and a couple of older ones.
I have tried using my ram one stick at a time and in different slots to eliminate them as a problem.
I have tried disconnecting all unnecessary cables.
I have tried playing around in BIOS.
I have done a lot of research on this site and others for similar problems.
I am using a hdmi to dvi cable on a monitor that doesn't support hdmi, only dvi or vga.
This has taken up so much of my time I wish I'd never bought a bloody computer. I'm at the end of my tether with this and with no money to visit a repair store I am giving it one last desperate attempt by writing on here to see if anyone smart out there can help me out.
The issue is definitely linked with the Catalyst video driver because when I disable/uninstall it (from recovery) and revert to Microsoft VGA adapter the computer display is normal.
I have the same problem with Windows 7, Ubuntu and Mint.
I have installed drivers from MSI and AMD online sources as well as Linux package installers. I have also installed drivers that came with the CD. I have tried Catalyst 14.1 (beta), 13.12 (stable) and a couple of older ones.
I have tried using my ram one stick at a time and in different slots to eliminate them as a problem.
I have tried disconnecting all unnecessary cables.
I have tried playing around in BIOS.
I have done a lot of research on this site and others for similar problems.
I am using a hdmi to dvi cable on a monitor that doesn't support hdmi, only dvi or vga.
This has taken up so much of my time I wish I'd never bought a bloody computer. I'm at the end of my tether with this and with no money to visit a repair store I am giving it one last desperate attempt by writing on here to see if anyone smart out there can help me out.
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