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Drivers install but windows hangs at restart.

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March 21, 2014 5:20:34 AM

I tried using AMD's uninstall all utility through control panel. Then installed the driver, but it just hangs at startup. So then I used driver sweeper in safe mode to wipe the drivers. Installed the new ones after reboot, restarted and the same thing happened again. So then I used AMD's own uninstall program from their website in safe mode, restarted and installed the latest driver. Same thing again, hang at startup.

A few months ago I flashed my GPU bios to one of Kabooms modded bioses from techpowerup for my HD7950.The GPU has worked perfect and has been 100% stable since. Is it possible that the modded bios is causeing my issue? Should I flip the switch on my HD7950 to the stock bios to install the driver? Maybe the GPU isn't being detected properly since it is a modded bios?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

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March 21, 2014 7:07:09 AM

No one has any idea about my issue here?
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March 21, 2014 7:16:46 AM

Try reseating your GPU and then repairing the registry. At one point, I couldn't install any GPU drivers because something was corrupt in my registry. Whenever there is a bizarre nonsensical problem, I always repair the registry first. I would recommend using WinUtilities.
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March 21, 2014 7:26:14 AM

The modded graphics card firmware can't be ruled out since this is not widely done to graphics cards. If you can get it back to the stock firmware the driver may well install, then you can remod it perhaps?

I have to ask why you are wanting to update the driver anyway. Is it simply because existing driver is not the latest version?

If yes, that is not a good enough reason to update it. You should only update any driver if the update fixes a particular issue you are experiencing. If existing driver works okay it should be left alone.
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March 21, 2014 7:32:03 AM

I always test new drivers honestly, and now any driver above catalyst 13.8 installs, but hangs windows on restart. I've never ran into this issue before, and I have always had AMD GPUs. This is the first time I have installed a modded bios though, so I will switch to the default bios with the switch on my card later and see if it works then. I'll report back if it works or not later when i get off work.
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