Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question

Can't play any game on my steam library. Catalyst Control Center doesn't work either. HELP

Tags:
  • Driver Failure
  • Drivers
  • AMD
  • Games
  • Catalyst
  • Graphics
  • Steam
October 16, 2014 5:35:36 PM

First of all let me give you my system specs:

2.4 GHz intel core 2 duo
4 gb of ram
AMD Radeon HD 7850
Windows Vista 32-bit
350 gb HDD
500 watt psu

Ok now for the issue. A few days ago my brother was using my computer and he loaded it with malware. It became virtually unusable. I used a system recovery disk to put the computer back to factory settings and to reformat the Hard drive. I finished updating the system and then i went to install drivers for my graphics card from the AMD website (I also tried using the CD, but it didn't work either) it never fully works! It always says Package install failure and then it finishes the installation. And then when i try to open the Catalyst Control Center it says "Catalyst Control Center. Host application has stopped working." When I try to play steam games the game starts up, but it's either 1) The game window starts up, but i can see right through the window and see everything on my desktop. No video whatsoever, but the game audio is playing. or 2) The game window starts up and immediately starts flickering, but, again, no video. I have no clue how to fix this. I've tried using driver sweepers before installing my own drivers. I've tried not using the auto detect tool that amd provides and instead choosing the drivers myself. I've made sure my graphics card is properly installed and clean and that the DVI cable is connected properly. Nothing seems to work!!! This is really confusing because right before i reformatted the drive I was able to easily install AMD drivers via the auto detect tool. Every game i started up worked, but as soon as i popped the recovery disks in my pc I feel like everything went to shit. Maybe the whole malware attack messed up my computer? Someone. Please. HELP

More about : play game steam library catalyst control center work

!