Uninstalled old drivers for AMD Catalyst, and lost video display

theycallmeMrCoffee

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First of all, I know I should have just left well enough alone. I'd been trying for hours to install updated drivers for AMD Catalyst, but it timed out every time. So, one site suggested uninstalling old drivers before installing new ones. I followed the steps on the AMD website to uninstall, and suddenly my screen went black. I've tried switching from HDMI to a standard pc port on my screen, but nothing works, and now I can't even see anything to enter safe mode and get the updated drivers.
 
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Catalyst doesn't impact BIOS, it's a Windows driver.

Plug your monitor into the videoport on the motherboard, not the videocard. It probably defaulting back to the onboard video.
Or pull your videocard, boot it. Shut it down.
Put the card back in. Boot it up again.



Post your specs, videocard, GPU, etc.

Try powering the PC off. Unplug it. Hold the power button down. Plug it back in.
If you have an onboard videocard, try using that.

Drivers shouldn't cause the screen to go blank, especially in BIOS. BIOS won't use the Windows drivers.
 

theycallmeMrCoffee

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Nov 19, 2014
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OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit
Processor: AMD A10-7700K APU (4x 3.50GHZ/4MB L2 Cache)
Videocard: AMD Radeon R9 270X - 2GB - Single Card
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H

I wasn't in BIOS when I uninstalled Catalyst. I tried the power a few times, wouldn't work.
 


Catalyst doesn't impact BIOS, it's a Windows driver.

Plug your monitor into the videoport on the motherboard, not the videocard. It probably defaulting back to the onboard video.
Or pull your videocard, boot it. Shut it down.
Put the card back in. Boot it up again.
 
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js98

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I've had this problem recently. Try booting in safe mode with networking and then re-install the drivers. It worked for me. If you need help on booting in safe mode, Google the brand, OS and "how to boot in safe mode". eg. : "HP windows 8.1 how to boot in safe mode".