Black screen after installing AMD drivers

Imran_29

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Oct 19, 2016
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Hello I'm having a problem after installing the AMD drivers for my graphics card.

my computer isn't a flashy one but here goes.

amd phenom 955
asus 6800 series
4 gig ram
gigabyte 740g am3 motherboard
windows 7 fresh install

I tried to update to the latest drivers but the screen just goes black after the Windows is starting message.

i have installed the latest drivers no luck
I have removed the old drivers using ddu no luck
tried to install manually no luck

It's a gigabyte motherboard, model number is below, using the f10 drivers. I have Windows 7 Home service pack installed. There is also no anti virus system in place. I've literally just reformatted my hard drive with a fresh Windows install.

the card works fine with the standard display adapter, only when the new drivers are installed. The card is made by Asus. Believe it's a 6870 HD. Everything worked perfectly until I installed the new drivers.

Motherboard is: Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2

nothing is working and I need help please

any advice where to start? The screen works perfectly in safe mode so I can't suspect its a hardware issue
 

Wigster101

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Apr 13, 2015
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I agree the AMD drivers are a bit buggy, and I will be switching to NVIDIA after this.

I do have a possible fix, I haven't been able to test this on other systems, but, does your BIOS allow you to increase your PCI-E latency timer?

Increasing that by one selection seems to have fixed the problem immediately.