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Graphics card coming up as standard vga graphics adapter!!!
i recently bought a new r9 290x card and installed it all was working fine excpet i couldnt install ccc but it worked and was recognised now me being greedy i wanted it to work with hdmi which i needed ccc for and i used DDU (display driver uninstalelr) to clear up but now i cant use my graphics card as all thats coming up is standard vga graphics adapter in device manager the card is recognised by amd autodetect drivers and is powered i have gone on the mobo and made sure that the mobo is using pci-e as primary gpu but i dont know what to do :/  worried
any help please
i dont have a system restore so i dont know where i stand


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a b U Graphics card
September 20, 2014 10:14:58 PM

Patience is a virtue... glad you figured it out :) 
September 20, 2014 9:50:30 PM

Dazinek said:
Yes... Try installing the driver...


success! thank you for giving up ur time to help me was so panicked just took lots of waiting in the end still odd about not being able to uninstall but i can leave all that for another date the card is working and ccc is up :D  thnk u to both of u
a b U Graphics card
September 20, 2014 9:28:28 PM

Yes... Try installing the driver...
September 20, 2014 9:24:08 PM

http://imgur.com/viKcZsC,bjwfWrX

the result of both

edit well it said setup complete/succesful had nothing else after that do i try ccc again?

edit 2: will run ccc overnight least they'll be a log at end of that for sure
a b U Graphics card
September 20, 2014 9:02:06 PM

Just format your partition, install windows, UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE... Use windows update and update as much as you can.. Then go through and install CCC, and your other programs.

But also on the other picture, Run the Installer when you go to bed and let it hang... See if anything comes up, if it comes up with any type of error.. that will help to pinpoint the conflict without having to re-install.
September 20, 2014 8:56:24 PM

Dazinek said:
In the very end, to solve any headaches.. it would solve a lot... Would it be a 100% fix? possibly not.

But on that note, do what Caqde said, let it sit and see what happens after... along time.

Only re-install windows if its the final straw


okay well i've got cracked windows on dl and also would i need all mobo drivers if rebooting windows
a b U Graphics card
September 20, 2014 8:51:13 PM

In the very end, to solve any headaches.. it would solve a lot... Would it be a 100% fix? possibly not.

But on that note, do what Caqde said, let it sit and see what happens after... along time.

Only re-install windows if its the final straw
September 20, 2014 8:48:53 PM

caqde said:
rmockett7 said:
caqde said:
Well it seems on Microsoft's site a persistent user allowed the installer to run for 20+ mins and eventually got an error and log to show up. Both the installer and uninstaller got stuck on initialization, it seemed for them they needed to run a repair install from a clean working installer.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/0...


the links on this site dont seem to work for me and i cant install the redist to run the repair :/ 


That link was a reference to the post the version the user had the issue for was 2013 so it wouldn't of helped anyways. The 2012 link I gave earlier would be the installer you would need to use. If it would run if need be let the system run the installer and let it error out (go to sleep if need be while waiting) that way you at least have an error log that should help identify the issue at hand.


okay i'll put the installer on download go to sleep and see what i've got to work with when i wake up
September 20, 2014 8:47:48 PM

Dazinek said:
When in doubt, Re-Install Windows :p 


well my windows was cracked and i lost my disc because the sun overheated them i guess i could reburn one i just hope it didnt have to come to that, can i not disable the use of my windows from an old laptop to use for my pc?

but would a fresh install fix everything?

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a b U Graphics card
September 20, 2014 8:45:42 PM

rmockett7 said:
caqde said:
Well it seems on Microsoft's site a persistent user allowed the installer to run for 20+ mins and eventually got an error and log to show up. Both the installer and uninstaller got stuck on initialization, it seemed for them they needed to run a repair install from a clean working installer.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/0...


the links on this site dont seem to work for me and i cant install the redist to run the repair :/ 


That link was a reference to the post the version the user had the issue for was 2013 so it wouldn't of helped anyways. The 2012 link I gave earlier would be the installer you would need to use. If it would run if need be let the system run the installer and let it error out (go to sleep if need be while waiting) that way you at least have an error log that should help identify the issue at hand.

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