ATI Video Driver Issue

[Misplaced]

Old hard drive went out so got a new one, everything works fine til I try to install my video card drivers, at which point the screen becomes all pixelated and off colored, as soon as you uninstall the video card driver it goes back to normal. I remember this happening a year ago when I first built this computer but I forgot how I fixed it oddly enough. I've tried every stable and beta driver listed on http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1159&pid=1745&psn=&lid=1&leg=0# no difference between them.

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium

Motherboard- GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

CPU- AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX

GPU- SAPPHIRE 100358OCL Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card

Memory- G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR

PSU- Thermaltake - 430W TR2 ATX Power Supply

Hard drive- Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EADS 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Cooler- COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/FM2/AM3+

Case- Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

 

[DesiPower]

What driver are you installing? form the CD that came with it? Did you goto AMD site and try downloading the latest control center and driver package?

 

[Fardringle]

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows 7 - 64#amd-catalyst-packages

 

[Misplaced]

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows 7 - 64#amd-catalyst-packages

Tried that one too same issue.

What driver are you installing? form the CD that came with it? Did you goto AMD site and try downloading the latest control center and driver package?

Tried it with the cd, as well as all drivers listed on AMD's and Sapphire's site both stable and betas.

This is what it looks without drivers


Here's what it's doing after installing drivers

 

[Smoove910]

which PCI-e slot do you have the card installed in?

 

[Misplaced]

It's in PCIEX16_1, same slot it's been working in for the last year, prior to the HDD change.

 

[Ketchup]

Do the drivers off Windows update make any difference?

After you install these drivers, does device manager report any device issues or any hardware missing a driver?

 

[stinger608]

That doesn't seem like it is "pixelated" but more like the color quality is not set correct.

Make sure you completely uninstall the CCC drivers.

Download the AMD uninstall utility:
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Other-DRIVERS-TOOLS/AMD/AMD-Catalyst-Un-install-Utility-1210.shtml

That one seems to work pretty good

Now install the latest driver.

If it is still doing that, open up your Catalyst Control Center

Click on the Desktop Management tab. In that menu click on "Desktop Properties."

Once that is open you'll see settings. There should be a tab where you can set the color quality. Usually default is "High (32 bit)."

See if you can set it to that.

 

[Misplaced]

Yes it's set to "High (32 bit)"

 

[Misplaced]

Still no luck, I'm running out of ideas...

 

[DesiPower]

change cable? if you connecting via DVI, change that cable, connect through VGA or HDMI...

 

[Vanth]

It's a matter of fully cleaning conflicting display drivers:

Try running this: http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/display_driver_uninstaller_download.html

Then reinstall with a WHQL display driver.

 

[Misplaced]

It's a matter of fully cleaning conflicting display drivers:

Try running this: http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/display_driver_uninstaller_download.html

Then reinstall with a WHQL display driver.

It still happens on a freshly wiped HDD, so I don't believe it's a conflicting driver issue.

 

[BrightCandle]

That isn't really a colour quality issue, more a colour mapping problem. Have you tried messing around with ICC's by any chance? Its a very strange effect and I can't see why an old AMD WHQL driver from Microsoft wouldn't do it and a new driver from AMD would unless its profile related. Its a truly odd one.

I would try emailing AMD support. They aren't very good, they are rarely helpful but maybe just maybe you'll get lucky and then will tell you what is causing it.

 

[Misplaced]

I get no signal to monitor with a DVI cord. Bought a new HDMI to test, problem still exist.

Tried a dozen or so different ICC options still issue remains.

No reply from AMD support.

 

[Misplaced]

Bought a new Raedon 260x, and having the exact same issue with it.

AMD support just gave me a copy/paste message about making sure to run their uninstaller first before updating drivers which I've done countless times.

 

[Ketchup]

One things I can think of - try using the other pci-express slots and see if you are having the same issue.

 

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One things I can think of - try using the other pci-express slots and see if you are having the same issue.

Yes, all 4 slots give the same results.

 

[DesiPower]

Problem has to be with the cable or maybe even the display, maybe one of the connector pins.. idk