Question Amd driver issues.

[agiantfatman]

Thanks for all who view this post.

I have been having some serious problems with my computer lately. It all started right before I installed and started playing Anthem on my desktop with the new AMD 19.2.3 driver. I experienced black screen on startup, and a blue screen with white writing saying that my drivers and/or hdd had failed. I reinstalled windows, and it happened again 3 days after I reinstalled windows and the gfx driver clean. This is my list of symptoms and what happened, followed by system specs/hardware:

1. System went blue screen mid-game with error messages for drivers and possible hard drive failures. I ran ddu and followed steps accordingly, then did a clean install of the latest 19.2.3 driver.
2. Hard drive began clicking and whirring (it was 4 years old), and my computer could only reboot to black screen after shut downs and restarts. I had to unplug, turn of power supply, and turn on for it to maybe start in safe mode.
3. I ran 3 of the options on this website: https://www.maketecheasier.com/check-hard-disk-health-windows/, to no avail.
4. I reinstalled windows with a Samsung Evo 860 256gb and updated to the newest AMD drivers. It was running everything extremely quickly and not exhibiting any symptoms for 3 days until today.
5. It started going to black screen on restart/shut down, and had to be restarted again for it to get to the windows screen. I still have the 19.2.3 driver installed, but this was the first time I got the blue screen since I reinstalled windows and the 19.2.3 driver on clean installs. I started up Assasin's Creed: Odyssey, which I had been playing for the last few days, and it went straight to the blue screen with the driver error messages. I was able to restart, and am considering going back to earlier drivers like 17.1.1 while I try and figure this mess out. Any insight/help would be very much appreciated. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Windows 7 Home Premium
i5-4690k
8gb ram
rx580 gpu
mobo: asrock h97 pro4
psu: evga supernova80+ gold 550w

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

17.1.1 ...This worked for me on my Sapphire Nitro+ 580's.

 

[agiantfatman]

Thanks, man. I'm gonna give it a go. Much appreciated!

 

[agiantfatman]

Restarted after running ddu and installing 17.1.1 in safe mode, and it is not being recognized. I cannot remember how I fixed this last time, but I am troubleshooting now.

 

[agiantfatman]

17.1.1 wouldn't work. Had to update to 19.2.3, and everything is working correctly, but I am still under the impression that I will get the blue screen again. I checked my temperatures and voltage as per another TH post, and everything there is fine as well.

I don't get why 19.2.3 will work, but blue screen me, when I can't even install 17.1.1 and have it working (as it is considered a stable driver). Is my motherboard giving me these issues, maybe? Thanks again for viewing and helping. I really appreciate it.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Last stable was 19.1.1 which is available on AMD.com, 17.1.1 is ancient its like 2 years old. I'd bet 19.1.1 will install and work solidly. It happens sometimes with these optional AMD releases that they help on one game only to break another

 

[agiantfatman]

Last stable was 19.1.1 which is available on AMD.com, 17.1.1 is ancient its like 2 years old. I'd bet 19.1.1 will install and work solidly. It happens sometimes with these optional AMD releases that they help on one game only to break another

Awesome man, I'll try 19.1.1