BSOD upon installing AMD drivers for R9 270x

[defea5ter]

I bought a Radeon R9 270x GPU for my first computer build, but upon trying to install the drivers that came with the GPU, I am met with the BSOD. I then went online to find other drivers matching my software specs (Windows 8.1 64 bit and said graphics card), and I was greeted with Catalyst 14.4. I tried installing this program, but it too crashed my computer. Any ideas on what I should do would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Danbuscus25]

interesting, try an older driver, re-seat the card and all connectors, make sure the power connector is working.

 

[defea5ter]

interesting, try an older driver, re-seat the card and all connectors, make sure the power connector is working.

I feel extremely stupid, but I do not have my card in the case. When it was connected, I got VGA output because I have integrated video on my mobo. I can turn off the integrated video in BIOS but when I do that it doesn't work with the GPU because the drivers aren't installed. Kind of a Catch-22, I feel like I am missing something.

 

[Danbuscus25]

put the card in and boot, it will (should) still boot the card, and from there instal the drivers.

 

[defea5ter]

put the card in and boot, it will (should) still boot the card, and from there instal the drivers.

The computer boots just fine, except for the fact I get no video output whatsoever. Without the card it works fine. I'm not sure what that could mean.

 

[Danbuscus25]

have the card pluged in, but connect your monitor to the igpu video output on the i/O panel, then download and install the driver.

 

[defea5ter]

have the card pluged in, but connect your monitor to the igpu video output on the i/O panel, then download and install the driver.

where is the i/o panel?

 

[Danbuscus25]

the back of your computer, it plugs into the motherboard.

 

[Milos Armus]

hey people,I also had problems with my Sapphire Radeon r9 270x.I tried almost everything when I had win7 64installed.Installing win 8.1 64 solved all my BSOD problems I had,now everything runs smoothly 😀 If anyone still has problems,try that.

my specs:
ASUS m5 a97 r2.0
amd fx 6300
sapphire radeon r9 270x
8gb dr3 kingston hyper x 1866
lc power 660
samsung ssd 120gb
wd 600gb 7200