Failed to load detection driver (ATI Graphics Driver)

[DatOnePikachu]

Just so you guys know. I am an absolute noob when it comes to pc terms. I can work my way around but PLEASE don't use any difficult terms. Treat me like a 10 year old if possible.

Alright so, the situation. AMD asked me if I wanted to update my driver. I did, it asked me to restart my pc. I did, but now, every time on startup, I INSTANTLY get a bsod with atikmdag.sys.
Now I'm in Safe Mode, trying this: "http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=363233"
However, I can't load a detection driver.

I am completely stuck now as I can't install or uninstall any drivers because of this error.

I require assistance please.

PS: I have been able to turn on the ability to remove programs in safe mode (using regedit).

 

[DatOnePikachu]

why not try another driver like a older 13.12 driver [what I'm using now ] to see if it will go ??

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/previous/detail?os=Windows%207%20-%2064&rev=13.12

Upon trying to install that I got this error: Application Install: install source package not found.
This is the thing that didn't install correctly (according to the log).

AMD Steady Video Plug-In
Final Status: Fail
Version of Item: 2.06.0000
Size: 1 Mbytes

The rest of the things did install however. So I'll reboot my pc (because it's telling me to do so), try a game and report back to you.

 

[DatOnePikachu]

its not hard -- you shut down turn off the psu then you hit the start button and hold it in for like 5 sec. to discharge the board then you unhook the monitor open the case and there should be a screw or 2 holding the card to the case get them out then remove the psu pci-e power plug from the card [if it requires one or 2 ] then at the end of the slot the card is in theres a latch you press down and carefully pull out the card

install in reverse order minus the discharging of the board ...

anyway now you say it normal can you now install the driver ?? I'd try the 13.12 I went with the 14.xx ones and just came back to the old 13.12 due to funny things with them but I also run a 7850


also then you can see that there is a 260x in it and not your old 6800 as in someone did not pull a fast one on you

Well I still have the old 6800 in the box. But the reason I replaced it because it was broken so putting the old one in doesn't really seem like a good idea... And I saw the guy manually installing it straight from the box I ordered, so I'm pretty sure it's the right card that's in there.

 

[junkeymonkey]

ok if your good I'm good

just don't know unless something has went wrong on the motherboard its self ?? or why the 260x is detected as a 6800 out of the blue like that cause if the driver installer detects a 6800 card and unloads the packets for that card and the 260x would need different packets to install to run proper that maybe the issue as well

I do know I cant swap my 6850 and 7850 with out a fresh driver uninstall /install between the 2 cards I tried it and it would fail so I assume the driver detects what card is in a of a series and unpacks whats needed for that series of card ???


I guess I'm now at a loss on what to do next


can you remove the card and try it in another computer to see what it will do in it ?? maybe something failed on the card ??

 

[DatOnePikachu]

ok if your good I'm good

just don't know unless something has went wrong on the motherboard its self ?? or why the 260x is detected as a 6800 out of the blue like that cause if the driver installer detects a 6800 card and unloads the packets for that card and the 260x would need different packets to install to run proper that maybe the issue as well

I do know I cant swap my 6850 and 7850 with out a fresh driver uninstall /install between the 2 cards I tried it and it would fail so I assume the driver detects what card is in a of a series and unpacks whats needed for that series of card ???


I guess I'm now at a loss on what to do next


can you remove the card and try it in another computer to see what it will do in it ?? maybe something failed on the card ??

Well, after trying out some games. They actually worked! I'm not sure what fixed it because not even the driver was fully installed. But I was able to testplay some games really fast.

At this moment I can do everything I wanted again. So thanks for the help!
If I find any problems I'll come back to this or make a new topic depending on the situation.

 

[junkeymonkey]

well good luck I just don't know where else to go on this .. sorry I was no better help