"Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" in Device Manager and AMD Catalyst not working correctly (all versions)?

[IHazABone]

As I've found, these are extremely common problems. AMD Catalyst Control Center only shows four options, none of which having anything to do with the GPU. Just the CPU options, of which there is one. I believe the cause of this to be Windows not recognizing the GPU, as in Device Manager, it calls it "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" and the monitor is simply "Generic PnP Display". I have tried reinstalling drivers, manually wiping them, deleting registries, using Catalyst 13.2 through to 13.11 Beta, and even reinstalled Windows. I reseated the GPU, secured connections, performed a CMOS reset, updated the BIOS, and a few other things. It is causing the display to not work correctly and it's extremely bothersome. I have no idea what to do anymore.

Basic specs:
AMD Athlon II X2 270
AMD Radeon HD7570
4GB RAM
HP "Angelica2" motherboard
There are no onboard graphics.

 

[rolli59]

Std VGA means windows is not recognizing the card and its drivers, running of std windows VGA drivers. Not sure what you can do, I am actually surprised the drivers install if the card is not detected by windows.

 

[himnextdoor]

Try this.

Right-click on the 'Standard VGA' adapter and select 'Update driver' from the list.

Click on 'Browse my computer'.

Click on 'Choose from a list'.

Make sure the 'Show compatible hardware' box is checked.

Does a 'Radeon' display adapter show up?

Pick the latest one and install.

Any help?

 

[IHazABone]

Nope, nothing. Just the "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter Drivers".

 

[himnextdoor]

Nope, nothing. Just the "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter Drivers".

Then you have to track down the location of the Radeon drivers.

When you ran the driver package, the drivers were 'unpacked' to some location on your drive.

One way to locate them is to do a search for '.dll' or '.inf' files that have time/date settings that match the time/date of the installation of the graphics drivers.

Another way is to bring up Task Manager, select the Performance tab and click on 'Resource Monitor'.

Open up the 'Disk' monitor and arrange the window so you can see as many items in this list as possible.

Now run the graphics installer package and when it starts, before you start the install process, place the 'Resource monitor' window where you can see it.

Now start the install process and get the unpacking process underway.

While installer is unpacking, look at the list in resource monitor and look for the names of the folders and files that are being written.

When the installer finishes unpacking, do not go any further with the installation. Leave it waiting for you to press okay.

When you establish the location of the drivers, go through the process I offered in the previous post but instead of 'choosing from a list', browse to the folder where the drivers were extracted to , locate the relevant '.inf' file and install it.

Can you do that?

Then cancel the install process that has been patiently waiting for you to press 'Okay'.

And restart.

 

[IHazABone]

I've been trying to do this, but I cannot follow it in the Resource Monitor as there are hundreds of constantly added and deleted processes. Searching for .dll's or .inf's brings up 859 and 280 results respectively, and most are in C:/Windows/winsxs...

I have done a lot of searching on this recently, and after trying three different GPU's, it's been decided that the BIOS is the problem. However, it is the motherboard out of an HP Envy H8-1423 and there are no BIOS drivers for Windows 7... Is it over? Is that it? Nothing can be done without upgrading once again, which I do not posess the money to do?

 

[himnextdoor]

It might me more helpful if we video-linked through Google where I can communicate with you and see your desktop if you want to show it to me.

That way, we can brainstorm and try out things on the fly.

I think we can solve your problems but the way we are doing it now is kinda slow and 'retarded'.

Wanna give it a go?

 

[IHazABone]

I would definitely try that, but as I was building it for someone else, I no longer have constant access to it. That's why I took a week to reply.

 

[SynCyanide]

I figured I would post an answer to this, though the thread is a bit old, and I haven't seen many solutions. I had this same issue for some time, and while following in part to himnextdoor's directions of:

"Right-click on the 'Standard VGA' adapter and select 'Update driver' from the list.

Click on 'Browse my computer'."

I was able to select the folder "windows: old" (as my old driver had been stored in that folder), and after a bit of waiting it found the driver and updated accordingly. If you do not have an old windows folder where your previous files may be stored before updating your OS, I can't say I know what to do then. Here's to hoping, and good luck to anyone else with this issue.

 

[IHazABone]

Nope, this was a brand new build at the time. Over the past while, on a couple different forums and Q&A sites, there has been no answer. I've just called it a hardware problem.

 

[SynCyanide]

Nope, this was a brand new build at the time. Over the past while, on a couple different forums and Q&A sites, there has been no answer. I've just called it a hardware problem.

Why don't you try installing the proper drivers on a different harddrive (that is already fully functional) connecting the two, and then doing the steps above using the second hard drive as source for the drivers?

 

[Tanner Fix-It]

So, I know this thread is very old, but I was searching for an answer to help my friend figure this out. I don't know if this solution will work for any of you, but anything's worth a shot when you've got nothing to lose, right?

I had him run dxdiag to see where his computer was at in terms of specs so he could possibly get into gaming. When he went to the Display tab, it said Standard VGA Graphics Adapter and provided little other information.

First and foremost, here are his specs:

CPU - AMD E-300 APU with Raedon(tm) HD Graphics (1.30 Ghz)
RAM: 4.00 GB (3.60 GB usable)
64-Bit Windows 7

He doesn't know the model of his computer, but it's a somewhat-old Toshiba laptop.

So what I had him do was download a software called CPUID CPU-Z from their website. This software shows you a LOT of information about your hardware.
http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/cpu-z/1.69-setup-en.exe

He ran the software and went to the Graphics tab, and under "Display Device Selection" and "GPU", it displayed the name of a GPU as "AMD Radeon HD 6310". I'm not sure if this information was correct, but it's something, right?

Again, I'm not sure how this solution will work for you all, but it's something to try.

 

[IHazABone]

DXDiag is often simplified, or non-specific in these areas.
In his case, the GPU is being detected properly by the BIOS, but Windows isn't making certain note of it - common of mobile GPUs. In my situation (which I never actually resolved, they're just living with it), the motherboard BIOS wasn't detecting the GPU BIOS, which is used to convey information about it, so Windows wasn't able to tell the hardware how to behave or what limits to set. It simply referred to it's basic settings, hence the resolution limit and lack of GPU settings, among other problematic things.

 

[Wolpertinger]

I believe I have this problem too - I just uninstalled my drivers today to install an update and... can't reinstall them because this happened. I've used Display Driver Uninstaller, and still no luck.

 

[SwipZy]

1. Download Drivereasy, and run a scan.
2.Then find your "standard VGA Graphic" or your graphic card name (mine's AMD Radeon R9 200 Series).
3. Press "Get Drivers" and then find your graphic card and beside it, it says "downlad"
4. Press download, and after it's done press install.
5. Continue what it says, and after it's done u should restart your computer, unless it says it 😛.
6. Check if it's not "standard VGA".

That's what I did, and it worked! 😀

 

[IHazABone]

1. Download Drivereasy, and run a scan.
2.Then find your "standard VGA Graphic" or your graphic card name (mine's AMD Radeon R9 200 Series).
3. Press "Get Drivers" and then find your graphic card and beside it, it says "downlad"
4. Press download, and after it's done press install.
5. Continue what it says, and after it's done u should restart your computer, unless it says it 😛.
6. Check if it's not "standard VGA".

That's what I did, and it worked! 😀

All you're doing there is downloading drivers. I know what the GPU is, so I could download the proper drivers myself, and it didn't work.

 

[SwipZy]

1. Download Drivereasy, and run a scan.
2.Then find your "standard VGA Graphic" or your graphic card name (mine's AMD Radeon R9 200 Series).
3. Press "Get Drivers" and then find your graphic card and beside it, it says "downlad"
4. Press download, and after it's done press install.
5. Continue what it says, and after it's done u should restart your computer, unless it says it 😛.
6. Check if it's not "standard VGA".

That's what I did, and it worked! 😀

All you're doing there is downloading drivers. I know what the GPU is, so I could download the proper drivers myself, and it didn't work.

Srry then, just hoped it worked for u 😛

 

[IHazABone]

1. Download Drivereasy, and run a scan.
2.Then find your "standard VGA Graphic" or your graphic card name (mine's AMD Radeon R9 200 Series).
3. Press "Get Drivers" and then find your graphic card and beside it, it says "downlad"
4. Press download, and after it's done press install.
5. Continue what it says, and after it's done u should restart your computer, unless it says it 😛.
6. Check if it's not "standard VGA".

That's what I did, and it worked! 😀

All you're doing there is downloading drivers. I know what the GPU is, so I could download the proper drivers myself, and it didn't work.

Srry then, just hoped it worked for u 😛

Nah don't be sorry, others may find use in it.

 

[Mounty_078]

I had this to and all I did was improvise xd. I went to device manager, update driver software, choose from computer, choose from list, browse and went to program files, AMD folder, AMD Catalyst, packages, drivers, display and choose a random .inf and it loaded the driver as R9 200 series and now it works xd. I don't know if this will cause any problems but this is one of the solutions you could say.

 

[QuantumKid33]

I had this to and all I did was improvise xd. I went to device manager, update driver software, choose from computer, choose from list, browse and went to program files, AMD folder, AMD Catalyst, packages, drivers, display and choose a random .inf and it loaded the driver as R9 200 series and now it works xd. I don't know if this will cause any problems but this is one of the solutions you could say.

I was at the same post, with my mouse hovering over the *.inf, and I wasn't sure if I should just go for it. I kept reading and saw your post. Muy bien on the whim. It's the solution everyone! Clear your drivers so only the "Standard VGA" installs. I was stuck here wondering why the install disk and online updates either crashed my system or did nothing. Then download the recommended driver, and navigate to the download in the "Update Driver" in Device Manager and click the first *.inf you see! Don't go digging through BIOS or downloading crazy helper software and go deleting files.

Mounty_078 = Mounty_078 +1;

 

[Hscumbie]

this might work, download the latest driver package here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64 and go to device manager and rightclick on your standard vga adapter. then choose to update manually and select C:\AMD\ and a folder with the name of something like AMD-Catalyst-14-9-win7-win8.1-64Bit-dd-ccc-whql should be there, select it. this worked for me so maybe it will work for you.

 

[sanjeev1992]

Hi Friends,
I shared my problem and the solution about "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter".

SOLUTION: There is need of internet connection. Just follow my steps:

step 1: go to control panel --> system and security--> Windows update.
step 2: click on --> check for windows update.

{ It takes some time to detect which software is compatible with your hardware(graphic card) & after detection shows
important updates and optional updates and also shows the size of updates }

step 3: select important updates and download them & install them.
step 4: restart the system.

enjoy!!
(Thank You)
Plz tell your views about it ,, I am sure this will working..

 

[IHazABone]

Hi Friends,
I shared my problem and the solution about "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter".

SOLUTION: There is need of internet connection. Just follow my steps:

step 1: go to control panel --> system and security--> Windows update.
step 2: click on --> check for windows update.

{ It takes some time to detect which software is compatible with your hardware(graphic card) & after detection shows
important updates and optional updates and also shows the size of updates }

step 3: select important updates and download them & install them.
step 4: restart the system.

enjoy!!
(Thank You)
Plz tell your views about it ,, I am sure this will working..

Nope, didn't work. They've actually moved on to Windows 8.1 now, and the problem persists. Microsoft and HP insist that it's because the GPU was switched, the BIOS reset, and the original GPU put back in again (over a long period of time). Sounds like a bullshit answer on their part, but who knows. Maybe.

 

[Marron Stum]

If you have the old windows, as stated above, the solution is simple, just go to the old windows folder, how ever if you do not have your computer do a scan of local hardware from the device manager, and it should work, however getting the screen resolution correct might be an issue, but is possible with testing
.

 

[IHazABone]

If you have the old windows, as stated above, the solution is simple, just go to the old windows folder, how ever if you do not have your computer do a scan of local hardware from the device manager, and it should work, however getting the screen resolution correct might be an issue, but is possible with testing
.

You do realize that on no version of Windows did it work, yes?
I did, however, discover that plugging in the old HDD that contained the OS and stuff from the original PC I bought years ago (hence the shitty HP mobo) recognizes the GPU, despite being formatted long ago. Reinstalled an old copy of Windows 7 and it worked fine. I am very confused, even over a year after the problem occured.