- Jul 20, 2011
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The moment I install Win 10 Pro on my 5yr old laptop it auto initiates an update to its drivers, particularly a driver to AMD 6700M (which should apply to my 6770M). The moment this succeeds, my laptop crashes.
//Also, not sure it's important, but another change is the move to a Samsung EVO 250SSD.
1. When I try to login via safe mode after this crash, the device manager doesn't show that new driver, when I login again in normal mode, it still doesn't show it, and even if I'm not connected to the internet, it starts installing the driver it downloaded in the background, and till then I still can't see it in devmgmt.msc. The moment it pops up there, the comp crashes.
2. I tried disabling device driver updates in device installation settings, and then it still got installed.
3. Then I tried hiding updates using the show or hide updates troubleshooter , and at the end of it, the driver actually got installed.
4. I can't get the hardware device ID of the GPU (so I could disable it in the local group policy editor), since till the time it gets installed and crashes, it doesn't show up anywhere.
5. I changed the SearchOrderConfig to 0, but still to no avail.
HP Pavilion dv6t-6000 quad
• Proc: i7-2630QM
• GFX Dedicated: 1GB DDR5 Radeon HD 6770M
• GFX Integrated: Intel HD 3000
• Motherboard: Intel HM65
Also, I'm not sure, but I think my GPU is fried, and that no driver could get it to work (it hasn't been working for a while in win 7), so could I just disable the GPU in BIOS/disconnect it entirely? My HP bios only gives me the option to keep gfx switching dynamic and fixed (dynamic = depending on load, fixed, depending on what one picks in the OS) thus still allowing the OS to pick.
I'm pretty much at my wits' end, there's work to do and I can't access stuff. I'd jump to Linux, but their alternatives to Lightroom/Capture One/Photoshop just aren't there.
PS: tried these steps so far> http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/take-back-control-driver-updates-windows-10/
//Also, not sure it's important, but another change is the move to a Samsung EVO 250SSD.
1. When I try to login via safe mode after this crash, the device manager doesn't show that new driver, when I login again in normal mode, it still doesn't show it, and even if I'm not connected to the internet, it starts installing the driver it downloaded in the background, and till then I still can't see it in devmgmt.msc. The moment it pops up there, the comp crashes.
2. I tried disabling device driver updates in device installation settings, and then it still got installed.
3. Then I tried hiding updates using the show or hide updates troubleshooter , and at the end of it, the driver actually got installed.
4. I can't get the hardware device ID of the GPU (so I could disable it in the local group policy editor), since till the time it gets installed and crashes, it doesn't show up anywhere.
5. I changed the SearchOrderConfig to 0, but still to no avail.
HP Pavilion dv6t-6000 quad
• Proc: i7-2630QM
• GFX Dedicated: 1GB DDR5 Radeon HD 6770M
• GFX Integrated: Intel HD 3000
• Motherboard: Intel HM65
Also, I'm not sure, but I think my GPU is fried, and that no driver could get it to work (it hasn't been working for a while in win 7), so could I just disable the GPU in BIOS/disconnect it entirely? My HP bios only gives me the option to keep gfx switching dynamic and fixed (dynamic = depending on load, fixed, depending on what one picks in the OS) thus still allowing the OS to pick.
I'm pretty much at my wits' end, there's work to do and I can't access stuff. I'd jump to Linux, but their alternatives to Lightroom/Capture One/Photoshop just aren't there.
PS: tried these steps so far> http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/take-back-control-driver-updates-windows-10/
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