AMD Chipset Drivers Cause BOOTMGR to fail

Hey guys, I recently installed a 128GB Crucial M4 SSD into my rig (updated to firmware 0309) and I was having some issues. The first thing I did after getting into windows was to install the brand new AMD chipset drivers for my 790X motherboard, but upon reboot, I would get an error message saying "BOOTMGR is missing."

If I run the windows 7 startup repair from the disc, it will fix it so that the message doesn't come up, but then I will get a BSOD when the rotating windows logo starts to appear. The BSOD disappears so fast I can't read what the issue is before the system reboots. It gets stuck in this reboot loop as well.

I reinstalled again and didn't install the AMD chipset drivers and so far all is good. Am I missing out on any crucial drivers that will boost my system performance by not installing these chipset drivers? The 3 things that get installed are:

AMD Chipset Driver
AND AHCI Driver
AMD USB Filter Driver

Is the controller mode that the SSD is connected to set to IDE or AHCI?

redduc900 said:

Is the controller mode that the SSD is connected to set to IDE or AHCI?

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AHCI for controller type and sata port 4/5 type as well. I also have the SSD connected to the first sata port.

Everything works fine as long as I don't install those AMD drivers, but I wonder if there's anything in those drivers that would be recommended to have or could be seen as required for achieving ideal system performance.