Deleted AMD Drivers - Faulty colors - Need help ASAP!

RaceFace · Jan 26, 2012

Hey,

I was thinking of installed the 8.95 drivers, so uninstalled the drivers I had now.
Everything on-screen turned black, with slight tints of blue over some icons. I can manouver around with keyboard shortcuts, although can't see certain needed text parts.
I could open the downloaded AMD drivers and choose next, until I get an install error which I am unable to read.

Any ideas? Would appreciate!

EarthDog · Jan 26, 2012

Reboot.

The system should install basic VGA drivers, then install the new ones.

And what are '8.95' drivers? 12/1 I thought just got released...

RaceFace · Jan 26, 2012

Rebooting didn't help, I tried before making the thread.

And the drivers: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=21098884

grumperfish · Jan 26, 2012

1. Run driver sweeper set to AMD/ATI GPU settings.

2. Reboot.

3. Run driver sweeper again (same settings). You don't need to reboot again.

4. Install new drivers.

Aldakoopa · Jan 26, 2012

I just updated mine. I uninstalled the old drivers; most of my screen turned black with very few basic colors splashed here and there on the screen and I wasn't able to read or hardly even see anything.

I rebooted, same bad colors and wasn't able to read or see anything.

Turned computer off, disconnected my DVI cable from my GPU, connected it to the mobo DVI output and restarted. Got no signal at all.

Turned computer off, reconnected my DVI cable to my GPU, restarted. Everything was back to normal and I was able to see everything and install the new drivers without a problem.

Not sure why disconnecting the monitor and reconnecting helped, but it did. You may as well give it a shot.

EDIT: It probably won't help by just disconnecting and reconnecting while the computer is off, so you should try reconnecting it to your mobo (if applicable) or leaving it unhooked and restarting your computer, waiting until it's safe to turn it back off, reattach the monitor and restart again.

RaceFace · Jan 27, 2012

I managed to install the latest drivers on the AMD page, just had to guess where to point and click you know... So I got it working, but I still haven't found a use for uninstalling the latest drivers when it works to just install the new drivers over the old ones without a problem.

EarthDog · Jan 27, 2012

It works now. Its just a safety measure to uninstall the old is all.

Bisquit · Jan 27, 2012

Aldakoopa said:
I just updated mine. I uninstalled the old drivers; most of my screen turned black with very few basic colors splashed here and there on the screen and I wasn't able to read or hardly even see anything.

I rebooted, same bad colors and wasn't able to read or see anything.

Turned computer off, disconnected my DVI cable from my GPU, connected it to the mobo DVI output and restarted. Got no signal at all.

Turned computer off, reconnected my DVI cable to my GPU, restarted. Everything was back to normal and I was able to see everything and install the new drivers without a problem.

Not sure why disconnecting the monitor and reconnecting helped, but it did. You may as well give it a shot.

EDIT: It probably won't help by just disconnecting and reconnecting while the computer is off, so you should try reconnecting it to your mobo (if applicable) or leaving it unhooked and restarting your computer, waiting until it's safe to turn it back off, reattach the monitor and restart again.

Had this also with 7970 drivers, was a pain to get rid of also, couldn't see where to click, and wouldn't uninstall in safe mode. Had to do a rollback, leaving me with several files now unused.
Did an uninstall of the driver, ran driver sweeper and ccleaner to make sure all was clean, and only then could I install older drivers.

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