Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
Today, after many hours of troubleshooting, finally got both of the main issues solved... at least for me. The usual method of driver re installation was to uninstall through Catalyst Install Manager, then use Driver Sweeper and CCleaner.
This was not sufficient. Traces were left behind. Faulty drivers for OpenCL, HDMI Audio, and Fan control still remained hidden.
I decided to try Driver Fusion, recently steam green-lit. In normal Windows environment, no safe mode, I used CIM to express uninstall all ATI related nonsense. Then, I restarted into safe mode. Using both driver sweeper and Driver Fusion to clear all AMD/ATI references/drivers, then CCleaner to clean the registry. I then rebooted into normal Windows. There, I went into device manager, pointed both 5870s to the Dell drivers. These should show as 5870s in device manager. Now, install CCC via it's install package, not the CIM. Reboot. Start CCC and verify CFX is enabled. It should prompt you through some menus to get to advanced view. If it does not, you have missed some drivers during the cleaning process.
Install through CIM the newest CCC and drivers, including HDMI audio, etc. HDMI audio actually failed during the install, but was present in CCC. Just point the update driver to the folder which has the HDMI audio drivers. Reboot.
Should be good to go. The main part to note is that Driver Sweeper was leaving TOO MUCH behind, not enough for a fresh install.
I hope this helps someone. It was making me very angry. I got to this point due to OpenCL bugs were causing GPU Z to freak out, so I looked for a clean install.
Sorry for the quick write up, in a hurry to get some sleep before an overnight shift.
For those of you having HDMI Audio problems or fan issues with CFX 5870m in the M17x R1 or R2
Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by gthirst, Apr 7, 2013.
