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    Please help! Can someone explain whats going on with my comp?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Comancheflyer, Nov 21, 2013.

  1. Comancheflyer

    Comancheflyer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys, today i wanted to play this new game but as i booted it up it asked me to upgrade my gpu driver software-- so i did. However, i chose this beta driver and well stupid me i didnt know it wasnt going to work so my computer currently doesnt have a working gpu.. i tried downloading the latest software for my Radeon Hd 5650 card but it says its incompatible... I dont know what to do, please help :confused:
     
    Comancheflyer, Nov 21, 2013
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    Wattser93 Notebook Consultant

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    Is your monitor working? If so, run driver sweeper and wipe the old driver, then install new ones.
     
    Wattser93, Nov 21, 2013
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    What laptop do you have, some Radeon chips require proprietary drivers from OEMs, common in alot of HP, Dell, Lenovo with custom vBIOS (you won't be able to update to the latest drivers from ATI/AMD).
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Nov 21, 2013
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    You were right, i couldnt download any drivers from the AMD website, i just rolled back by driver software, and it worked.. I updated it directly through device driver window. bleh.. anyways thanks for your help guys! :D
     
    Comancheflyer, Nov 24, 2013
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Maybe you can try install a newer driver via the installer that it comes with. Some drivers can't simply be updated in Device Manager.
     
    namaiki, Nov 24, 2013
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