P150EM 7970M games flickering/freezing after 13.4 driver update

Graphics Card
-HD7970M, no overclocking or alternation

AMD Catalyst Driver Version, and Driver History
-currently using 13.4, most recent previous were 13.1 and 13.2 Beta

Operating System
-Windows 7 Home SP 1

Issue Details
-when started, some games will display extremely rapid flickering while publisher intros etc. display. Menu will load while flickering and then freeze, flickering continues. This is only experienced with some games
-previously displayed images seem to "stick" to the screen, there will be layers of developer logos, environments, menu items etc. all displayed under the current view
- games affected appear to be totally random.
-drivers were updated by removing via Catalyst Install Manager, sweeping with DriverSweeper from safe mode, then installing 13.4 updated drivers with AMD Autodetect, rebooting after each step

Motherboard or System Make & Model
-Clevo/Sager P150EM

Applications and Games
-Skyrim: affected, graphics settings make no difference, installed before via Steam, freezes and flickers, patch 1.9
-Crysis 3: not affected, installed before via Origin, latest patch
-Borderlands 2: affected, installed before via Steam, plays but flickers, latest patch
-Crysis 2: affected, installed before via disk, freezes and flickers, latest patch
-Arkham City: not affected, installed before via Origin, latest patch
-XCOM: affected, installed both before and after via disk, freezes and flickers, update 3
-Star Trek Online: not affected, installed after via Steam, latest update
-Dead Space: affected, installed after via disk, freezes and flickers
-Metro Last Light: not affected, installed after via disk
-EVE Online: not affected, installed before via Steam, Retribution 1.2.5
-The Witcher: not affected, installed before via disk, Enhanced Edition update
-Witcher 2: not affected, installed before via GOG, unhanced edition update
-Deus Ex HR: not affected, installed before via Steam, version 1.4.651
-Battlefield 3: not affected, installed before via Origin, latest version
-Civilization IV: affected, installed before via disk, patch 2
-Civilization V: not affected, installed before via Steam, latest version

CPU Details
- Intel i7 3610QM, no overclocking or alteration

Motherboard BIOS Version
- Sager BIOS 4.06.05, installed by manufacturer

System Memory Type & Amount
- 12 GB DDR3 RAM

Additional Details
- Multiple passes of AVG 2013, no viruses or malware found or removed
- Memchk and Dskchk performed previously, no issues found
-No alterations to hardware or system software
-drivers installed using guide on AMD site.
-will update with additional games
-please let me know if you need any more information

 

hello ! you forgot to say which version of driver Intel HD 4000 you have ?

 

Newest driver from Intel site, uh, 15313, probably translates to version 15.3.13... these games are all set to use the 7970M from the Catalyst center, and youtube etc. works fine. It was installed by removal, sweep, and clean install.

Edit: downloading 15.​28.​15.​3062 driver, waiting for advisement to install or not.

 

Install! It solved the problems with the 13.4 driver on my lappy.

 

Awesome, gonna try that now.

Process will be to remove through device manager, reboot into safe mode, sweep out remnants with DriverSweeper, reboot, and install newest Intel drivers. Reporting back soon.

 

Can you link me to where you got that driver? The one I found said it was corrupted when I tried to install.

 

You should find a link to the driver in the http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/699962-updated-clevo-driver-thread.html.

 

Thanks, just found that one off the Intel advanced site.

Installed successfully, current Intel driver is 15.31.3, and AMD version is Catalysy 13.4.

Testing games now.

Edit: exact same issue as before, apparently 15.31.3 doesn't solve it.

 

Don't use the 15.31.3, take the 15.28.13 instead. You'll also find a link in the drivers thread.

 

Ah, frak it all. Okay, uninstalling and installing 15.28.13.

Edit: finished with that, and everything seems to be in order again. Thank you so much, people! I wasn't getting a peep on the AMD forums, and I don't think I ever would have found that fix otherwise. Repping!