Troubling Updating 7970m drivers

Hey guys,
I have a bit of a problem,

Since I got my machine (p150em) last year I have been running the stock drivers for my 7970m 8.951 on windows 7

I would really like to upgrade! lol. However whenever I run the install for a new release I run into a problem, regardless of which version I use (13.1, 13.9 etc)

If I do a clean install, then the installers either dont complete (installation failure) or do complete, but dont actually install anything!

If I try to install over the stock drivers, the installer for the new drivers installs 8.951 regardless of what installer im actually using.

Im quit perplexed, and feel pretty dumb, anyone have any advice?

 

Have you upgraded your intel video drivers too? If not, then I suggest you do..

Steps:

Uninstall 7970m Drivers and reboot

Uninstall HD4000 drivers and reboot

Run driver sweeper if you have them

Install updated HD 4000 drivers first and reboot

Install AMD 7970m drivers and reboot..

Give this a try and get back to us.. =)

 

Are you installing the drivers via download from one site?

 

Do NOT do this.

Never uninstall BOTH display drivers at the same time, so that neither displays have any drivers at once.

 

umm... why not?

 

I'm lost too as the default microsoft drivers will just kick in. Imagine a single GPU setup with no drivers.

 

As others have pointed out - this is false information. I have been doing this longer then I can remember, and I'd say my scores below show there are no ill effects.

 

I sometimes have issues updating drivers. for me i usually get a bluescreen while the drivers are installing. this result in catalyst software install but it not detecting a gpu and terrible resolution lol.
if this happens i fix it by running the amd uninstall utility.( i know people say it doesn't work right but it works fine for me) then reinstalling the same driver after the reboot. (also make sure you disable your anti virus/firewall junk as it just makes installs take a million years. well it does for me anyway)

 

So finally got it to work.

AMD's autodetect was downloading their desktop driver! I have 13.9 installed and seems to be running well.

My temps are horrible though, lol. Guess thats to be expected now that the card doesnt have major utilization issues! I've had the machine for a year and a half so I figure a repaste is due. Have there been any other cooling improvements, (IE has anyone been able to hack the fan profiles, it appears their locked on afterburner?)

 

Fan profiles are off limits, I'm afraid. You can, however, make use of Prema's BIOS mods that allow for the Fn+9 combo to be used to toggle on/off max speed on both fans. That's what I'm using when gaming, and I rarely break low 70's ...