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Uninstalling ATI Catalyst v12.6 driver resulted no video signal!
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Ant
Oct 1, 2012, 5:25:10 PM10/1/12
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Hi!
This was weird. I was uninstalling my AMD Catalyst v12.6 driver to
reinstall it in my old, updated 64-bit W7 HPE (IE8) machine. I
accidently forgot to tell it to remove AMD Install Manager as well.
During its uninstall, I lost my video (LCD Acer HDTV monitor detected no
video signal). I thought it was a glitch so I shut down the computer and
repowered on. No video signal again! I was able to see before Windows
GUI was loaded and in safe mode. I couldn't even run the uninstaller
(required Windows Installer service!) and installer/setup.exe (no video
card detected).
I had to use Driver Sweeper v3.2.0 (yes, I know it is bad to use it but
I had no way out of it and needed to use the computer!) to clean up the
mess in safe mode and I was able to reinstall. Is this a bug? Is there a
way to fix it without a driver clean software?
Thank you in advance. :)
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This was weird. I was uninstalling my AMD Catalyst v12.6 driver to
reinstall it in my old, updated 64-bit W7 HPE (IE8) machine. I
accidently forgot to tell it to remove AMD Install Manager as well.
During its uninstall, I lost my video (LCD Acer HDTV monitor detected no
video signal). I thought it was a glitch so I shut down the computer and
repowered on. No video signal again! I was able to see before Windows
GUI was loaded and in safe mode. I couldn't even run the uninstaller
(required Windows Installer service!) and installer/setup.exe (no video
card detected).
I had to use Driver Sweeper v3.2.0 (yes, I know it is bad to use it but
I had no way out of it and needed to use the computer!) to clean up the
mess in safe mode and I was able to reinstall. Is this a bug? Is there a
way to fix it without a driver clean software?
Thank you in advance. :)
--
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up as rice and robbed a Chinese restaurant." --Steven Wright
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Ed Light
Oct 2, 2012, 6:14:46 PM10/2/12
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This isn't specific help, but I keep my data off C: and keep C: imaged.
When I make changes, I image the changes (using Image For DOS, the one
contained in BOOTit bare Metal.
So, if there's a mishap from a new install, I just restore the most
recent image, which doesn't even have one crash on it.
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When I make changes, I image the changes (using Image For DOS, the one
contained in BOOTit bare Metal.
So, if there's a mishap from a new install, I just restore the most
recent image, which doesn't even have one crash on it.
--
Ed Light
Better World News TV Channel:
http://realnews.com
Iraq Veterans Against the War and Related:
http://ivaw.org
http://couragetoresist.org
http://antiwar.com
Send spam to the FTC at
sp...@uce.gov
Thanks, robots.
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