My graphics card driver keeps uninstalling itself

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So, for some reason, since last week, I've had to replace my graphics card drivers almost every day.

Since it seems my PC uninstalls my graphics card drivers for no reason (AMD RX 580 4GB), and I lose the display completely until I restart my PC (turning it off and cold booting it). When then I'd find that my drivers were uninstalled and I got the basic Microsoft Display Driver instead (along with not-so-great display performance, games don't even run properly).

I've gone to the gpedit and stopped Windows Update from updating my drivers as shown here (didn't work):

Re: AMD drivers keep uninstalling itself

Seriously late reply here, but I understand you can do a group policy under windows to stop this from happening. Windows key + R (to launch the Run dialog), type “gpedit.msc” and navigate to Computer Config -> Admin Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update, then enable the “Do not...
community.amd.com community.amd.com

I've done a complete uninstall and reinstall of Adrenaline and drivers (Chose the Factory Reset option and everything, also didn't work).

So I don't know what else I could do here... Does anyone have some ideas?
 
AMD cards are complete @h!te.... take it out and install an Nvidia card... Seriously.

I have three AMD cards sitting in boxes in my garage....
 
LazyLion said:
AMD cards are complete @h!te.... take it out and install an Nvidia card... Seriously.

I have three AMD cards sitting in boxes in my garage....
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I bought this thing brand new a few months ago to replace my GTX 750 TI.

This advice of yours doesn't help me here...
 
PrimeSteak said:
So, for some reason, since last week, I've had to replace my graphics card drivers almost every day.

Since it seems my PC uninstalls my graphics card drivers for no reason (AMD RX 580 4GB), and I lose the display completely until I restart my PC (turning it off and cold booting it). When then I'd find that my drivers were uninstalled and I got the basic Microsoft Display Driver instead (along with not-so-great display performance, games don't even run properly).

I've gone to the gpedit and stopped Windows Update from updating my drivers as shown here (didn't work):

Re: AMD drivers keep uninstalling itself

Seriously late reply here, but I understand you can do a group policy under windows to stop this from happening. Windows key + R (to launch the Run dialog), type “gpedit.msc” and navigate to Computer Config -> Admin Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update, then enable the “Do not...
community.amd.com community.amd.com

I've done a complete uninstall and reinstall of Adrenaline and drivers (Chose the Factory Reset option and everything, also didn't work).

So I don't know what else I could do here... Does anyone have some ideas?
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Did you try the ddu?
www.guru3d.com

Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) download version 18.1.4.3

Download Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) Official - Remove AMD/NVIDIA/INTEL Graphics Drivers Cleanly - DDU is a driver removal utility that helps you completely uninstall AMD/NVIDIA graphics card drivers and packages from your system, leaving no leftovers behind, including registry keys...
www.guru3d.com www.guru3d.com

Otherwise I would also do remove not visible devices from device manager...
 
Herr der Verboten said:
Did you try the ddu?
www.guru3d.com

Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) download version 18.1.4.3

Download Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) Official - Remove AMD/NVIDIA/INTEL Graphics Drivers Cleanly - DDU is a driver removal utility that helps you completely uninstall AMD/NVIDIA graphics card drivers and packages from your system, leaving no leftovers behind, including registry keys...
www.guru3d.com www.guru3d.com

Otherwise I would also do remove not visible devices from device manager...
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I'll try these. Thx.
 
Herr der Verboten said:
Did you try the ddu?
www.guru3d.com

Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) download version 18.1.4.3

Download Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) Official - Remove AMD/NVIDIA/INTEL Graphics Drivers Cleanly - DDU is a driver removal utility that helps you completely uninstall AMD/NVIDIA graphics card drivers and packages from your system, leaving no leftovers behind, including registry keys...
www.guru3d.com www.guru3d.com

Otherwise I would also do remove not visible devices from device manager...
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For interest's sake...

The graphics card is detected, but I'm sure if I reenable the device I'll get black-screened again. Seems like the GPU is locking itself.
 
PrimeSteak said:
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For interest's sake...

The graphics card is detected, but I'm sure if I reenable the device I'll get black-screened again. Seems like the GPU is locking itself.
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Honestly I would boot to save mode check this (device manager)

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Then uninstall/remove everything from display adapters and remove drivers if prompted. Then after normal bootup, run DDU, let it restart, then finally attempt driver install. What more can be done than this?
 
PrimeSteak said:
I bought this thing brand new a few months ago to replace my GTX 750 TI.

This advice of yours doesn't help me here...
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I'm sorry to hear that, but unfortunately you will end up taking the card out sooner or later.

So sad, that so many people get burned by this crapware.
 
If I am not mistaken, the latest drivers on AMD site are not compatible with older cards. Stop giving driver updates at some point, so need to use an older driver.
 
MikeaMatrix said:
If I am not mistaken, the latest drivers on AMD site are not compatible with older cards. Stop giving driver updates at some point, so need to use an older driver.
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What drivers would then work with my card?

What version number or..?
 
I did a fresh install of Windows 10 a couple of days ago, and the drivers it installed for the RX480 work fine.
Granted I have not gone ahead and then tried to install updated drivers from the AMD site, because I only use the GPU as a display out, not as a GPU (I don’t game on this PC)
 
Ok, so I did DDU. Got the latest drivers from the site.

Try to boot Serious Sam 4, and the game loads, I go to load game, loads game, press Continue, then get black-screened or the computer freezes up.

After the recent attempt, the drivers were uninstalled again. I ****ing got this:
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I followed the instructions on the MS link. Now to reinstall drivers (AGAIN).
 
PrimeSteak said:
Ok, so I did DDU. Got the latest drivers from the site.

Try to boot Serious Sam 4, and the game loads, I go to load game, loads game, press Continue, then get black-screened or the computer freezes up.

After the recent attempt, the drivers were uninstalled again. I ****ing got this:
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I followed the instructions on the MS link. Now to reinstall drivers (AGAIN).
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www.minitool.com

How to Enable/Disable Automatic Driver Updates in Windows 11

Learn how to enable or disable automatic driver updates in Windows 11 in this tutorial. 3 ways with detailed guides are included.
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or
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How to Disable Automatic Driver Updates Windows 10 (3 Ways)

Windows 10 updates drivers automatically? How to disable automatic driver updates in Windows 10 if you want to? Check the 3 ways in this post.
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maybe this will solve the issue
 
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