Uninstalling a specific driver

[faniebraai]

So I have a bit of a f-up with my screen drivers. Let me explain with pitchers.



The driver I need to use is 14.501.1003.0 [2014/11/20]. This driver I got direct from ATI's website, and is the latest.

The driver that windows prefer using is 14.201.1008.1002 [2015/01/28]. This driver I got from Windows Update, and was installed automatically before I installed the one above. Windows got it as newer in their repository obviously.

When I right click on the device, select 'Update Driver Software' -> 'Browse my computer for driver software' -> 'Let me pick from a list of device drivers present on my computer', I get the screen in question above. I then select the version 14.501 that I want to use. It installs. Device functions as it should. I reboot. Aaaaand I'm back with version 14.201, which gives me issues.

How can I completely get rid of that little piece of crap I don't want?

Regards,
Frustrated-like-a-beatch

 

[Evo1ve]

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

[Rickster]

Can you not uninstall it from this screen under device manager?

 

[HavocXphere]

The driver numbers are a little dodgy on that front. Id suggest blindly going via catalyst numbers & amd catalyst panel tbh. That does seems to work autodetect hardware aside)


There is also a diff between package number and driver number. So sometimes the version number doesn't change between versions.

Remember they pay cold hard cash for each driver that gets certified by Ms.

What physical issues are you experiencing with the wrong driver?

 

[faniebraai]

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

This worked. Actually found this last night before I went to bed. Was a bit difficult reinstalling the right driver, as the installer didn't want to detect the card, so had to point it to the inf file manually.

 

[faniebraai]

Can you not uninstall it from this screen under device manager?

When I do that, it just installs the wrong driver again automatically on reboot

 

[faniebraai]

The driver numbers are a little dodgy on that front. Id suggest blindly going via catalyst numbers & amd catalyst panel tbh. That does seems to work autodetect hardware aside)


There is also a diff between package number and driver number. So sometimes the version number doesn't change between versions.

Remember they pay cold hard cash for each driver that gets certified by Ms.

What physical issues are you experiencing with the wrong driver?

The version numbers aren't the problem, it's the release date next to them. MS sees the older driver as the newer one because of an incorrect release date.

Issue I was having that the external 2nd screen doesn't work. And the AMD catalyst software complains that no AMD graphics card is installed.

 

[faniebraai]

Anyway, all sorted it seems.

Thanks guys.

 

[Rickster]

Anyway, all sorted it seems.

Thanks guys.

In future, try disabling windows update for uninstalled devices:

This is under "change device installation settings"

 

[faniebraai]

In future, try disabling windows update for uninstalled devices:

This is under "change device installation settings"

The device is not uninstalled. It is still installed. It's my graphics card. It just used an older version instead of the newer one because of the incorrect date that windows has of it.