Drivers & Software

[pokester]

Why would you block the Intel Driver? You need to have the latest Intel Driver loaded before loading the latest AMD Driver. kingfish‌ already linked to the laptop install instructions. 

[mlrs]

Actually, i only blocked the Intel Driver (29/09/2016) from WU because if i install latest (18/10/2018) from Intel Support Assistant, it overwrites just like AMD driver overwriting any other driver...

[pokester]

Gottcha, just making sure you put the latest Intel in first. AMD says it makes a difference. 

[mlrs]

Some development here, i installed the AMD latest driver 19.10.1 for my dell 5547... there seems to be no BSODs, but i don't know why the Radeon Settings aren't opening.... any sugguestions?

[mlrs]

Okay, so, after multiple failed attempts, I reverted back to Windows 8.1 x64 and installed both Intel & AMD drivers from Dell Support. 

Positive thing is now, AMD driver installed and can be enabled anytime without causing any stuttering/freezes/BSOD. 

Hence, I proceeded to launch Switchable Graphics from the 5/5/2014 version but once a high performance app is launched i.e. "The Forest"... laptop fan gets noisy and after 2-3 minutes of gameplay, I get either of these BSODs:

* Thread Stuck in device driver

* 0xa00001 

* Critical Process Died

Hardware Monitor App showed AMD GPU temp of 511*C !!

Then, I tried GPU-Z which gave:

AMD GPU Clock = 0

AMD Default Clock = 0

Note: i disabled EnableUlps to '0'

           Link state power to 'off

           TdrDelay to '8'

Any further help will be appreciated as to how can I keep AMD GPU with less usage/noise ? Can i try these drivers:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/6v9wta/no_more_windows_81_drivers/ 

Thanks

[mlrs]

pokester‌ kingfish‌

Update:

On Windows 8.1 x64, i installed latest drivers as follows:

Intel HD(R) Graphics Family driver dated 3/23/2016 version 10.18.14.4414

AMD R7 M260 (15.10 beta) driver dated  10/12/2015 version 15.201.1151.1005

Now, i don't get any BSODs except the ''MMLoaddrv.exe.....graphics stopped and recovered"

Ran, DxDiag reports with following results:

Hardware Monitor Report:

ANY HELPFUL COMMENTS for me, Mates ?

Thanks, please don't mind me, since i keep posting repeatedly...

[bountyhunter]

Dude are u able to use the amd GPU now ?

[chickenball123]

Have you work out the problem?

[mlrs]

Sorry for late reply, bountyhunter

In fragments, if i try to launch a game using AMD GPU, 'white screen' appears otherwise ''MMloaddrv.exe" error followed by:

"Display driver stopped responding and has recovered"

I also came across this links:

Display driver stopped responding and has recovered in windows 8 pro - Microsoft Community 

Windows 8.1 x64 bit "Display Driver stopped responding and has - Microsoft Community 

Any alternate 'solution' ?

I am open to any suggestions ?

[mlrs]

I installed Windows 8.1 on my laptop as it's more stable, in case of BSODs.

Unfortunately, i almost gave up, but now, i'll check to see if apps/games run well on 8.1