Thanx to colesdav and Benman2785 for responding! Been offline for a week due to weather and lousy internet in the countryside, so wasn't able to check responses.
I finally was able to install Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.12.1 with internet disabled, after doing the 'DDU' dance . . . but within a few hours = BSOD's (first 'video tdr failures' and then a new one, 'video scheduler' errors)! N.B. BIOS and chipset drivers have been updated. I've followed what seems to be the most often recommended procedure - DDU, then install (offline) chipset, then Adrenalin. But within what seems a random period of time/circumstance = BSOD's.
I'm beginning to think AMD has decided to treat the APU's as 'orphans', out of sight and mind. When I first encountered these problems (November 2019), I noticed (when searching solutions) that there were many posts (here and elsewhere) regarding the BSOD's and possible solutions. But the number of posts has gradually decreased from dates in late 2018 though 2019. It's sad to think that AMD gave up, but looking at the pattern, there were problems from release and many folks have cited numbers of possible fixes with few if any that seems to last. Combine this observation with the fact I've done 2 error reports to AMD with no response, it's difficult to conclude otherwise. I should say that my skill level is probably only a few steps above novice, but since 1993, I have been able to build a few Intel systems with stable results, along the way upgrading CPU's/ GPU's, and even even AGP's (remember those baby's??). I even built 2 simple AMD systems, even the old Athlon 64! It's sad to reminisce on how easy it was to upgrade and rebuilt those systems and be up and running within a few hours . . . stable for up to a year or more . . . until ya get the bug to buy something new! Recently, my main system is an I7 7700K that has been up and stable for 1.5 years, running FSX and P3d. But this poor little 2400g . . . I can't count how many hours I've spent just trying to get it to function for a small portion of a day!
Benman2785 - Thanx for the thought about RAM. The RAM and the chip aren't OC'd, both set to default, and the RAM set in BIOS to the specs listed by Corsair. I've seen a number of posts (here and elsewhere) regarding RAM specs and AMD APU's. I would offer that the apparent issue of RAM compatibility and the Ryzen APU is another example of how (to me) it seems AMD really dropped the ball on functionality with this CPU . . . since November 2019 I've seen numerous posts (here and elsewhere) of folks citing various brands of RAM to solve the BSOD's, various speeds, clock settings, latency and other settings, as well as 'hynix vs samsung ram' debate and even Version X.XX vs X.XX of those various types!!! I would like to direct the following comment to AMD - WTF!?! It seems as if AMD expects the customer to have a box of parts available to just randomly try until 'something works'. But seriously, I appreciate the response of a possible solution. BTW - when you said 'open a new topic' . . . I'm new to this Community. Should I have posted this elsewhere? I'm not sure of the procedure here . . . any guidance is appreciated!
Sorry for the long post! Not sure where to go from here . . . but thanx for listening!
