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R9 290 drivers will not install

T.F.S.

T.F.S.

T.F.S.

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Hi,

Been trying to get these drivers on so I can use the card, PC is brand new rig, fresh install of windows 7.

When I try to use the supplied disk for driver install it gets so far and then says Application Install: install package failure!, I have tried downloading the drivers and I get the same message, I reinstalled windows and the same thing happens.

I had a search, read some guides, they said to download microsoft V4 programme, done that, same error message.

One of the guides states that when installing drivers the card must be connected to a monitor and operating but I fail to see how this is posible because I wouldnt be able to see the screen?

If anyone could help that would be great...wishing I had of just stumped up the extra cash and bought the Nvidia card now :(
 
I don't know if this will be relevant as this is related to my Nvidia card when I did a fresh install of Windows 7 a month a go but I couldn't install the drivers for the card until Windows had done some updates and installed framework or something. Once some updates had happened the drivers installed.
 
Been using pc for a while now. And one thing I've learned is don't use the supplied disc. Forget the manufacturer disc and just go to there websites. Get the latest version usually a lot better for new hardware
 
When I looked it didnt seem to have installed anything, there is also a variety of ways to install the software, you can use the disc, the installer suite download or the auto detect driver package thing, there are also different versions but none of them worked.

I tried my other PC which has an Nvidia card installed, it done the same thing on that PC too...If there wasnt so many people running these cards on here I would swear the problem was at the source and not in this PC.

If I keep this simple, maybe later I'll reinstall windows, just put minimum drivers on for internet connection, download the microsoft v4.5 framework and then go straight for the driver suite I should be good right?
 
jh30uk said:
I bet it will work if you install Win8+
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I haven't used windows 8, do people on here recommend it?





PC has been up and running for approx 24hrs now, has restarted about 30 times and I have let it download the updates, should I try going in and getting it to update everything, I expect I could do that in the update area?
 
T.F.S. said:
I haven't used windows 8, do people on here recommend it?





PC has been up and running for approx 24hrs now, has restarted about 30 times and I have let it download the updates, should I try going in and getting it to update everything, I expect I could do that in the update area?
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Yes esp. if your a gamer as you will get higher FPS.
 
AFAIK no, its the license you must own that is the legal part.

Right now is a bad time as very soon Win 8.1 Update 1 .ISO's will be available.
 
I don't know if this makes a difference but have you downloaded the correct bit drivers, i.e. 64 bit, for the version of windows you've installed?
 
T.F.S. said:
One of the guides states that when installing drivers the card must be connected to a monitor and operating but I fail to see how this is posible because I wouldnt be able to see the screen?
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Yes you would - Windows would automatically load the basic Microsoft VGA drivers. So have you actually tried it with the card installed and plugged into a monitor? Don't forget to plug in the VGA power cables too.

How about you post your specs?
 
When I plug HDMI into the card and boot the screen just displays grey screen, no output.

VGA cables are fitted yes.

64 bit version of the software was downloaded yes, not from disc.

I have an 3M riser fitted to the card, I have been asked by OC tech to fit the card directly to the board and try again.

Coffee table build thread
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18584745

Spec is.
MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (OC Edition)

Corsair Professional Series AX 860W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply

ReAct MSI Z87 SLI - Intel Core i7-4770K 4.7GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 (Overclocked from retailer)

TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2133MHz

4x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD Sound Card

Aqua Computer Kryographics Hawaii Radeon R9 290x

Koolance CPU-380I Water Block

EK Water Blocks EK-DCP 2.2 X-RES

XSPC AX360 Triple Fan Radiator

NZXT Sentry LXE Touch Screen External Fan Controller

2x Bitspower Z-Multi 400mm Water Tank

6x Corsair Air Series AF120 1500RPM LED Quiet Edition
 
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