AMD Catalyst AutoDetect detects wrong GPU

Hey!

So, I'm helping a friend get some new parts for his computer, so I basically replaced everything except the HDDs. Now the weird thing is that when I try to install the appropriate GPU driver I get a BSOD. The file causing the BSOD is Atihdw76.sys.

I think it has to do with it detecting a GPU (which isn't and hasn't been installed on the computer as far as I know). The previous GPU was something along the lines of ATI Radeon 5250.

The current GPU which i'm trying to install drivers for is ASUS 7970 MATRIX.

I've made a clean install on the computer since I thought it might be an issue with some files persisting on the HDD, but I still got the same error which seemed pretty strange.

I now found out that even though I thought I made a clean install the old Windows files got saved in the Windows.old folder.

Could it be some old files that's causing this issue?

Auto detect screenshot:



All the info in my system specs are correct except for the OS (this one is 32bit) and the HDDs.

Boozad said:

Just a quick question before I take a look at your dumps but is the PC running Windows 8 by any chance?

Nope. Windows 7 SP1(atm) 32bit

After some digging around I found out that the GPU that is detected is the integrated graphics. Which I never thought of. I'll have a look and see why it isn't recognizing the GPU as part of the system atm.

Aaaand it works. Apparently it was not plugged in correctly. Huge miss by me. Thanks!