Display Adapter not showing up under device manager/AMD not working +

[swampish]

Hi, I've been trying to figure out how to fix this for about two days now.

I've uninstalled everything AMD/ATI (multiple times) and tried to reinstall my graphics driver using AMD Catalyst. It always says that my computer "does not contain a proper graphics adapter." I've used Driver Sweeper to get rid of remnants, I'm in safemode right now because suddenly I couldn't get into normal mode (where I'd only be able to use VGA, everything for my adapter was put as "unavailable" when I checked under advanced for display properties). After the startup screen it went black but I could still see my cursor and move it around, it might of worked if I waited a bit longer but the length seemed odd so I rebooted into safemode.

At first I couldn't even get into normal mode, it would just be black + without cursor until I uninstalled my driver from device manager, but now I can't get the display adapters to show up again.

I've read a couple things about bios and something called pci but I'm not sure how either of those work (or what they are)? I'm not super great at computers.

Thanks.

 

[maxie]

Hi there ... Welcome to Seven Forums .. You have switchable Graphics ... Try downloading the Drivers from the Lenovo Website ...

 

[swampish]

Hi there ... Welcome to Seven Forums .. You have switchable Graphics ... Try downloading the Drivers from the Lenovo Website ...

The AMD drivers still didn't work when I tried to download from lenovo, it says it failed to detect system configuration.

 

[Mellon Head]

The download didn't work or the install didn't work?

 

[swampish]

The download didn't work or the install didn't work?

The install didn't work.

 

[maxie]

Hi again .. Read the Link below .. And follow the steps to try and Install the Driver .. Do not use any Links in the post to download the Driver .. Use the one from the Lenovos Official Website ..

solution for updating graphic cards for y560 with ... - Lenovo Community

 

[swampish]

Hi again .. Read the Link below .. And follow the steps to try and Install the Driver .. Do not use any Links in the post to download the Driver .. Use the one from the Lenovos Official Website ..

solution for updating graphic cards for y560 with ... - Lenovo Community

I can't boot into normal mode, I'm in safemode.

 

[maxie]

What has happened please explain ?

 

[swampish]

What has happened please explain ?

When I try to boot into normal mode, it just shows a black screen after the start up, but my mouse cursor appears and I can move it. It won't go into the log in screen, I've waited a while to see if it would until rebooting into safemode again.

 

[maxie]

Are you able to Uninstall the Driver for the Graphics card ? Try that and a Normal boot ..

 

[swampish]

Are you able to Uninstall the Driver for the Graphics card ? Try that and a Normal boot ..

I've already uninstalled the driver. I've used driver sweeper, too. I just can't boot into normal mode for some reason. Though, when I open up driver sweeper it still shows AMD Display? But there's nothing in it.

 

[maxie]

Go into the Bios and turn off switchable graphics option .. See if it will boot then

 

[swampish]

Go into the Bios and turn off switchable graphics option .. See if it will boot then

How do I go into the bios to do that? I'm not really sure what the bios is

 

[maxie]

I think its F8 or F12 it should say at your start screen

 

[maxie]

Just found out that on your Laptop there should be an actual switch .. To switch between Graphics Cards .. How handy is that ... The picture is in the Link below ..


Lenovo IdeaPad Y560 Review | LaptopZ's Blog

 

[swampish]

Just found out that on your Laptop there should be an actual switch .. To switch between Graphics Cards .. How handy is that ... The picture is in the Link below ..


Lenovo IdeaPad Y560 Review | LaptopZ's Blog

I'm able to get into normal mode now.

Agh, installing drivers still didnt work though. It says "Failures occured during installion." I'm trying to open up the log now, its taking forever cause it opens up using internet explorer. Its a different error message from before tho so is that a good thing?

 

[maxie]

Hi there .. You where able to turn off the AMD GPU ? Which Display adapters show up in the Device Manager ?

 

[swampish]

Hi there .. You where able to turn off the AMD GPU ? Which Display adapters show up in the Device Manager ?

Before I didn't have any display adapters, but now I have ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 showing up. It has a yellow error triangle by it though. I just tried to install the driver again, it said installation complete and suggested a reboot so I'm gonna try that now.

 

[maxie]

Yes reboot

 

[swampish]

Yes reboot

Ok, I rebooted and I'm back to the first problem I had. After the start up windows screen, its just black. I'm in safemode again.