POWER Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Hey folks, I changed my GPU in my Clevo P170EM from a Nvidia 675MX to a AMD 8970M. Everything is working perfect expect the hibernation. If I do a normal restart I have no problems! But everything step after step I unistalled the nvidia driver, restarted my computer, made a register clean and shut him down, changed to gpus and boot into Win 8.1, installed the AMD Driver (14.4 Mobility WHQL) and restarted my computer again. I tryed a Bios reset to factory settings, a manuel register clean and a new installation of newer chipset driver. The funny thing is that the hibernation works if there is not so much time between the new boot! So if I only shut the computer down for 10 mins everything works but If I wait 2 hours the computer will try to start and before the bios screen appears the computer shut down and start again after maybe 3 seconds. The big problem is that after this crazy boot the keyboard backlight doesnt work and that that the AMD driver says that no card has been found. In the device manager is only a yellow triangle next to the HD 4000. I hope you can help me! Just to let you know...after this gpu exchange there is still the nvidia settings entry in the windows 8.1 system control but if I click on that it says that no exe has been found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWER Posted May 24, 2014 Author Share Posted May 24, 2014 Now I tryed the 13.12 WHQL and... no differences.Has no one an idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWER Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Update:I noticed now that this problem also happens when I shut dow my computer normaly and disconnect it from the power for a longer time (overnight). So the Laptop he tries to boot, after 2-3 sec ,before the boot screen appaers, he shut down and will start again after a few seconds. Is thats maybe a bios problem? Maybe the 8970M works only with the Prem Mod Bios in a P170EM? Prema please help me! Please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khenglish Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I have never gotten switching from Nvidia to AMD, or AMD to Nvidia to ever work right without reinstalling windows. I spent hours trying to clean out old drivers. You actually made it further than me. I could never get the "new" card to ever render. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWER Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Sounds llike hard work...but why can I not even see the boot screen after a normal shut down? All this make me feel that the card is wont accept by my bios very well (just an idea beacuse the computer shut down before the bios screen appears). Or what is your meaning? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 If you use UEFI installation then Windows can mess with BIOS, like Khenglish said fresh installation is the first step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWER Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Thank you for your help ... but I am pretty sure that I am using the normal bios. This is how my Bios screen looks: http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/1594/dscn0465w.jpg And this how my menu looks (without the Prema Mod stuff): PREMA BIOS MOD Review PS: For more background here what I tried today: I uninstalled all AMD stuff and wanted to test the old nvidia 675MX but the desktop "reloaded" every time with the card so I tried to start the laptop without any graphics card. I thought the HD 4000 should be enough but on the desktop the computer starts to beep very loud and after some time the beeps were quieter. So I puted the 8970M back in and everything worked. Is that a normal behavior? The beeps I mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 It's a thermal alarm. That system doesn't work without mxm board inserted.Re install Windows from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWER Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Thank you for your quick answer :-) And if a windows reinstalltion doesnt fix the problem? What would be the next step? PS: Are these screens from a bios or from uefi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Looks like a Legacy non win 8 mode installation.We could try a different vB, but you will need to install Windows fresh anyway. If you use Windows 8 then make sure to select Win 8 UEFI mode in BIOS before installation this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWER Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 A legacy non win 8 mode? I mean...it looks like your prema mod bios but without these tuning stuff. :-) How can I set UEFI mod in Bios?I will do a clean installation on wednesday ( now its too late and tomorrow I have to save a lot of stuff ^^)My 8970M uses this vBios (picture of my card in this thread):http://forum.techinferno.com/clevo/6405-bios-hd8970m-r9-m290x-p-1xxem-2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWER Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 New informations: I had now a look into the devce manager (after this boot failure) and ..... it shows only the Intel HD4000 with a yellow triangle and a VGA-Standard-Controller. After the Boot Hydra-Vision pops up with a message that there is no ATI driver traceable. When I have a closer look at VGA-Controller and search for new hardware...windows recognizes it as the 8970M without problems. When Ihave a look at the Intel HD4000...windows says error code 43 (Here the original german wording: Dieses Gerät wurde angehalten, weil es Fehler gemeldet hat. (Code 43)) Good news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Unless you install Windows from scratch. Immigrating from NVIDIA to AMD won't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWER Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 I installed windows now from the scratch...fingers crossed! We will see if it works in 1-2 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWER Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 I rebooted my system now after a little bit more than an hour and....still the same error! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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