Having a hell of a time installing Catalyst successfully on my new rig

Errr mmmm... Hey grathomp there might be another reason.....

Do you have your monitor connected to the Intel APU video port or the HD 6950? I ask because the pic you posted is what you see when the video card has not been detected by Windows.

To make sure, right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop and select Manage.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ter_Manage.jpg

In the Pop-up window that appears in the left column left-click Device Manager and then in the main section left-click Display Adapters
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ce_Manager.jpg

If the 6950 is not listed then it has not been detected by Windows.

Note: If you prefer to use the APU video port for your monitor you will need to connect a dummy plug to the 6950 so Windows can detect the card.

Edit: You may need to remove the 6950, reboot into safe mode desktop then shut down computer, reinstall 6950, boot into safe mode again and then reboot normally. All of this will clear Windows preboot cache which effectively resets Win7 forcing it to pole and rewrite certain hardware & OS info.

Thanks for the help. I have it working now. Not exactly sure what did the trick...

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Originally Posted by grathomp

Thanks for the help. I have it working now. Not exactly sure what did the trick...

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Sweet! :cool: Enjoy the new rig and let us know of the *safe* O/C goes! ;)

Congrats on getting it going. The headache is finally over :)

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Originally Posted by DrPop

Sweet! :cool: Enjoy the new rig and let us know of the *safe* O/C goes! ;)

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I'm running it at 4.4Ghz and really haven't tried pushing it yet. I think I could re install the heatsink for the CPU and get better temps before pushing it faster than that.

Here are some pictures of the build for anyone interested:

http://i.imgur.com/hmCtSzj.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/hmCtSzj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0QiZ32a.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/0QiZ32a.jpg

Sweet. I see you have the Arc Midi case and used an AIO water cooling mod on your Radeon. Nice work! :-bd

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Originally Posted by Fire$torm

Sweet. I see you have the Arc Midi case and used an AIO water cooling mod on your Radeon. Nice work! :-bd

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Thanks, FS.

Full Specifications:
Case: Fractal Designs Arc Midi
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41
CPU: Intel i7-4770K
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+
GPU: PowerColor Radeon HD 6950 2GB (6970 Shaders unlocked)
GPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 2.0 Performer (Did the popular 'Red Mod' using one of Dwood's custom brackets)
RAM: 4x4GB Kingson HyperX Blu DDR3 1333
PSU: HEC Zephyr 1000W
GPU2: Gigabyte nVidea Geforce 210