Ati switchable graphics driver update

Thanks for your feedback. I have a dell laptop with amd switchable graphics. My Netflix stopped working because my graphic driver needs updated but the recommended update is not comparable with the switchable graphics and always disables my amd driver.

What do I do? I have to revert to the old driver to get the switchable graphics to start working again but then no Netflix!! This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 6. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Hi Adam, Just a few questions first, to get a clear picture of the issue: 1 What is the Make and model of the computer and the Graphic card?

Please get back to us with more information, so that we can help you accordingly. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User's post on June 26, I have a dell Inspiron 15R. Windows update suggested I update the intel graphics driver but when I do it disables the amd driver so I have to revert to the old driver. Net flix works after the update but doesn't after I revert to the old driver. I'm using the app on the windows 8 to watch Netflix.

Another different problem in having is that WiDi quit working and I noticed another driver quit working so I think they are related. I have tried a couple times to fix this driver by reinstalling the WIDI software via a download but still no luck. So now 2 problems I am having. If you try any direct driver download from AMD website, it wont work properly!

The advice was to find first the harware's id. Despite the fact no bit driver seem to be available, the bit package actually contains both.

Make sure to uninstall the current driver, restart, and then install the one provided by HP. As for the Intel card, the bit package for Windows 8 is compatible with Windows 7 as well. This also confirms the comments made above by Ramhound on using the OEM drivers. It is intended for game playing and other intense use of the GPU, but I do not need that. In fact, I was just searching for a proper driver that would make the fans as quite as possible while keeping the system safe.

The AMD driver and card are made for high-energy consuming tasks and the fans would by used more in such cases; so, fans were not quieter, on the contrary one is incited by CCC to add more applications to the list of apps using the discrete card ; while the Task Manager was showing oddly instances of the ATI driver each using MB of RAM and that did not happen before.

That brought me close to what I was looking for. After trying one of the answers that involved cleaning completely all previously installed drivers I found myself with no drivers at all. I managed to put back some drivers, but I was not able to install an AMD application with a GUI intended for switching between the two cards and I am not sure that I need that I guess the switching is done according to the needs of different applications running -?

What was happening when running the. AMD does no onger support Switchable Graphics because they no longer use that system, they now use "Dual Graphics", two VGAs working as if they were one to have the Switchable Graphics again, and your card updated too, you need to download the latest beta drivers make sure that it says "mobility", if you install desktop drivers you'll screw up , install everything, and then, you have to download Catalyst Mobility While you are downloading that, you need to uninstall Catalyst Control Center go to the list of programs installed, double click "AMD Catayst Install Manager, click next, and choose the first option, then select that you want to uninstall CCC , well now open Catalyst You have switchable graphics again now.

I've worked with Dells for many years, and was a Warranty Field tech for a couple of years, now in a corporate Dell environment.

I've seen this happen in laptops, and the best solution I've seen is to uninstall all current drivers - AMD and Intel. Reboot, then Windows will install its own. Try installing the Intel driver, with a reboot. When Win comes back, see if the AMD installer will allow to extract files. If so, go through device manager and install the drivers. Be sure to tell Device Manager that you want to look for your own drivers in a specific location. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.

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Ask Question. Asked 7 years, 10 months ago. Active 3 years, 7 months ago. Viewed 70k times. What should I do? Improve this question. Community Bot 1. Have you tried to use the driver release issue by the OEM? Well Aero could be working because of the Intel drivers but why would you want to remove them? Support for that feature might have been migrated to only newer cards.

This problem really only needs one question. There is only one problem here honestly. No; They can co-exist on the same system.